When Margery May McEwan was born on 24 August 1804, in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John McEwan, was 42 and her mother, Margery May Menzies, was 36. She married George Bain on 17 June 1825, in St Vigeans, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1856 and lived in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 15 June 1889, in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
Scottish: variant of McEwen .
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