Andrew Russell Archibald

Brief Life History of Andrew Russell

When Andrew Russell Archibald was born on 22 May 1856, in Crofthead, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Archibald, was 42 and his mother, Elizabeth Russell, was 39. He married Martha Ellen Leavitt on 27 December 1877, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 10 daughters. He lived in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada in 1911 and Alberta, Canada in 1916. He died on 1 September 1924, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 68, and was buried in Cardston Cemetery, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Russell Archibald
1856–1924
Martha Ellen Leavitt
1860–1923
Marriage: 27 December 1877
Annie Leavitt Archibald
1878–1915
Elizabeth Archibald
1880–1881
Jessie Leavitt Archibald
1881–1944
Martha Leavitt Archibald
1883–1888
Christina Archibald
1885–1959
Archibald
1888–1888
Ida Leavitt Archibald
1890–1979
Rosella Archibald
1892–1979
Leona Leavitt Archibald
1894–1917
Andrew Leavitt Archibald
1897–1917
Owen Leavitt Archibald
1899–1986
Douglas Leavitt Archibald
1903–1905
Hazel Leavitt Archibald
1907–1908

Sources (58)

  • Andrew Archibald in household of Elizabeth Archibald, "Scotland Census, 1861"
  • Andrew Small Archibald, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Andrew Russell Archibald, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1857 · Police (Scotland) Act 1857

The Police Act 1857 was an Act put into place by Parliament to establish a mandatory police force in every county of Scotland.

1863

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

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

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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Autobiography of Christena Archibald

CHRISTENA ARCHIBALD HARKER This story has been taken from the book entitled “The Life of Thomas Rowell Leavitt and his Descendants” complied by Emma K. Broadbent, et a!, 1975 ~. 122.127. I, Christe …

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