Margaret Archibald

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Archibald was born on 19 May 1767, in Liberton, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, David Archibald Jr., was 43 and her mother, Agnes Ingram, was 41. She married William McCaul on 14 April 1788, in Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters.

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Family Time Line

William McCaul
1764–1841
Margaret Archibald
1767–
Marriage: 14 April 1788
Anne Mcaul
1791–
Andrew Mcall
1794–
Agnes McCall
1796–1871
David Macaul
1798–
Jonathan Reid Mccall
1801–
Marion Mccaul
1803–
William Macaul
1806–
Helen Mccall
1808–

Sources (21)

  • Margaret Archibald in entry for Helen Mccall, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Margaret Archbald in entry for William Macaul, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Margaret Archibald in entry for Andrew Mcall, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"

World Events (6)

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.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

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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