Brief Life History of James Allan
When James Allan Leishman was born on 1 September 1829, in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Campbell Leishman, was 21 and his mother, Jean Allan, was 25. He married Catherine White Thomas on 29 November 1857, in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Cache, Utah, United States in 1860 and Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States in 1870. He registered for military service in 1861. He died on 18 April 1923, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Jos A Leishman, "United States Census, 1920"
- James A. Leishman, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- James A Leishman, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway
Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Stirlingshire): occupational name for a maker of leashes, from Middle English and Older Scots lese, leise, lech(e), lesh(e) ‘a leash for holding a coursing hound or watchdog’, also ‘a thong for securing a hawk’, + man. The name would be synonymous with Lesmaker, Leshmaker, attested in early 15th-century Durham.
Perhaps also a Scottish variant of Leachman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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