When Marion Downie was christened on 12 July 1730, in Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, William Downie, was 24 and her mother, Margaret Fulton, was 15.
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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.
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Scottish: variant of Downey 3.
Irish: Scottish form of Irish Downey 1 or 2.
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