Brief Life History of Christopher
When Christopher McRae was born in May 1787, in Ross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John MacRae, was 22 and his mother, Catherine McIntosh, was 20. He married Selinda Phelps on 6 March 1817, in Dunham, Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1834 and DeKalb, Illinois, United States in 1841. He died on 5 May 1858, in Mayfield Township, DeKalb, Illinois, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in South Grove Cemetery, South Grove Township, DeKalb, Illinois, United States.
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- Christopher McRae, "Find A Grave Index"
- Christopher McRae in entry for Lewis Jean Renerick, "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992"
- Christofer Mcrae in entry for Mary A. Byers, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
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1788 · The First Presidential Election
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
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.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
Scottish: Anglicized form of a patronymic from the Gaelic personal name Mac Raith ‘son of grace or prosperity’. Compare McGrath , the usual Irish form of this surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Christopher McRae and Selenda Phelps marriage record
"On this sixth day of March, 1817, Selinda Phelps of Roshmoe (Rougemont) Mountain, in the parish of St. Hyacinthe, an adult person, was baptized in the presence of the following persons by me Charles …
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