Mary McNaught

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary McNaught was born on 12 January 1793, in Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Alexander McNaught, was 47 and her mother, Ann Boyd, was 37. She married James Kennedy on 3 February 1823, in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Gorbals, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1841 and Tradeston, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died on 12 December 1870, in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

James Kennedy
1801–1874
Mary McNaught
1793–1870
Marriage: 3 February 1823
John Gilchrist Kennedy
1826–
Alexander Kennedy
1829–

Sources (6)

  • Mary Kennedy, "Scotland Census, 1841"
  • Mary Mc Naught, "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910"
  • Mary Kennedy, "Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891"

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World Events (8)

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

Scottish and Irish: shortened form of McNaughton .

Irish and Scottish: in Donegal (Ireland) and, reportedly, southwestern Scotland, a variant of McKnight .

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

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