Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Morrison was born on 11 May 1698, in Inverkip, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Morrison, was 28 and her mother, Mary Wallace, was 21. She married Archibald Wilson about 1719, in Inverkip, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters.
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- Mary Morison, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Mary Morison in entry for Helen Wilson, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Mary Morison in entry for Joanna Willson, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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World Events (2)
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
Irish: from Ó Muirgheasáin ‘descendant of Muirgheasán’, a diminutive of Muirgheas, a personal name meaning ‘sea valor’.
Scottish: from Gaelic Mac Moireasdain ‘son of Moireasdan’, a personal name cognate with Irish Muirgheasán’ (see 1 above).
Scottish and English: patronymic from the personal name Morris .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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