When Andrew Fairgrieve was born in 1804, in Peeblesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James Fairgrieve, was 32 and his mother, Margaret Murdison, was 22. He married Janet Campbell on 12 June 1826, in Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Calderbank, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851. In 1861, at the age of 57, his occupation is listed as quarryman. He died on 9 April 1873, in Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 69.
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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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Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Scottish: status name for a fair-haired or good-looking bailiff or overseer on a farm, from Older Scots fair ‘fair; blond or handsome’ + grieve ‘overseer’.
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