Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Hunter was born on 29 December 1768, in Bo'ness, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Hunter, was 31 and her mother, Margaret Mitchel, was 34. She lived in Carriden, Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1768.
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- Margaret Hunter, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Legacy NFS Source: Margaret HUNTER -
- Margaret Hunter, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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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.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: occupational name from Middle English hunter(e) ‘huntsman’ (see Hunt ).
Irish (Antrim and Derry): adopted for Gaelic Ó Fiaich (see Fee ) due to confusion with the word fiadhach ‘hunt’.
History: A Scottish family of this name (see 1 above) has been established at Hunterston (Ayrshire) since the 13th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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