Brief Life History of James
When Hon. James Wylie was born on 2 November 1788, in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, William Wylie, was 34 and his mother, Margaret Gillias, was 30. He married Mary Hamilton on 29 June 1808, in Low Paisley (Paisley), Renfrewshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 6 May 1854, in Almonte, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 65, and was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.
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- James Wylie, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- James H. Wylie, "Find A Grave Index"
- James Wylie in entry for John G Malloch and Margt Gillies Wylie, "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869"
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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: from a Scots pet form of the personal name William .
English: variant of Wiley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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