Barbara McGill

Brief Life History of Barbara

When Barbara McGill was born on 14 December 1761, in Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James McGill, was 22 and her mother, Margaret Snedden, was 21. She married John Lamb on 24 November 1793, in Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1841, at the age of 80.

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Family Time Line

John Lamb
1759–
Barbara McGill
1761–1841
Marriage: 24 November 1793
James Lamb
1794–1862
Harriet Lamb
1795–1876
Thomas Lamb
1797–
John Lamb
1799–1857
William Lamb
1801–
Jessie Lamb
1816–1873
Peter Lamb
1819–1865

Sources (9)

  • Barbara Mcgill, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • John Lamb & Barbara McGill, "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910"
  • Barbara McGill Lamb, "Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891"

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World Events (4)

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.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1822 · Visit of King George IV to Scotland organized by Sir Walter Scott.

The Visit of King George IV was organized by Sir Walter Scott two years after the Radical War ended. For the celebration of the visit, the creation of the Tartan Kilts came about and were worn by all men attending the celebration. These types of kilts have become part of Scotland's national identity.

Name Meaning

Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Ghoill ‘son of the stranger (or lowlander)’ (see Gall 1).

Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac (an) G(h)iolla (Irish) or Mac (an) G(h)ille (Scottish) ‘son of the lad’ (i.e. ‘servant’), or a short form of a personal name formed by attaching this element to the name of a saint, in the sense ‘devotee’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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