Brief Life History of Mary Mcallum
When Mary Mcallum BARR was born on 18 January 1889, in Kilwinning, Scotland, Missouri, United States, her father, Robert Barr, was 48 and her mother, Margaret Kirkwood, was 41. She married Thomas Strachan on 27 February 1903, in Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 29 July 1964, in Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 75.
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- Scotland Marriage Certificate for Mary Barr and William McDonald - 27 February 1903 - Kirkintilloch, Dumbarton, Scotland
- Scotland Death Certificate for Mary Barr McDonald - 29 July 1964 - Carluke, Lanark, Scotland
- Mary Barr, "Scotland Church Records and Kirk Session Records, 1658-1919"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · Opening of the Forth Railway Bridge.
The Forth Bridge is a railway bridge across the Firth of Forth river in the east of Scotland, 9 miles west of Edinburgh City Center. It is considered as a symbol of Scotland and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was opened on 4 March and was the longest single cantilever bridge span in the world until 1919. It is still in operation.
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Glasgow) and northern Irish (Ulster): habitational name from any of various places in southwestern Scotland, in particular Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, named with Gaelic barr ‘height, hill’ or a Brittonic cognate of this.
English and Welsh: habitational name from Great Barr in Staffordshire. This is from Brittonic barro- ‘top, summit’, referring to Barr Beacon; there is evidence that this was known as la Bare in the 13th century.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Barre-en-Ouche in Eure, France, or perhaps from Barre-de-Semilly in Manche, France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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