Brief Life History of Archibald
When Archibald McKellar was born on 18 November 1785, in Argyll, Scotland, his father, John McKellar, was 11782 and his mother, Margary, was 11782. He married Catherine Henderson on 31 October 1809, in United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He died about 1846, in Kemper, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 62.
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- Archibald Mckeller, "United States Census, 1840"
- Archibald Mckellar, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Archibald Mckennan, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1798 · Mississippi is Organized as an American Territory
The �Mississippi territory existed from April 7, 1798, to December 10, 1817, when the western half became the state of Mississippi and the eastern half became Alabama Territory. The territory was given up by Spain through the Treaty of Madrid.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
Scottish:
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Ealair, ‘son of Ealair’, the Gaelic form of the Latin personal name Hilarius (see Hillary 1).
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Céileachair ‘son of the companionable one’. Compare Irish Kelleher .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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