Brief Life History of Jane
Jane Shanks was born about 1739, in Wigtownshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. She married Alexander Reid about 1764, in Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters.
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Spouse and Children
1740– Male
1739– Female
Children (3)
1771–1842 Female
1793– Female
1795– Male
World Events (4)
1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
Age 63
1815
Age 76
1830
Age 91
Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire): habitational name from an unidentified place in southern Scotland with a name in the plural form, presumably derived from Old Scots schank ‘hill spur’. Some have suggested Shank in Borthwick (Midlothian) or Culter Cleuch Shank in Crawford (Lanarkshire), with the unexplained addition of final -s, but these seem unlikely.
English: variant of Shank with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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