Margaret Steel

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Steel was born in 1801, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Steele, was 41 and her mother, Janet Johnston, was 37. She married Ebenezer Hyslop about 1822, in Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1841.

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Family Time Line

Ebenezer Hyslop
1797–1870
Margaret Steel
1801–
Marriage: about 1822
John Hyslop
1829–
Janet Hyslop
1831–
Elizabeth Hyslop
1833–
Margaret Hyslop
1836–
Ellen Hyslop
1842–1885
Mary Hyslop
1844–
Ninian Hyslop
1848–1921
Agnes Hyslop
1851–1870

Sources (22)

  • Margret Hyslop in household of Ebenazer Hyslop, "Scotland Census, 1861"
  • Margaret Steel Hyslop, "Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891"
  • Margret Hislop in household of Ebenezer Hislop, "Scotland Census, 1851"

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World Events (8)

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.

1832 · The Scottish Reform Act

The Scottish Reform Act was introduced by Parliament that introduced changes to the election laws in Scotland. The Act didn’t change the method of how the counties elected members but adopted a different solution for each pair of counties. Ultimately, it brought about boundary changes so that some burghs would have more say for the country than others.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Steele .

Americanized form (translation into English) of German Stahl and Swedish Ståhl or Stål, all meaning ‘steel’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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