Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Gibb was born about 1800, in Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, David Gibb, was 37 and her mother, Girzel Greig, was 33. She married David Hutcheson on 4 January 1822. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Brechin, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1841. She died in February 1872, at the age of 73.
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- Margaret Hutchison, "Scotland Census, 1841"
- Margaret Gibb in entry for Alexander Hutcheon, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Margaret Hutcheon, "Scotland Census, 1871"
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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.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1820 · "The ""Radical War""."
The Scottish Insurrection was a week of strikes and unrest with demands for reform in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The economic downturn after the Napoleonic war ended, brought increasing unrest with the Artisan workers in Scotland, seeking action to reform the government. But the insurrection was largely forgotten about, as attention was focused on the better publicized Radical events in England.
Name Meaning
English: from the personal name Gibb, a pet form of Gilbert (compare Gibbs ). This surname is also frequent in Scotland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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