When Peter McOmie was born on 20 June 1790, in Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland, his father, Peter McOmish, was 31 and his mother, Janet Rioch, was 28. He married Jane Brodie on 9 June 1806, in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He registered for military service in 1805. He died on 10 August 1838, in Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 48.
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The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.
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form of the name of the best-known of all Christ's apostles, traditionally regarded as the founder of the Christian Church. The name derives, via Latin, from Greek petros ‘stone, rock’. This is used as a translation of the Aramaic byname Cephas, given to the apostle Simon son of Jona, to distinguish him from another of the same name ( Simon Zelotes ). ‘When Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone’ (John 1:42). According to Matthew 16:17–18, Christ says more explicitly, ‘Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona … thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church’. The name has been in continuous use since the Middle Ages.
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