Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Watson was born on 28 May 1773, in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John Watson, was 33 and her mother, Margaret Young, was 31. She married Thomas Marchbank on 23 December 1791, in Wandell and Lamington, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters.
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- Margaret Watson, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Margaret Watson, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Margaret Watson in entry for Margaret Marchbank, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
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
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
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
Scottish, English, and Irish: patronymic meaning ‘son of Wat’, a pet form of Walter that was particularly common in Scotland and northern England. See Watt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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