Brief Life History of John
When John Crombie was born in 1880, in Newmachar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Theodore Crombie, was 35 and his mother, Margaret Blaikie Mackinnon, was 23.
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World Events (3)
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1885 · Creation of the Secretary of State for Scotland.
The post of Secretary for Scotland was established in 1885 after the need arose after establishing different departments for the benefit of the communities.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
Scottish:
habitational name from any of the places called Crombie in Fife and Aberdeenshire, named from Gaelic crom(b) ‘crooked’ or possibly the British cognate of this word, ancestor of Welsh crwm.
shortened form of Abercrombie , from the place of that name near Pittenweem in Fife.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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