When Margaret Graham was born about 1701, in Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John Graham, was 25 and her mother, Janat McAdam, was 24. She married John Robert Muir in 1724, in Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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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.
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Scottish: habitational name from Grantham in Lincolnshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Graham (as well as Grantham, Grandham, and Granham). See also Grantham .
Irish (especially Ulster): in Ireland Graham is generally the Scottish name, but it has additionally been adopted as an Anglicized form of both Ó Creacháin (see Crehan ) and Ó Gormghaile (see Gormley ).
History: The surname Graham was taken to Scotland at the beginning of the 12th century by the Norman baron William de Graham, holder of the manor of Grantham in Lincolnshire, from whom many if not all modern bearers are probably descended. The chief of Clan Graham is the Duke of Montrose.
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