Brief Life History of John
When John Fleming was born on 30 September 1780, in Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, William Fleming, was 29 and his mother, Helen Stobo, was 25. He married Christian Dykes on 9 January 1813, in Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1780. He died on 20 August 1870, in Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 89.
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- John Fleming, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- John Fleming, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- John Fleming in entry for Robert Fleming, "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.
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
English: ethnic name for someone from Flanders, from Middle English fleming. The word reflects a Norman French form of Old French flamanc ‘Fleming’, from the stem flam- + the ancient Germanic suffix -ing. In the Middle Ages there was considerable commercial intercourse between England and the Netherlands, particularly in the wool trade, and many Flemish weavers and dyers settled in England. This surname is also common in south and east Scotland and in Ireland, where it is sometimes found in the Gaelicized form Pléamonn.
German: variant of Flemming , cognate with 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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