Brief Life History of Veir
Veir Menzies was born about 1690, in Dull, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. She married James Stewart of Killiechassie on 24 November 1709. They were the parents of at least 3 sons.
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- Vere Menzies, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Veir Menzies in entry for James Stewart, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Manners , in which the z was originally the Middle English letter ʒ (yogh), representing a sound similar to modern English y. The surname is pronounced Meenyus or Minyas in Scotland. The name was brought to Scotland in the 12th or 13th century by a family of Norman knights. It appears that the name was re-interpreted in Gaelic as containing a personal name, and for variants ending -s there is a possibility of confusion with McManus . See also McMinn .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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