Margaret CUMING

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret CUMING was christened on 16 March 1707, in Cullen, Banffshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, George CUMING of Pitullie, was 27 and her mother, Mary OLIVER, was 39. She married James Flett on 2 November 1725, in Rathven, Banffshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 9 daughters. She died after July 1763, in Rathven, Banffshire, Scotland.

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Family Time Line

James Flett
1703–1771
Margaret CUMING
1707–1763
Marriage: 2 November 1725
Anna Flett
1727–1748
Elisabeth Flett
1729–
Alexander Flett
1731–1805
William Flett
1734–1745
Margaret Flett
1736–
James Flett
1738–
Helen Flett
1741–
Jean Flett
1743–1781
William Flett
1745–
Ann Flett
1748–
Janet Flett
1748–
George Flett
1749–1791
Barbara Flett
1749–
Elspet Flett
1760–

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  • Margaret Cumming, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"

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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.

Name Meaning

English: see Cumming .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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