Margaret Good

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Good was born in May 1749, in Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Good, was 27 and her mother, Mrs. James Good, was 23. She married James Brackenridge about 1771, in Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 9 July 1824, in Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 75.

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Family Time Line

James Brackenridge
1749–1831
Margaret Good
1749–1824
Marriage: about 1771
Mary Brackenridge
1772–1836
Thomas Brackenridge
1773–
James Brackenridge
1775–
Margaret Brackenridge
1775–

Sources (5)

  • 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"

World Events (3)

1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.

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

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

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English gode ‘good’ (Old English gōd).

English: from the Middle English personal name Gode, representing either Old English Goda (male) or Gode (female), in part a byname and in part a short form of various compound names with the first element gōd, or perhaps a pet form of Old French names in God- such as Godfrey .

Americanized form (translation into English) of German Gut and Guth , or Dutch Goed and Goede .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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