Margaret Good
1749–
Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Life of Margaret
When Margaret Good was born in 1749, in Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, her father, James Good, was 26 and her mother, Mrs. James Good, was 22. She married James Brackenridge about 1771, in Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.
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Family Time Line
James Brackenridge
1749–
Margaret Good
1749–
Marriage: about 1771
Mary Brackenridge
1772–1836
Thomas Brackenridge
1773–
James Brackenridge
1775–
Margaret Brackenridge
1775–
Spouse and Children
1749–Male
1749–Female
MARRIAGE
about 1771
Scotland, United Kingdom
about 1771
Scotland, United Kingdom
children
(4)
1772–1836Female
1773–Male
1775–Male
1775–Female
Parents and Siblings
1723–Male
1727–Female
siblings
(4)
1743–Male
1745–Female
1749–Female
1752–Female
World Events (5)
1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
Age 53
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.
1811 · The Tron Riot
Age 62
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.
1815
Age 66
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
1 English: nickname from Middle English gode ‘good’ (Old English gōd).2 English: from a medieval personal name, a survival of the Old English personal name Gōda, which was in part a byname and in part a short form of various compound names with the first element gōd.3 Americanized form of like-sounding names in other languages, for example German Gut or Guth .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
- Margaret Good in entry for Margaret Brachenridge, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Margaret Good in entry for Thomas Brackanridge, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Margaret Good in entry for James Brachenridge, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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