When Janet Robertson was born on 3 July 1848, in St Monans, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Robertson, was 30 and her mother, Janet Smith, was 28. She married George Smith on 24 December 1875, in St Monans, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 3 March 1913, in St Monans, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 64, and was buried in St Monans Old Cemetery, St Monans, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.
The Police Act 1857 was an Act put into place by Parliament to establish a mandatory police force in every county of Scotland.
The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 was passed by Parliament and allowed for the creation of seven additional Scottish seats in the House of Commons. Along with the seats, Two University constituencies were created. These each returned one member to Parliament.
Scottish and English: patronymic from the Middle English, Norman French, and Older Scots personal name Robert + -son. This surname is especially common in Scotland, where Robert was a popular personal name and the name of three kings of Scotland, including Robert the Bruce (1274–1329).
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Robertsson: patronymic from the personal name Robert .
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Robertsen, a cognate of 1 above.
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