When Kenneth McQueen Irving was born in 1810, in Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Christopher Irving, was 51 and his mother, Margaret McQueen, was 42. He married Margaret Halliday about 1835, in Pictou, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America in 1866 and Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 4 July 1882, at the age of 72, and was buried in Upper Mount Thom, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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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.
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History: The writer Washington Irving (1783–1859), who wrote the stories ‘Rip Van Winkle’ and ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’, was born in NY. His father was Deacon William Irving (from a family also recorded as Irvine), who came to NY in 1763 from Orkney, Scotland, a former British packet officer, a patriot during the Revolution, and a successful merchant.
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