When Isabella Meiklejohn was born about 1854, in Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, David Forbes Meiklejohn, was 37 and her mother, Ann McGowan, was 25. She died in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States.
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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.
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Scottish: nickname from Middle Scots mekill, meikill ‘big’ + the personal name John .
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