Brief Life History of Agnes
When Agnes McEwan was born about 1897, in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Robert McEwan, was 52 and her mother, Elizabeth Gilhison Duff, was 43. She lived in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1901.
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- Agnes McEwan in household of Robert McEwan, "Scotland Census, 1901"
- Legacy NFS Source: Agnes McEwan - Published information: Census record: birth-name: Agnes McEwan
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1902 · The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition was organized and led by William Speirs Bruce. Him along with Robert Falcon Scott’s Discovery Expedition completed an exploration of Antarctica. They established the first manned meteorological station, the Orcadas, in 1903 and discovered new land east of the Weddell Sea. The expedition was described as the most cost-effective and carefully planned scientific expedition of the Heroic Age. The Orcadas weather station has been in continuous operation ever since.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1934 · Scottish National Party founded.
The party was founded on 7 April as the result of a merger between the National Party of Scotland and the Scottish Party with the help of John MacCormick. Its main objective was to campaign the independence of Scotland from the United Kingdom. The Scottish National Party is the largest political party in Scotland in terms of both seats in the Westminster and Holyrood parliaments, with membership reaching 125,482 members. The party does not have any members of the House of Lords.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of McEwen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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