Brief Life History of Janet Richmond
When Janet Richmond Houston was born on 28 March 1828, in Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Houston, was 35 and her mother, Mary Walker, was 32. She had at least 2 sons and 7 daughters with John C Fisher. She lived in Mount Forest, Wellington North, Wellington, Ontario, Canada in 1871 and Hastings, Dakota, Minnesota, United States in 1895. She died on 18 February 1905, in Bruce Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 76.
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- Jannet Fisher in household of John Fisher, "Canada Census, 1871"
- Janet Ritchmond Houston, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Janet Fisher, "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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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.
1849
Historical Boundaries 1849: Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Minnesota, United States
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the barony of Houston (Renfrewshire), from the genitive case of the personal name Hugh + Middle English, Older Scots ton ‘town, village, settlement’ (Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’). The landlord in question was a certain Hugo de Paduinan, who held the place c. 1160. The Scottish surname is also common in Ulster.
Irish: variant of McCutcheon from Mac Uisdein or Mac Uistein.
History: In 1836 the newly founded city of Houston, TX, was named in honor of Sam Houston (1793–1863), soldier and statesman. As commander in chief of the Texan army he achieved Texas independence from Mexico by routing the army of the Mexican general Santa Anna. His ancestors were Ulster Scots who had emigrated to Philadelphia, PA, in the 18th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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