Daniel Herron was born about 1801, in Chapelhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He married Mary Anderson about 1825, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died from 1837 to 1841, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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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.
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.
The United Kingdom Parliament helped Scotland by creating the divisions necessary for better construction of their judiciary system. The Act was later repealed by the Court of Session Act 1988.
English: habitational name from Harome (North Yorkshire), from Old English (æt thǣm) hārum ‘at the (gray) stones’, dative plural of hār ‘gray, stone’.
English and Scottish: nickname probably for a tall, thin man with long legs, from Old French hairon ‘heron’, Anglo-Norman French heron, Middle English heiroun, heyron, herne, heron. Compare Hearn and Heron .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from (Le) Héron in France (Seine-Maritime).
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