When Jane Shankland was born about 1834, in Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Hunter Shankland, was 31 and her mother, Marion Mary McMurdo, was 28. She married William Copeland on 29 January 1858, in Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Tradeston, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1871 and Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland for about 10 years. She died on 23 April 1917, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 84.
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Jenners was founded by Charles Jenner as a department store for the community. The original building was destroyed by a fire in 1892 but, with a new design in mind, the store was reopened in 1895 with new features. It was named Harrods of the North after it was given Royal Warrant in 1911 and was visited by Queen Elizabeth II on its 150th anniversary. It was sold to the House of Fraser in 2005, which in 2008, made much needed improvements to the store.
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The Police Act 1857 was an Act put into place by Parliament to establish a mandatory police force in every county of Scotland.
Scottish: presumably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place denoting ‘land marked by hillspurs’ (Old Scots schank, -y + land), probably in southwest Scotland.
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