Brief Life History of David
When David Balfour was born on 24 September 1826, in Crail, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, William Balfour, was 46 and his mother, Jean Aiken, was 46. He married Janet Brown on 31 August 1850, in Anstruther Easter, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 5 March 1879, in his hometown, at the age of 52.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- 1841 Scotland Census
- David Balfour, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- David Balfour, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
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Children (6)
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World Events (8)
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1832 · The Scottish Reform Act
The Scottish Reform Act was introduced by Parliament that introduced changes to the election laws in Scotland. The Act didn’t change the method of how the counties elected members but adopted a different solution for each pair of counties. Ultimately, it brought about boundary changes so that some burghs would have more say for the country than others.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from any of several places in eastern Scotland named with Gaelic bail(e) ‘village, farm, house’ + pùir, genitive case of pór ‘pasture, grass’ (lenited to phùir in certain contexts). The second element is akin to Welsh pawr ‘pasture’. The principal British family bearing this name derives it from the barony of Balfour in the parish of Markinch, Fife. According to the traditional pronunciation, the accent falls on the second syllable, but these days it is found more commonly on the first.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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