Brief Life History of Janet
When Janet Wilson was born about 1775, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Archbald Wilson, was 34 and her mother, Jean Scott, was 35. She married William Mairten on 6 November 1796, in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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- Jean Wilson, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Janet Neilson, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Jean Wilson in entry for Elisabeth Hamilton, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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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
English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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