Brief Life History of Isobel
When Isobel Swan was born on 13 January 1713, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, her father, David Swan, was 43 and her mother, Isobel Mudie, was 34. She married Robert Douglas on 5 February 1731, in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1713.
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- Isobel Swan, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Isabelae Swan in entry for Isabela Douglass, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Isobel Swan, "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: occupational name from Middle English swon(e), northern Middle English swan(e) ‘swineherd; peasant; male servant’ (Old English swān). Compare Swain 2, with which this name was thoroughly confused.
English: occasionally perhaps a nickname from Middle English swan, swon ‘swan’. In the Middle Ages, the swan was taken as a symbol of false pride, and, according to Chaucer, jealousy. Compare Kite , Nightingale , and Pye .
English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Swan, an Anglicized form of Old Norse Sveinn. Compare Swain 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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