Another common search result found when looking for Kilkie connections is the name Kilkiewicz. People retrieved with this surname have always been recorded as Polish origin. So, the leading question? is Kilkiewicz a Polish person who came from Derry, or
The Irish seaside resort Kilkee in county Clare is often compared with Kilkie and the assumption drawn that the family name is derived from the town name. Although Kilkee is a very nice town with a lovely beach, there is
Whilst much of the 1831 census of Ireland was destroyed we are fortunate that most of the records for Londonderry survive. Family historian Bill McAfee has transcribed the records and provided internet access to these, for which we are grateful.
Griffiths valuation was a land valuation carried out on behalf of the then government by Richard Griffiths who had previously carried out a boundary survey of Ireland for Ordinance Survey maps of Ireland (1825-44). The land valuation which began in
The same lack of documentary evidence described elsewhere affected records of the 19th Century. No complete censuses or central records of BMD exist for Northern Ireland for this period. However, parish records, land valuations and tombstone records do Exist. In
Verified family records are scarce in Ireland. Early censuses were accidentally shredded and pulped by the government and later censuses were destroyed in the 1922 Public records office fire. Catholic parish records, various land valuations (e.g. Griffiths), gravestone transcriptions and
Today most if not all surnames are inherited from parents. In the past (as explained elsewhere) surnames had other derivations, ie from places or occupations and a common surname was no guarantee of a similar origin. One route to discover the
Until the 10th century people had no family name. they lived in small villages and had a first name to identify them from one and other. Ireland is thought to be one of the first countries to begin to use
There is a well known rumour about the group of Irish people called “the black irish”. Normally the story goes that these are decendants of survivors of the Spanish armada who landed on Ireland. The Black irish are those with
Howard is a common English language surname. Its origins are unclear. One theory is that it derived from the Norman-French personal name “Huard” or “Heward” adapting after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Another theory is that its origin may be pre 7th century Germanic from the personal name “Hughard” (prefix hug,
From The Oxford Names Companion Halliday in English and Scots; from Old English haligdaeg holy day, religious festival. The reasons why this word should have become a surname are not clear, perhaps it was used as a nickname for persons born
The derivation of the name Field is from “feld”, translating as pasture or open country, almost the opposite of the 20th century meaning. The earliest recordings are to be found in England and Germany. These include Hugo de la Felde,
According to the Dictionary of American Family Names (Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4) Ehemann is of South German origin. It is a byname for someone under feudal obligations of some particular kind, from Middle High German e ‘law’,‘contract’ + man
Docherty is an anglicized form of the Olde Gaelic name O’Dochartaigh, the Gaelic prefix “O” indicates “male descendant (of)”, plus the personal name Dochartaigh, from “dochartach” meaning “hurtful” or “obstructive”. The leading sept of the O’Dohertys (the usual anglicization of
Recorded as Boyle, Boyall, and O’ Boyle, this is generally regarded as an Irish surname of great antiquity. However it may also be English of Irish origin or English of French origins! If Irish it derives from the early Gaelic
Lloyd is a Welsh surname originating with the Welsh adjective llwyd, most often understood as meaning “grey” but with other meanings as well. The name can be used both as a given name and as a surname. The name has many variations and a few derivations, mainly