Brief Life History of Janet
When Janet Main was born in 1812, in Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, David Main, was 38 and her mother, Margaret Davidson, was 34. She married Hugh Skinner on 8 November 1833. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 2 June 1855, in Fisherton, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 43.
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Sources (3)
- Janet Main, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Janet Main in entry for Alexander Ralph, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Janet Main, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
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Children (6)
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World Events (8)
1813 · The Court of Session Act 1813
The United Kingdom Parliament helped Scotland by creating the divisions necessary for better construction of their judiciary system. The Act was later repealed by the Court of Session Act 1988.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
Scottish: from a shortened form of the Scandinavian personal name Magnus , which in Older Scots became Manus and Mane.
English (of Norman origin) and French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Ma(g)ino, Meino, from magan ‘strength, might’.
English (of Norman origin): nickname for a large man, from Old French magne, maine ‘great, big’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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