When Margaret Main was born on 12 August 1833, in Hopeman, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Donald Main, was 24 and her mother, Janet Ralph, was 23. She married Daniel Davidson on 15 October 1854, in Duffus, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1841 and Duffus, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died on 21 October 1885, at the age of 52, and was buried in Duffus, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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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 United Presbyterian Church of Scotland was formed in 1847. For most of its existence the United Presbyterian Church was the third largest Presbyterian Church in Scotland and flourished in Scotland for 53 years. After being reunited with the Church of Scotland in 1929, it continues to bring relief to the local communities.
Scottish: from a shortened form of the Scandinavian personal name Magnus , which in Older Scots became Manus and Mane.
English (of Norman origin) and French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Ma(g)ino, Meino, from magan ‘strength, might’.
English (of Norman origin): nickname for a large man, from Old French magne, maine ‘great, big’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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