Brief Life History of David
When David Pride was born in 1811, in Ceres, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James Pride, was 26 and his mother, Agnes Baldie, was 26. He married Agnes Simpson on 28 February 1834, in Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1841 and St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851.
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- David Pride, "Scotland Census, 1851"
- David Pryde, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- David Pride, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
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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.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
Welsh and English: nickname from Welsh prid ‘precious’, ‘dear’ or Middle English pride ‘pride’; in the case of the latter, applied to a vain or haughty or possibly on occasion to someone who had played the part of Pride in a pageant of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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