Isabel Brock

Femaleabout 1720–

Brief Life History of Isabel

Isabel Brock was born about 1720, in Kilcalmonell and Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom. She married John Buchanan on 20 November 1741. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters.

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Family Time Line

John Buchanan
1716–
Isabel Brock
1720–
Marriage: 20 November 1741
Margaret Buchanan
1742–
John Buchanan
1745–
Janet Buchanan
1748–

Sources (1)

  • Isobel Brock in entry for John Buchanan, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    20 November 1741
  • Children (3)

    World Events (3)

    1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.

    Age 82

    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

    Age 91

    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

    Age 95

    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    Name Meaning

    English, Scottish, and North German: variant of Brook .

    English and Scandinavian: nickname for a person supposedly resembling a badger, from Middle English brok(ke) ‘badger’ (Old English brocc) and Danish brok (a word of Celtic origin; compare Welsh broch, Cornish brogh, Irish broc). In the Middle Ages badgers were regarded as unpleasant creatures.

    Dutch and Flemish: from a personal name, a short form of Brockert .

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

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