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**CLOSED***Lookups offered - The Surnames of Scotl
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Jeannie | Report | 25 May 2006 20:52 |
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Cheryl not a lot on this I'm afraid: CAULDFIELD - of local origin. There is a Cauldfield near Langholm, Dumfriesshire. Jean |
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Suzanne | Report | 25 May 2006 21:23 |
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hi could you please tell me the origin of the name mcdonald. thanks x |
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Researching: |
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Jeannie | Report | 25 May 2006 22:00 |
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Suzanne MACDONALD - 'son of Donald'. Properly speaking there is no such surname as Macdonald. The chiefs of the clan in the direct line are descended from Donald, eldest son of Reginald, second son of Somerled, Regulus of the Isles collectively known as Clann Domhnuil, and due to the absorption of many small septs it is the most numerous and widespread of all the clans. It should therefore, be borne in mind that all persons named Macdonald are not by any means son of any particular Donald. The attempts to record the name from Gaelic pronounciation has resulted in a great variety of forms................. Macdonell and Macdonnell are also recognised spellings of the name at the present time. Jean |
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Jeannie | Report | 31 May 2006 18:46 |
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nudge |
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Sue | Report | 31 May 2006 19:25 |
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Hi Jeannie, Could you look up the name Lessels..Please Thanks Sue x |
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Jeannie | Report | 31 May 2006 19:28 |
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Sue LESSELS - the old family of this name were of anglo-norman origin and possessed the lands of Forgrund in Fife. The old name Lascelles is derived from 'at the hermits cell'. Jean |
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Sue | Report | 31 May 2006 19:29 |
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Gosh that was quick.... Many thanks sue x |
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Martha | Report | 31 May 2006 20:50 |
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COOK (according to family history it was originally MACCOOK) |
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Sarah | Report | 31 May 2006 23:29 |
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HECTOR Thanks! |
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Jeannie | Report | 1 Jun 2006 15:41 |
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Martha COOK,COOKE - surname derived from the occupation 'cook'. A very common name in early scots records - Richard 1147 Berwick. In the 18th century, the Cooks of Arran were Maccook. The popular explanation is that the english 'cook' was borrowed into gaelic. MACCOOK - an old surname in Kintyre and Arran Jean |
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Jeannie | Report | 1 Jun 2006 15:45 |
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Sarah HECTOR - probably from the classical (Homeric) Hector. Hector,medicus, is mentioned in connection with lands of Balgillachy,Forfar 1369. David Hector, workman, Aberdeen 1749 - There was an Aberdeenshire family of this name probably connected with the Hectorsons. Jean |
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