Brief Life History of John
When John Guthrie was born on 27 June 1873, in Urquhart, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, William Guthrie, was 39 and his mother, Jessie Russell, was 39. He lived in Kingston, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1881.
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- John Guthrie in household of Jessie Guthrie, "Scotland Census, 1881"
- John Guthrie, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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World Events (8)
1874 · Patronage abolished in the Church of Scotland.
The Church Patronage Act 1874 was passed by Parliament and amended and altered the laws relating to the Appointment of Ministers to Parishes in Scotland. Paragraphs spelled out definitions to prevent the Act being subverted by processes used by Patrons and clarified that the Church of Scotland would decide on the qualifications required for Ministers.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1905 · Stornoway Town Hall
Stornoway Town Hall was the first town hall in Stornoway Scotland but burned down in 1918. The clock tower on the building became famous after Calum Kennedy named a song after the town called ‘Lovely Stornoway’. The current building is still being used as a multi-purpose venue. Hosting different commercial and community activities.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from a place near Forfar, named in Gaelic with gaothair ‘windy place’ (a derivative of gaoth ‘wind’) + the locative suffix -ach.
Scottish: possibly an Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mag Uchtre ‘son of Uchtre’, a personal name which is perhaps akin to uchtlach ‘child’.
Irish (Clare and Antrim): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Fhlaithimh ‘descendant of Flaitheamh’, a byname meaning ‘prince’. This is the result of an erroneous association of the Gaelic name in the form Ó Fhlaithimh (Fh being silent), with the Gaelic word laithigh ‘mud’, and of mud with gutters, and an equally erroneous association of the Scottish surname Guthrie with the word ‘gutter’. Compare Laffey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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