Margaret Caldwell

about 1714–
Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Margaret

Margaret Caldwell was born about 1714, in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom as the daughter of James Caldwell. She married William Wallace about 1740, in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.

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Family Time Line

William Wallace
1710–
Margaret Caldwell
1714–
Marriage: about 1740
Martha Wallace
1741–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1740Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (1)

    World Events (3)

    1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
    Age 88
    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.
    1811 · The Tron Riot
    Age 97
    The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.
    1815
    Age 101
    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    Name Meaning

    English, Scottish, and northern Irish: habitational name from any of several places in England and Scotland, variously spelled, that are named with Old English cald ‘cold’ + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’. Caldwell in North Yorkshire is one major source of the surname; Caldwell in Renfrewshire in Scotland another.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Cadwell
    Cardwell
    Caudell
    Caudill
    Caudle
    Cauldwell
    Chadwell
    Coldwell
    Tydings

    Sources (4)

    • Margaret Caldwell in entry for Martha Wallace, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
    • Ancestry Family Trees
    • Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

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