hampden_loon2878 Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Your quick google search should have shown you that there are different origins of the porter surname!!! Scottish,irish,english and french A quick Google says Porter is English in origin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 Your quick google search should have shown you that there are different origins of the porter surname!!! Scottish,irish,english and french Yes the search did say that. But it still says the name originated in England. The earliest recording of it is in Winchester. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weekevie04 Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Mum - both sides are from Angus/Perth/Dundee area. Mostly fermers who travelled about working for their paymasters. Most of the family are in that area with the odd rogue being able to immigrant to Canada or Glesgae/Edinburgh. Although the old second uncles think we have French or Spanish relatives to 'explain the dark hair' in some. Dad - his faither died when he was 10, but seems to be no interest in either side from either. Granda was either from Islay/Jura or Barra, but 'spoke the Gaelic' moved to Glasgow and worked on the buses. Gran's side are from Donegal yet she doesn't know if her faither or grandfaither was Irish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 My father traced his ancestors back, and through his he can trace us directly back to Souter Johnny, John Davidson. My Mothers side are Cowies.Come from a tiny wee place beside Stonehaven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 My family's from Kennoway, Cupar, Dundee, Larbert and Maryhill. My Dad did our family tree and discovered someone from Dublin, someone from Warwick and a Dutch guy but many generations back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robroysboy Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 My family's from Kennoway, Cupar, Dundee, Larbert and Maryhill. My Dad did our family tree and discovered someone from Dublin, someone from Warwick and a Dutch guy but many generations back. Don't believe everything you read in a search engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Don't believe everything you read in a search engine. How do you mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robroysboy Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) How do you mean? I was inferring that you derived your family tree from the Internet. Apologies if this was not accurate and I offended you. Edited December 28, 2015 by Robroysboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_burger Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 My family name first appeared in Scotland during the wars of independence. Came over to Britain with the norman invasion. One of them signed the declaration of Arbroath. I have no proof he is an ancestor, but there aren't many of us about up here. Over past 150 odd years paternal side all from west of Scotland, maternal side all from Edinburgh/east, that I have traced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Blackheart Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 One side were Scottish settlers in Ulster but came back to the east end of Glasgow. Apparently my great great grandmother was 6 feet tall and simply known locally as "the big Irish lady"! Other side were pretty much all cattle thieves from Fife until they moved to Glasgow and the poor house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louch Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Your mum remarried and your stepdad adopted you as a result your birthmum would have to adopt you as well 10 points, no one usually gets that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I was knitted. Know what rips ma knitting? Whenever one of my wee ones jumps in from of my mother in law she always exclaims "Ooooh who knitted you? You're such a good jumper". I'm the most laid back, easy going chap you'll ever meet, but by does that make me want to stab her in the eyes with knitting needles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I was inferring that you derived your family tree from the Internet. Apologies if this was not accurate and I offended you. Didn't you believe that a football manager attacked a journalist with a hammer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunchy Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 10 points, no one usually gets that Only reason I know is because my dad and step mum looked into it so dad could adopt my stepsister. Bit screwed up if you ask me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 There was a TV documentary a wee while ago about DNA and they found two guys on Skye( not directly related) who had almost the same DNA as the first settlers, it concluded that these guys ancestors and familly had been on North Skye for around 2000+ years. They were and remain farmers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 There was a TV documentary a wee while ago about DNA and they found two guys on Skye( not directly related) who had almost the same DNA as the first settlers, it concluded that these guys ancestors and familly had been on North Skye for around 2000+ years. They were and remain farmers. If they have almost the same DNA then they will be directly related - albeit going back many generations - that's how it works. I'm assuming that it was DNA on the Y-chromosome that is passed from father to son and remains pretty consistent throughout the generations. In this case it's not the DNA match that's unusual it's that they've been in the same location for 2000 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cove_Sheep Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Don't believe everything you read in a search engine. Or what you see on OAE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat Earth Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Through that line, it looks like I'm descended from this guy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergus_of_Galloway Its a charter from David I in 1136 that gives Aberdeen Harbour its place in the Guinness Book of Records as the UKs oldest business... