Christina Savage

Brief Life History of Christina

When Christina Savage was born in May 1890, in Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Savage, was 47 and her mother, Christina Edmondston, was 46. She lived in Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1891.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Savage
1844–1905
Christina Edmondston
1845–1890
David Edmondston
1865–1917
Peter Savage
1869–1872
Margaret Savage
1871–
Peter Savage
1873–
Thomas Savage
1875–
William Savage
1880–
Helen “Nellie” Savage
1884–1980
Annie Savage
1888–
Christina Savage
1890–

Sources (2)

  • Christina Savage in household of Joseph Savage, "Scotland Census, 1891"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Christina Savage - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Christina Savage

World Events (8)

1896 · Opening of the Glasgow Subway.

The Glasgow Subway opened on 14 December and is the third-oldest underground metro system in the world. It is one of very few subways that have a running gauge of 4 feet, but its twin circular lines were never expanded.

1908

London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1924

First UK government led by the Labor party under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.

Name Meaning

English: of Norman origin, a nickname for a wild or uncouth person, from Middle English and Old French salvage, sauvage ‘wild, untamed’ (from Late Latin salvaticus, literally ‘man of the woods’, a derivative of Latin silva ‘wood’ influenced by Latin salvus ‘whole’, i.e. natural). Compare French Sauvage .

Irish (Down): generally of English origin (it was taken to County Down in the 12th century), this name has also sometimes been adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Ó Sabháin, the name of a small south Munster sept, which was earlier Anglicized as O'Savin (see Savin ).

Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Savich and of Serbian Savić (see Savic ).

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

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