When John Rodger was born in 1831, in Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Rodger, was 20 and his mother, Margaret McMillan, was 15. He married Mary Reid on 31 July 1857, in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Tradeston, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1871 and Plantation, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1891. In 1860, at the age of 31, his occupation is listed as hammerman in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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The Scottish Reform Act was introduced by Parliament that introduced changes to the election laws in Scotland. The Act didn’t change the method of how the counties elected members but adopted a different solution for each pair of counties. Ultimately, it brought about boundary changes so that some burghs would have more say for the country than others.
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The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 was passed by Parliament and allowed for the creation of seven additional Scottish seats in the House of Commons. Along with the seats, Two University constituencies were created. These each returned one member to Parliament.
Scottish: variant of Roger .
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