Brief Life History of Helen
When Helen Archibald was born on 3 April 1823, in Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Andrew Thomas Archibald, was 26 and her mother, Sophia Archibald, was 33. She married James Neilson on 23 October 1847, in Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1871 and Tranent, Haddingtonshire, Scotland in 1881. She died on 15 January 1892, in Elphinstone, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 68.
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- Hellen Archbald in household of William Young, "Scotland Census, 1871"
- Helen Archibald, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Helen Archibal Neilson in entry for Adam Reid, "Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: from a personal name, Archibald, of Anglo-Norman French and (ultimately) ancient Germanic origin (see Archambault ). In the Highlands of Scotland it was taken as an Anglicized equivalent of the Gaelic personal name Gille Easbaig ‘servant of the bishop’ (see Gillespie ), probably because of the approximate phonetic similarity between Arch(i)bald and easbaig. Both Archibald and Gillespie are personal names much favored among Clan Campbell.
History: This is the name of a leading Nova Scotia family, taken there by four brothers who emigrated from Londonderry, northern Ireland, in 1750–62.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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