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat Earth Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Only recently took an interest in this, I think it happens when you get older and realise you have more dead family than living. In the summer I went to Bragar cemetery on the west coast of Lewis, just to be close to my grandparents unmarked grave. No idea where their remains lie, but wanted to visit the spot as I'd never been. Found a grave with a Donald Maciver and Margaret Maclean, no biggie, there are plenty Macivers there, and its a sizable grave yard. Got back and checked the genealogy notes my father passed on to me and discovered Donald and Margaret were my great grand parents. That freaked me out, in a nice way, to have found myself drawn to a single grave stone out of hundreds and hundreds... I also know the family croft was 21 Arnol, and found an archeological study online of the black houses of the whole township with detailed notes of every croft. There is also a published booklet I've got my hands on listing all the families in every croft in Arnol and North/South Bragar from around mid 18th C to present day. There is a wealth of family information in there that shows how many many families were inter-related. On a side note: there were about 40-45 crofts in Arnol at the time of the first world war. 21 of their sons did not come home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Only recently took an interest in this, I think it happens when you get older and realise you have more dead family than living. In the summer I went to Bragar cemetery on the west coast of Lewis, just to be close to my grandparents unmarked grave. No idea where their remains lie, but wanted to visit the spot as I'd never been. Found a grave with a Donald Maciver and Margaret Maclean, no biggie, there are plenty Macivers there, and its a sizable grave yard. Got back and checked the genealogy notes my father passed on to me and discovered Donald and Margaret were my great grand parents. That freaked me out, in a nice way, to have found myself drawn to a single grave stone out of hundreds and hundreds... Interesting that you found that grave but a pity you didn't know it was your great-grandparents grave when you were there. Still you can always go back. In 2005 I did a road trip from Washington DC down through the Appalachians to Nashville. Its only in the last year that I've discovered that there is a McDowell family cemetery in Virginia where a lot of my ancestors are buried and I drove right past it - well within about 5 miles - without knowing. These would not be direct ancestors as my line ended up in Maryhill but interesting all the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat Earth Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Interesting that you found that grave but a pity you didn't know it was your great-grandparents grave when you were there. Still you can always go back. In 2005 I did a road trip from Washington DC down through the Appalachians to Nashville. Its only in the last year that I've discovered that there is a McDowell family cemetery in Virginia where a lot of my ancestors are buried and I drove right past it - well within about 5 miles - without knowing. These would not be direct ancestors as my line ended up in Maryhill but interesting all the same. We were on holiday there and the notes were in the hotel. I went straight back the next day!! But I think I know how you must have felt when you learned about the graveyard in Virginia. I hope you get the chance to go back one day. I find this stuff fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat Earth Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 This is well worth a read, it changed my perspective a little bit on "who I think I am". It puts your genes in perspective by stating the bleedin obvious, but its framed in a way I hadn't actually properly considered. http://qz.com/557639/everyone-on-earth-is-actually-your-cousin/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 This is well worth a read, it changed my perspective a little bit on "who I think I am". It puts your genes in perspective by stating the bleedin obvious, but its framed in a way I hadn't actually properly considered. http://qz.com/557639/everyone-on-earth-is-actually-your-cousin/ That was interesting. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddybuc16 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 As far as i know most if not all my ancestry comes from scotland, my surname buchan comes from the northeast of scotland. My surname is buchan, i think my great grandad (on ma dads side) was from aberdeen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 We were on holiday there and the notes were in the hotel. I went straight back the next day!! But I think I know how you must have felt when you learned about the graveyard in Virginia. I hope you get the chance to go back one day. I find this stuff fascinating. Worse than that, after the game in Jacksonville I ended up in Asheville NC and met with Tartan Teddy to see the Asheville Tourists and while that's a bit further away I could have easily have done it in the car, in fact I went a similar distance just to visit the graves of A.P. and Sara Carter - of the Carter Family. I did a city tour of Asheville and one of the historic buildings is called the Smith-McDowell house. Guess what - another ancestor I didn't know about at the time. Still its a beautiful part of the world and I'm sure I'll be back there one day - maybe this gives me the excuse. Thing is, when I was in the Appalachians, I knew obviously that it was heavily settled by Scots and at the time I thought that I could understand why Scots had settled there, lots of mountains at around 3-5000 ft, heavily forested, which would have been the case with the highlands before they were deforested. A lot hotter in the summer of course. Funny thing is, of course my lot were all from Galloway by way of Antrim, neither of which were anything like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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