When Mr Ritchie was born from 1818 to 1820, in Forfar, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Ritchie, was 44 and his mother, Susan Murray, was 43. He died from 1818 to 1820, in his hometown.
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The Scottish Insurrection was a week of strikes and unrest with demands for reform in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The economic downturn after the Napoleonic war ended, brought increasing unrest with the Artisan workers in Scotland, seeking action to reform the government. But the insurrection was largely forgotten about, as attention was focused on the better publicized Radical events in England.
Scottish: from a Scottish and northern English pet form of the personal name Rich , a short form of Richard . This surname is also common in Ulster.
Altered form of German Richer 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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