Brief Life History of Mary
Mary McGill was born on 8 April 1831, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom as the daughter of David McGill and Mary Glassford. She married Angus Woodrow on 20 January 1850, in Killarrow, Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Oro Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years.
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- Mary Woodrow in household of Angus Woodrow, "Canada Census, 1871"
- Mary McGill, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Mary Macgill, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
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1832 · The Scottish Reform Act
The Scottish Reform Act was introduced by Parliament that introduced changes to the election laws in Scotland. The Act didn’t change the method of how the counties elected members but adopted a different solution for each pair of counties. Ultimately, it brought about boundary changes so that some burghs would have more say for the country than others.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1867 · Ontario Founded
On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Ghoill ‘son of the stranger (or lowlander)’ (see Gall 1).
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac (an) G(h)iolla (Irish) or Mac (an) G(h)ille (Scottish) ‘son of the lad’ (i.e. ‘servant’), or a short form of a personal name formed by attaching this element to the name of a saint, in the sense ‘devotee’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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