Brief Life History of Margaret Christian
When Margaret Christian Gillespie was born before 1776, in Cupar, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, William Gillespie, was 20 and her mother, Christian Macdonald, was 21. She married William Galloway before 1808, in Cupar, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 12 sons and 4 daughters. She died before 1881.
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- Margaret Galloway in entry for William Galloway, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Margaret Gillespie in entry for James Galloway, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Margaret Gillespie in entry for Christian Galloway, "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
Scottish and Irish (Donegal): shortened Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Easbuig, borrowed into Irish as Mac Giolla Easpaig, a patronymic from a personal name meaning ‘servant of the bishop’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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