Brief Life History of John
When John Auchterlonie was born on 11 August 1787, in Linktown, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Auchterlonie, was 36 and his mother, Cecilia Wilson, was 30. He married Magdalene Clark on 28 June 1811, in Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 20 July 1853, in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, at the age of 65.
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- John Auchterlonie, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Auchterlonie - Church record: death: 20 July 1853; Walton on the Hill, Lancashire, England
- John Auchterlonie in entry for Robert Lathimer, "England, Lancashire, Liverpool, Banns and Marriages, 1557-1960"
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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: habitational name from Auchterlownie (Angus), now called ‘Wester Lownie by Dunnichen’. The placename is from Gaelic uachdar ‘upland, high land’ + an uncertain second element. See also Lonie .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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