Brief Life History of Agnes
When Agnes Welch was born on 19 July 1796, in Cupar, Fife, Scotland, her father, Charles Welch Sr., was 23 and her mother, Margaret Ritchie, was 25. She married Robert Russell on 25 September 1814, in Cupar, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She was buried in Cupar, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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- Agnes Welch in entry for Ann Russell, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Agnes Welch in entry for Ann Russell, "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.
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
English: variant of Welsh or Walsh , an ethnic name for someone of Welsh origin. This is the usual form of the surname in England; the usual form in Ireland is Walsh and in Scotland Welsh .
German: variant of Welk .
Americanized form of German Welsch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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