Brief Life History of William
When William Armour was born on 9 December 1733, in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James Armer, was 32 and his mother, Agnes Dickie, was 28. He married Elizabeth Steel on 27 November 1764, in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.
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- William Armer, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- William Armour, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- William Armour in entry for Agnes Armour, "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.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
Scottish, English, and northern Irish: of Norman origin, from Anglo-Norman French armurer, Old French armurier, hence an occupational name for a maker of arms and armor. The collective noun armure denoted offensive weapons as well as the more recently specialized sense of protective gear.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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