Brief Life History of Annie
When Annie Paton was born on 22 April 1850, in Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Andrew Paton, was 42 and her mother, Elisabeth Young, was 37. She married James Mcfarlane on 6 May 1870, in Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1886 and lived in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910 and Riverton, Burlington, New Jersey, United States in 1920. She died on 20 June 1929, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in North Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Annie MacFarlane, "United States Census, 1920"
- Annie Paton, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Anne Paton Macfarlane, "Find A Grave Index"
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1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway
Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: variant of Patton .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Peatáin, see Payton .
English: from either of two places called Patton in Shropshire and Westmorland. The Shropshire placename is recorded as Peattingtune in 901 and derives from an Old English personal name Peatta + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Westmorland placename is recorded as Patun in 1086 and derives from Old English pæth ‘path, track’ or an Old English personal name Patta + Old English tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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