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Alicia Gordon, IV of the Gordon family was the heiress who married her cousin, Adam Gordon. Adam Gordon was a soldier who King Alexander III of Scotland sent with King Louis of France to Palestine. One tradition is that from Adam's grandson, Sir Adam, all of the Gordons in Scotland are descended.
The tenth Earl of Dunbar had vast estates and was one of the most powerful nobles in Scotland. [2] He fought at the Battle of Otterburn in 1388. [2] The Earl arranged for his daughter to marry a son of Robert III of Scotland however due to the influence of the Clan Douglas the marriage did not take place. [2]
The Working Families Party (WFP) is a progressive minor political party in the United States, founded in New York in 1998. There are active chapters in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Clan Cumming; Na Cuimeinich [1]: Motto: Courage [2]: Slogan: An Cuimeanach! An Cuimeanach! [dubious – discuss]War cry: Fhad 's a bhios maide sa choill, cha bhi foill an Cuimeineach [1] ("as long as there is a stick in the woods, there won't be deceit from Clan Cumming")
This is a family tree for the kings and queens of Scotland, since the unification under the House of Alpin in 834, to the personal union with England in 1603 under James VI of Scotland. It includes also the Houses of Dunkeld , Balliol , Bruce , and Stewart .
Although the interwar Catholic community in Scotland was overwhelmingly working-class and endangered by poverty and economic crises, it was able to cope with the Great Depression. [63] This relative immunity was caused by the Education (Scotland) Act 1918, which made Catholic schools fully state-funded.
Born Duncan Fife near Loch Fannich, Scotland, he immigrated with his family to Albany, New York, in 1784 and served as a cabinetmaker’s apprentice. [2]In 1791 he moved to New York City [2] and one year later is documented the earliest mention of him in the city, when he was elected to the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, sponsored by Isaac Nichols and Seabury Champlin, either of ...
Birthplace of Andrew Carnegie in Dunfermline, Scotland. Andrew Carnegie was born to Margaret (Morrison) Carnegie and William Carnegie in Dunfermline, Scotland, [10] in a typical weaver's cottage with only one main room. It consisted of half the ground floor, which was shared with the neighboring weaver's family. [11]