Brief Life History of William
William Sawers was born about 1757, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He married Margaret Donaldson on 9 January 1774, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died about 1825, in Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 70.
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- William Sawers, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- William Sawers in entry for Margaret Sawers, "Scotland Presbyterian & Protestant Church Records, 1736-1990"
- William Sawers in entry for Christian Sawers, "Scotland Presbyterian & Protestant Church Records, 1736-1990"
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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: variant of Sawer with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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