Margaret Wood Archibald

Brief Life History of Margaret Wood

When Margaret Wood Archibald was born in 1895, in Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Wood Archibald, was 27 and her mother, Jessie Adams, was 25. She died in 1895, in her hometown, at the age of 0.

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Family Time Line

Robert Wood Archibald
1868–1947
Jessie Adams
1870–1950
John Archibald
1891–1891
John Adams Archibald
1892–1950
Alison Millar Archibald
1893–1990
Margaret Wood Archibald
1895–1895
William Millar Archibald
1897–1985
Andrew Archibald
1899–1899
Robert Wilson Archibald
1903–1978

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  • Legacy NFS Source: Margaret Wood Archibald - Government record: birth-name: Margaret Wood Archibald

Name Meaning

Scottish and English: from a personal name, Archibald, of Anglo-Norman French and (ultimately) ancient Germanic origin (see Archambault ). In the Highlands of Scotland it was taken as an Anglicized equivalent of the Gaelic personal name Gille Easbaig ‘servant of the bishop’ (see Gillespie ), probably because of the approximate phonetic similarity between Arch(i)bald and easbaig. Both Archibald and Gillespie are personal names much favored among Clan Campbell.

History: This is the name of a leading Nova Scotia family, taken there by four brothers who emigrated from Londonderry, northern Ireland, in 1750–62.

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

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