Alexander Watt was christened on 29 September 1805, in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. He married Sarah Smith on 21 July 1831, in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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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.
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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.
Scottish and English: from the common Middle English personal name, Wat(t), a short form of Walter .
West African (Senegal and Mauritania): Tukulor name of unexplained etymology.
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 屈, possibly based on its Cantonese pronunciation, see Qu 3.
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