Brief Life History of Alexander
When Alexander Marshall was born in October 1850, his father, Thomas Marshall, was 21 and his mother, Margaret Brackenridge, was 24. He married Janet Thomson on 1 September 1871, in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851 and Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom for about 40 years. He died in December 1918, at the age of 68, and was buried in Mountview Cemetery, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States.
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- Alexander Marshall, "Scotland Census, 1891"
- Alexander Marshall, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Mr Alaxander Marshall in entry for Mrs Nellie D Williams, "Montana, Yellowstone Genealogy Forum, Yellowstone County Obituaries, 1955-1969"
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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.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Name Meaning
English: usually an occupational name ‘farrier’, occasionally a status name ‘chief official of a royal household or court; a high officer of state’, from Middle English mareshal and Old French maresc(h)al. An even wider range of meanings is found in some other languages: compare for example Polish Marszałek (see Marszalek ). This name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century. It is also borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
Americanized form of German Marschall .
Americanized form of French Mercier .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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