Brief Life History of Janet
When Janet Wilson was born in April 1747, in Ceres, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, David Wilson, was 28 and her mother, Janet Peatie, was 29. She married James Tullis on 11 October 1774, in Leuchars, Fife, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She died about 1807, in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 61.
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- Janet Wilson, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Janet Wilson, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Janet Wilson in entry for Kathrine Tullos, "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.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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