Brief Life History of Anne
When Anne Espelon was born before 25 February 1787, in Forfarshire, Scotland, her father, James Esplin, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Edward, was 40.
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Sources (4)
- Anne Espelon, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Anne, "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices"
- Parish registers for Cortachy and Clova; ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSND-J9S7-5
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World Events (8)
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.
1820 · "The ""Radical War""."
The Scottish Insurrection was a week of strikes and unrest with demands for reform in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The economic downturn after the Napoleonic war ended, brought increasing unrest with the Artisan workers in Scotland, seeking action to reform the government. But the insurrection was largely forgotten about, as attention was focused on the better publicized Radical events in England.
Name Meaning
Galician (Esperón): habitational name from any of the places called Esperón in A Coruña and Pontevedra provinces, in Galicia (Spain), derived from áspera ‘rough’, referring to the quality of land.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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