Brief Life History of Andrew
When Andrew Barrie III was born about 1794, in Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Andrew Barrie II, was 37 and his mother, Helen Lang, was 34. He married Isabella Morrison on 14 April 1820, in Clachan of Campsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died about 1855, in Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 63.
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- Andrew Barrie, "Scotland Census, 1851"
- Andrew Barrie, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Andrew Barrie in entry for Christina Barrie, "Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891"
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1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
1811 · The Tron Riot
The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Angus): habitational name from Barry in Angus or from another place so named, generally named with Gaelic barr ‘height, hill’, or from a British cognate of this word. This name is also the Scottish form of Barry .
French (Barrié): variant of Barrier .
Altered form of French Baril . Compare Barry 7.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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