Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Dalziel was born on 3 October 1807, in Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John Dalziel, was 56 and her mother, Ann Bell, was 32. She married John Armour on 31 March 1829, in York, York, Home District, Upper Canada, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 9 August 1900, in York, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 92, and was buried in York Township, York, Ontario, Canada.
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- Mary Armour, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Mary Dalziel, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Mary Dalziel Armour, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1832 · The Scottish Reform Act
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Dalzell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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