Christina Russell Archibald

Brief Life History of Christina Russell

When Christina Russell Archibald was born on 10 March 1851, in Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Archibald, was 37 and her mother, Elizabeth Russell, was 34. She married David Archibald Murray on 11 December 1871, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Fauldhouse, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 18 June 1874, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 23, and was buried in Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Archibald Murray
1849–1913
Christina Russell Archibald
1851–1874
Marriage: 11 December 1871
Christina Archibald Murray
1872–1873
George Henry Murray
1874–1874

Sources (11)

  • Christian Archibald in household of Thomas Archibald, "Scotland Census, 1851"
  • Christina Russell Archibald Murray, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Christina Russell Archibald, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"

World Events (8)

1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway

Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.

1856

Historical Boundaries: 1856: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1856: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Scottish and English: from a personal name, Archibald, of Anglo-Norman French and (ultimately) ancient Germanic origin (see Archambault ). In the Highlands of Scotland it was taken as an Anglicized equivalent of the Gaelic personal name Gille Easbaig ‘servant of the bishop’ (see Gillespie ), probably because of the approximate phonetic similarity between Arch(i)bald and easbaig. Both Archibald and Gillespie are personal names much favored among Clan Campbell.

History: This is the name of a leading Nova Scotia family, taken there by four brothers who emigrated from Londonderry, northern Ireland, in 1750–62.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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