Brief Life History of Katharine
When Katharine Pentland was born on 10 July 1739, in Liberton, Midlothian, Scotland, her father, Thomas Pentland, was 22 and her mother, Marion Hood, was 23.
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- Katharine Pentland, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Katharine Pentland, "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.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
Scottish (Midlothian): habitational name from Pentland (Midlothian), or perhaps from Pentlands in Adlingfleet (Yorkshire). The etymology of the Midlothian placename is uncertain. The Yorkshire placename appears to represent an early example of modern English pent ‘place where water is pent up, reservoir, enclosed pool’ + land.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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