Brief Life History of William
When William Waterston was born on 25 February 1841, in Forfar, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, David Edmund Waterston, was 42 and his mother, Elizabeth Fife, was 39.
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- William Waterston, "Scotland Census, 1851"
- William Waterstone, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1843 · The Disruption in the Church of Scotland
The Disruption of 1843 was a division within the Church of Scotland, which 474 evangelical ministers of the Church broke away from the Church to form the Free Church of Scotland. They didn’t reject the principles of the Church of Scotland but were trying to establish a purer version of the Church without the King or Parliament being its head. It had huge effects not only within the Church of Scotland, but also with Scottish civic life.
1874 · Patronage abolished in the Church of Scotland.
The Church Patronage Act 1874 was passed by Parliament and amended and altered the laws relating to the Appointment of Ministers to Parishes in Scotland. Paragraphs spelled out definitions to prevent the Act being subverted by processes used by Patrons and clarified that the Church of Scotland would decide on the qualifications required for Ministers.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Watherston, a habitational name from an unidentified placename, presumably in the Scottish Borders. Black's explanation that it is a form of Waterson cannot be correct, though in later centuries the forms of the two names may have become confused.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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