Brief Life History of Isobel
When Isobel Braid was born in 1702, in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, William Braid, was 28 and her mother, Agnes Swan, was 32.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Isobel Braid, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
Parents and Siblings
1674–1733 Male
1670–1748 Female
Siblings (5)
1700– Male
1702– Female
1704–1774 Male
1707– Female
1709–1774 Male
World Events (2)
1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
Age 100
1815
Age 113
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the Braid Hills near Edinburgh.
Scottish and northern English: descriptive nickname from Older Scots and English dialect braid ‘broad’; see Broad .
English: metonymic occupational name for a braid maker, from a noun derivative of Middle English braiden in the sense ‘to plait or braid (the hair)’; compare Brader .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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