When Elizabeth Colquhoun was born in 1894, in Paisley, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Alexander Colquhoun, was 23 and her mother, Jane Morrow, was 25. She had at least 1 son with James Stewart Lindsay. She died on 11 March 1921, in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 27.
Some characteristic forenames: Scottish Alastair.
Scottish: habitational name from the barony of Colquhoun in Dumbartonshire. The name appears to derive from Gaelic còil, cùil ‘nook, corner’, or coill(e) ‘wood’ + cumhann ‘narrow’. The usual Scottish pronunciation is ka-hoon. This is the name of a Scottish family descended from Umfridus de Kilpatrick, who acquired lands in the barony of Colquhoun during the reign of Alexander II (1214–49).
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