Brief Life History of Marion Baird
When Marion Baird Currie was born about 1898, in Bailleston, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John Currie, was 35 and her mother, Christina Adamson, was 35. She married Archibald Forrest on 14 October 1927, in Bailleston, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. She lived in Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1901. She died in 1929, at the age of 32.
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- Marion Currie in household of John Currie, "Scotland Census, 1901"
- 1901 Scotland Census
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World Events (8)
1902 · The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition was organized and led by William Speirs Bruce. Him along with Robert Falcon Scott’s Discovery Expedition completed an exploration of Antarctica. They established the first manned meteorological station, the Orcadas, in 1903 and discovered new land east of the Weddell Sea. The expedition was described as the most cost-effective and carefully planned scientific expedition of the Heroic Age. The Orcadas weather station has been in continuous operation ever since.
1905 · Stornoway Town Hall
Stornoway Town Hall was the first town hall in Stornoway Scotland but burned down in 1918. The clock tower on the building became famous after Calum Kennedy named a song after the town called ‘Lovely Stornoway’. The current building is still being used as a multi-purpose venue. Hosting different commercial and community activities.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Currie in Midlothian, first recorded in this form in 1230. It is derived from Gaelic curraigh, dative case of currach ‘wet plain, marsh’.
Scottish: habitational name from Corrie in Dumfriesshire or another place so named (see Corrie ).
Scottish form of Irish Curry or, in Arran, an Anglicized form of Mac Mhuirich (see McMurray ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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