Brief Life History of James
When James Barrie was born on 19 March 1822, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Andrew Barrie, was 25 and his mother, Wilhelmina Aminea Thomson Brownlie, was 20. He married Christian Russell Jack on 6 April 1841, in Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Slamannan, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1822. He died on 3 February 1883, at the age of 60.
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- James Barrie, "Scotland Census, 1851"
- James Barrie, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- James Barrie, "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910"
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1832 · The Scottish Reform Act
The Scottish Reform Act was introduced by Parliament that introduced changes to the election laws in Scotland. The Act didn’t change the method of how the counties elected members but adopted a different solution for each pair of counties. Ultimately, it brought about boundary changes so that some burghs would have more say for the country than others.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Angus): habitational name from Barry in Angus or from another place so named, generally named with Gaelic barr ‘height, hill’, or from a British cognate of this word. This name is also the Scottish form of Barry .
French (Barrié): variant of Barrier .
Altered form of French Baril . Compare Barry 7.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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