Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Donald was born on 2 March 1741, in Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, her father, James Donald, was 28 and her mother, Mary Hill, was 28. She married Robert Smith on 25 January 1765, in Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She died in Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
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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.
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish: shortened form of McDonald (Mac Dhomhnaill), from the Gaelic personal name Domhnall; found in 13th- and 14th-century Scotland as Dofnald, Douenald, Dufenald, and Donald.
Irish (Ulster): possibly also a shortened and altered form of Irish O'Donell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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