Talking with my daughter today about heritage, who we are, and her, if any, interest in where we come from.
Mayby it is an age thing with time on our hands to seek out heritage/geneoligy but learning or hearing stories of my father and his father with family history has always intrigued me.
As my daughter says she doesn't think about it to much having 3 children, 8, 6 and 3 her time is taken up with the 3 and at the age where life is running at 110 mph with mortgages ECT.
Got me doing a bit more research myself. 3 grandparents came from Scotland and the 4th from Wales. Can you imagine trying to get a loan from them. 3 have long pockets and the 4th would welch on the deal, so you would think I would have inherited a lot of genéational wealth. Proberbly buried their money and forgot to tell anyone on their deathbed.
Any ways my surname is linked to the clan Gun this is our broach with the Gun Tartan. Scottish tartens are the colours and patterns their kilts, (some might call them skirts if they were brave, or more to the point, foolish enough), that distinguished clans.
Doiing a search it appears the clan gun is from Vikings when they came to Scotland.
My grandparents on my father's side are from the Banff, Elgin, and Inverness area.
Extract from Earl of Orkney.
Earl of Orkney, historically Jarl of Orkney, is a title of nobility encompassing the archipelagoes of Orkney and Shetland, which comprise the Northern Isles of Scotland. Originally founded by Norse invaders, the status of the rulers of the Northern Isles as Norwegian vassals was formalised in 1195. Although the Old Norse term jarl is etymologically related to "earl", and the jarls were succeeded by earls in the late 15th century, a Norwegian jarl is not the same thing.[2] In the Norse context the distinction between jarls and kings did not become significant until the late 11th century[3] and the early jarls would therefore have had considerable independence of action until that time. The position of Jarl of Orkney was eventually the most senior rank in medieval Norway except for the king himself.
The jarls were periodically subject to the kings of Alba for those parts of their territory in what is now mainland Scotland (i.e. Caithness and Sutherland).
What does this have to do with my sir name. Maybe nothing but maybe where it originated.
As names in times could be derived from a trade, or how one made a living and different spelling that changed over time, it becomes a guessing game with the added fun of deciding on a nobility story or a not so savoury story.
The journey continues... Follow along or like those that were looking for a loan decided long pockets were a reach to far
Mayby it is an age thing with time on our hands to seek out heritage/geneoligy but learning or hearing stories of my father and his father with family history has always intrigued me.
As my daughter says she doesn't think about it to much having 3 children, 8, 6 and 3 her time is taken up with the 3 and at the age where life is running at 110 mph with mortgages ECT.
Got me doing a bit more research myself. 3 grandparents came from Scotland and the 4th from Wales. Can you imagine trying to get a loan from them. 3 have long pockets and the 4th would welch on the deal, so you would think I would have inherited a lot of genéational wealth. Proberbly buried their money and forgot to tell anyone on their deathbed.
Any ways my surname is linked to the clan Gun this is our broach with the Gun Tartan. Scottish tartens are the colours and patterns their kilts, (some might call them skirts if they were brave, or more to the point, foolish enough), that distinguished clans.
Doiing a search it appears the clan gun is from Vikings when they came to Scotland.
My grandparents on my father's side are from the Banff, Elgin, and Inverness area.
Extract from Earl of Orkney.
Earl of Orkney, historically Jarl of Orkney, is a title of nobility encompassing the archipelagoes of Orkney and Shetland, which comprise the Northern Isles of Scotland. Originally founded by Norse invaders, the status of the rulers of the Northern Isles as Norwegian vassals was formalised in 1195. Although the Old Norse term jarl is etymologically related to "earl", and the jarls were succeeded by earls in the late 15th century, a Norwegian jarl is not the same thing.[2] In the Norse context the distinction between jarls and kings did not become significant until the late 11th century[3] and the early jarls would therefore have had considerable independence of action until that time. The position of Jarl of Orkney was eventually the most senior rank in medieval Norway except for the king himself.
The jarls were periodically subject to the kings of Alba for those parts of their territory in what is now mainland Scotland (i.e. Caithness and Sutherland).
What does this have to do with my sir name. Maybe nothing but maybe where it originated.
As names in times could be derived from a trade, or how one made a living and different spelling that changed over time, it becomes a guessing game with the added fun of deciding on a nobility story or a not so savoury story.
The journey continues... Follow along or like those that were looking for a loan decided long pockets were a reach to far
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