Jane Richmond

Brief Life History of Jane

When Jane Richmond was born on 26 January 1826, in Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland, her father, Andrew Richmond, was 31 and her mother, Mary Young, was 24. She married William Morton on 19 June 1855, in Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1871. She died on 12 August 1885, in Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 59.

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Family Time Line

William Morton
1815–1871
Jane Richmond
1826–1885
Marriage: 19 June 1855
Mary Morton
1856–1895
Hugh Morton
1857–1921
Andrew Morton
1858–1910
George Morton
1860–1945
William Morton
1862–1887
Grace Sterling Morton
1864–

Sources (22)

  • Jean Morton, "Scotland Census, 1871"
  • Jean Richmond, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Jane Richmond, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"

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World Events (8)

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

1832 · The Scottish Reform Act

The Scottish Reform Act was introduced by Parliament that introduced changes to the election laws in Scotland. The Act didn’t change the method of how the counties elected members but adopted a different solution for each pair of counties. Ultimately, it brought about boundary changes so that some burghs would have more say for the country than others.

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

Name Meaning

habitational name from Richmond (North Yorkshire). The placename was probably transferred after the Norman Conquest from any of numerous places in France named with Old French riche ‘mighty, strong’ + munt, mont ‘mountain, hill’. Richmond in southwest London received this name only in the reign of Henry VII, in honor of the king, who had been Earl of Richmond until he came to the throne, and is unlikely to be the source of this surname.

occasionally a variant of Richman , with excrescent -d. The two names were probably often confused.

English:

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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