Brief Life History of James
When James Lindsay was born in 1848, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, his father, William Lindsay, was 28 and his mother, Grace Livingston, was 35. He married Agnes Gibson on 31 May 1872, in Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1861 and Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1881.
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- James Lindsay in household of Grace Lindsay, "Scotland Census, 1851"
- James Lindsay, "Scotland Census, 1881"
- James Lindsay in household of William Lindsay, "Scotland Census, 1861"
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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.
1857 · Police (Scotland) Act 1857
The Police Act 1857 was an Act put into place by Parliament to establish a mandatory police force in every county of Scotland.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Lindsey in Lincolnshire, England. This is first found in the form Lindissi, apparently a derivative of the British name of Lincoln . To this was later added the Old English element ēg ‘island’, since the place was virtually cut off by the surrounding fenland. The surname was taken to Scotland at an early date and is the name of an important and powerful Scottish family.
Irish: adopted as an equivalent ofvarious Gaelic names (see Lindsey ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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