Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Aird was born on 12 February 1798, in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, his father, John Aird III, was 46 and his mother, Janet Hunter, was 38. He married Janet Findlay on 18 February 1818, in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Windber, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. He died on 8 January 1839, in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 40.
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Spouse and Children
1798–1839 Male
1803– Female
Children (2)
1816– Male
1824– Male
Parents and Siblings
1751–1815 Male
1759–1815 Female
Siblings (10)
1779–1819 Male
1782–1856 Male
1784–1815 Female
1786–1866 Female
1788– Female
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 2
1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
Age 4
1811 · The Tron Riot
Age 13
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from either the medieval lordship of The Aird (Inverness) or from Aird Farm near Hurlford, Ayrshire. Both are named from Gaelic àird(e) ‘height, promontory’, or ‘headland’, from the adjective àrd ‘high, lofty’, cognate with Latin arduus ‘steep, difficult’. Compare Ard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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