Brief Life History of Alison Mitchell
When Alison Mitchell Dalrymple was born on 11 May 1831, in Bothkennar, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Hugh Dalrymple, was 40 and her mother, Helen Macleay, was 37. She married William Webster on 22 February 1851, in Slamannan, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851 and Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died on 8 July 1893, in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 62, and was buried in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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- Elison Dalrymple in household of Hugh Dalrymple, "Scotland Census, 1851"
- Alison Dalrymple, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Parochial register of Slammanan 1845-1854 for marriage of parents
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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.
1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from a place in Ayrshire, named with Gaelic dail ‘field, meadow’ + an unexplained second element.
History: The Dalrymple family which held the earldom of Stair can be traced to William de Dalrymple, who in 1429 acquired the estate of Stair in Kyle, Ayrshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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