Brief Life History of George Alexander Duncan
When George Alexander Duncan Little was born on 7 November 1887, in Maharashtra, India, his father, Alexander Duncan Little, was 35 and his mother, Maud Amelia Brooks- Warner, was 27. He married Molly Griffiths on 5 October 1917, in Pernambuco, Brazil. He lived in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India in 1887. He died on 18 December 1972, in Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 85.
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- George Alexander Duncan Little, "India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947"
- George A D Little, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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1890 · Opening of the Forth Railway Bridge.
The Forth Bridge is a railway bridge across the Firth of Forth river in the east of Scotland, 9 miles west of Edinburgh City Center. It is considered as a symbol of Scotland and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was opened on 4 March and was the longest single cantilever bridge span in the world until 1919. It is still in operation.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1913 · Leith dockers strike 1913
The Leith dockers strike was a strike that brought the town of Leith to a standstill after dock workers demanded an increase in pay, better working conditions, and shorter hours. The strike had an effect on the local community by not allowing trade to flow smoothly out of the docks. There totaled around 4,600 people a part of the strikes and riots but it ended near the middle of August with no demands met. since then two more strikes would happen at the same location, once in 1983 and, most recently, in 1989.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a small man (if not ironic), or distinguishing epithet for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name, from Middle English littel, Old English lȳtel (see Light 3).
Irish: translation into English of Gaelic Ó Beagáin ‘descendant of Beagán’ (see Began ).
Americanized form (translation into English) of any of various European surnames meaning ‘little’, e.g. French Petit , Polish Mały (see Maly 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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