Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Kissock was born on 12 January 1756, in Rerrick, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, her father, John Kissock, was 30 and her mother, Janet Milligan, was 22. She married Michael Clark on 23 October 1774, in Rerrick, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1825, in Rerrick, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 69.
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- Mary Kissock, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Mary Kissock, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Mary Kissock Clark in entry for Clark Andrew, "Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891"
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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.
1811 · The Tron Riot
The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
Scottish Gaelic: see Kissack .
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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