When Margaret Watson was born in 1849, in Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, George Watson, was 29 and her mother, Helen Cranston, was 28. She married Thomas Payne McLay on 20 December 1866. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Mid Calder, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1891. She died on 21 February 1919, in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 70, and was buried in Westburn, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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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.
The Police Act 1857 was an Act put into place by Parliament to establish a mandatory police force in every county of Scotland.
The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 was passed by Parliament and allowed for the creation of seven additional Scottish seats in the House of Commons. Along with the seats, Two University constituencies were created. These each returned one member to Parliament.
Scottish, English, and Irish: patronymic meaning ‘son of Wat’, a pet form of Walter that was particularly common in Scotland and northern England. See Watt .
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