Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Craig was born on 5 March 1788, in Midlothian, Scotland, her father, James Craig, was 29 and her mother, Janet Knox, was 33. She married Douglas Campbell Swan on 10 July 1820, in Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She died on 20 December 1847, in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 59, and was buried in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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- Parish Birth Record for Margaret Craig
- Margaret Craig, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Death and Burial Record for Margaret Craig
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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.
1811 · The Tron Riot
The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived near a steep or precipitous rock, Older Scots crag, craig. Compare the synonymous English Cragg .
Manx: either a shortened form of Gaelic Mac Concharraige ‘son of Cu Charraige (‘hound of the rock’) or possibly of Mac Thorveig ‘son of Thorveig’, from the Old Norse personal name Thórveig (from the god's name Thórr + veig ‘pith, strength’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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