Brief Life History of Marion
When Marion Somerville was born on 4 February 1812, in Carmichael, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Andrew Somerville, was 23 and her mother, Margaret Fowler, was 25. She lived in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1861.
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- Marion Somerville, "Scotland Census, 1861"
- Marion Sommerville, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Marion Sommerville, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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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 The Act was later repealed by the Court of Session Act 1988.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.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English: of Norman origin, a habitational name from Graveron-Sémerville in Eure (Normandy), from the ancient Germanic personal name Sigimar (see Siemer ) + Old French ville ‘settlement’. The surname was taken to Scotland in the 12th century by William de Somerville, a retainer of David, Earl of Huntingdon, who became King David I of Scotland.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Somacháin (see Summers ) or Mag Shamradháin (see Somers ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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