When Alexander Marshall was born in 1837, in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Marshall, was 26 and his mother, Agnes Marshall, was 38. He married Margaret Marshall on 31 December 1862. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851 and Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom for about 30 years. He died on 3 July 1909, in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 72.
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Jenners was founded by Charles Jenner as a department store for the community. The original building was destroyed by a fire in 1892 but, with a new design in mind, the store was reopened in 1895 with new features. It was named Harrods of the North after it was given Royal Warrant in 1911 and was visited by Queen Elizabeth II on its 150th anniversary. It was sold to the House of Fraser in 2005, which in 2008, made much needed improvements to the store.
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
The Police Act 1857 was an Act put into place by Parliament to establish a mandatory police force in every county of Scotland.
English: usually an occupational name ‘farrier’, occasionally a status name ‘chief official of a royal household or court; a high officer of state’, from Middle English mareshal and Old French maresc(h)al. An even wider range of meanings is found in some other languages: compare for example Polish Marszałek (see Marszalek ). This name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century. It is also borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
Americanized form of German Marschall .
Americanized form of French Mercier .
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