When Christina McLean was born in 1817, in Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland, her father, Thomas McLean, was 26 and her mother, Montgomery Cook, was 20. She married Robert Chrystal on 3 January 1843, in Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1861 and Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1871. She died on 1 February 1874, in Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland, at the age of 57.
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Dryburgh Abbey Bridge was a cable-stayed footbridge that connected the villages of Dryburgh and St. Boswells, across the River Tweed. Before its construction, A ferry crossing service had existed here for centuries. It was originally 79 meters long and was undergoing a period of rapid growth in popularity. The Bridge was completed on August 1 but a few months later it collapsed. Very shortly after the collapse, another bridge was built further downstream. A new bridge, which still stands today, was constructed after the first World War.
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Jenners was founded by Charles Jenner as a department store for the community. The original building was destroyed by a fire in 1892 but, with a new design in mind, the store was reopened in 1895 with new features. It was named Harrods of the North after it was given Royal Warrant in 1911 and was visited by Queen Elizabeth II on its 150th anniversary. It was sold to the House of Fraser in 2005, which in 2008, made much needed improvements to the store.
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Eáin, ‘son of the servant (i.e. devotee) of (Saint) John’. Compare Irish McAloon and McGlone .
History: This is the name of a major Scottish clan traditionally associated with the island of Mull, which claims descent from Gille Eáin na Tuaidh (‘Gillean of the Battleaxe’), who lived in the 13th century.
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