When Elizabeth Margaret Graham was born on 10 August 1849, in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, William Waddell Graham, was 34 and her mother, Sarah Ann Houston, was 33. She married Thomas Simpson on 7 October 1870, in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1861 and New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom for about 30 years. She died on 9 July 1925, in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 75, and was buried in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.
The Police Act 1857 was an Act put into place by Parliament to establish a mandatory police force in every county of Scotland.
The Church Patronage Act 1874 was passed by Parliament and amended and altered the laws relating to the Appointment of Ministers to Parishes in Scotland. Paragraphs spelled out definitions to prevent the Act being subverted by processes used by Patrons and clarified that the Church of Scotland would decide on the qualifications required for Ministers.
Scottish: habitational name from Grantham in Lincolnshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Graham (as well as Grantham, Grandham, and Granham). See also Grantham .
Irish (especially Ulster): in Ireland Graham is generally the Scottish name, but it has additionally been adopted as an Anglicized form of both Ó Creacháin (see Crehan ) and Ó Gormghaile (see Gormley ).
History: The surname Graham was taken to Scotland at the beginning of the 12th century by the Norman baron William de Graham, holder of the manor of Grantham in Lincolnshire, from whom many if not all modern bearers are probably descended. The chief of Clan Graham is the Duke of Montrose.
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