When Christina Ann Arnot was born on 10 April 1814, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John Arnot, was 25 and her mother, Margaret Geddes, was 20. She married James Drysdale on 3 August 1833, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Missouri, United States in 1870. She died about 25 December 1879, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
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Scottish: variant of Arnott .
German: variant of Arnold . This surname is very rare in Germany. In North America, it may also be an altered form of the variant Arnodt.
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