Monday, 5 November 2007

Clans and Tartans Homework - due Thurs 15th November

Find out more about your family name. Where does it originate from? Do you have a clan connection? Do you have a family tartan and if so what is the name of it and what are the main colours?








29 comments:

Anonymous said...

My sirname name reid,comes from England and means Redhead.

By Michael

Anonymous said...

The Reid clan motto is virtutis gloria merces which means glory is the reward of valour. My family tartan is dark blue and dark green with red stripes.

By Michael

Anonymous said...

My name is Annand.
It was first found in Dumfriesshire which is in the southwest of Scotland.
My name does not have a piece of tartan but it does have a border.
And it has at least 6 colours in it.

from chloe A

Anonymous said...

Clan Mcmillan is Scottish and descends from Airbertach,a Hebridean Prince of the old Royal House of Moray.There are three Tartans-

Ancient-Green&Yellow&Red
Dress-Yellow&Red
Hunting-Blue&Green&Red&Yellow

Anonymous said...

My surname is Laverty which originates from Ireland ,mainly Northern Ireland .

My name means prince,ruler and doer of valiant deeds.

Laverty has links to the Oneil clan.
The tartan is green,white and yellow.

Anonymous said...

My second name is Adam.
This is a Scottish name and is part of the Gordon clan. The Gordon clan come from north of Aberdeen.
The family tartan is the Gordon tartan. The dress Gordon is green with blue and white.

By B.A.

Anonymous said...

The Barclay's originated from France and came to Gloucestershire during the Normandy conquest.The Barclay's have their own Clan and tartan. The Clan's motto is: Aut agere aut mori (Either action or death). The Clan tartan is yellow and black and is the dress tartan.

By Melissa P6 RM12

Anonymous said...

My name Snooks was adopted by my grandfather from his stepdad. It is an English name. My real surname would have been Morgan but because it is Irish I am going to use my mother's maiden name Sievwright. Sievwright has been on this Earth since the 15th century B.C. Our family motto is "Recte Ferio" which is latin for "Correctly I strike".We do not have a family tartan but we have a coat of arms which is a gold background with a battle axe between three red disks. The crest was a hand holding a thunderbolt. by a.s

Anonymous said...

Curry is an Irish name that was an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Corra. Although the Curry spelling is Irish, lots of Irish Curry's have Scottish Ancestors. The Scottish version is Currie and many of them have swapped their spelling over the centuries. There are 2 Currie tartans
Currie tartan is green,light blue, dark blue, red, yellow and white
Currie of Balilone is dark green with yellow and white.


By Rachael C

Anonymous said...

My second name is Davies
it is from wales
it does not have a clan connection
and does not have a tartan
by ld

Anonymous said...

My name is Gildea.
It comes from Ireland. The name Gildea does not have a tartan, although it does have a coat of arms.

Laura

Anonymous said...

The Mackay clan.
My clan comes from the north of Scotland. The tartan is called
the Mackay and the colours are
blue and green.

Anonymous said...

The Traill family name originates from Scotland. We are desended from the Vikings, and have no clan connection. The colours of my family tartan is red,yellow,tan,black,blue and green. The Traill crest motto is (IN DISCRIMINE SALUS) which means salvation in the midst of crisis.

Ryan T

Anonymous said...

Clan Cooper is derived from the medieval craft of barrel or tub making.The origin is Anglo Saxon deriving from the German word"kuper" meaning container.

The tartan is mainly green, blues and reds

Anonymous said...

My family name christie originates from scotland.It derives from the first name christian meaning a follower of christ.The christie name eventually grew into popular use as a surname in scotland.My family is connected to the clan farquharson.





ancient christie tartan:orange&blue&white&yellow&
black&green.
modern christie tartan:red&yellow&white&green

and the farquharson tartan
ancient farquharson :blue&green&black&grey&red&yellow
muted farquharson:blue green black yellow red
modern farquharson:purple green black yellow red
weathered farquharson:brown blue grey black brown red

Mark C

Anonymous said...

The Howat family do not have their own tartan, but by ancient links we can wear the MacDonald of Clanranald. The MacDonald tartan has-red, blue, green, black and white. MacDonalds of Clanranald come from Glencoe and Lochaber.Their motto is"My hope is constant in thee".

EH

Anonymous said...

The name Moore means a moor so the surname is found all over Scotland. It comes from the name "Muir". In Orkney it is one of the top ten most commonly found names. The tartan is blue and green.

by F. M

Anonymous said...

The name stubbings does not have a clan because it is english but we think it stands for blacksmith.

by Rachel.s

Anonymous said...

There is no tartan from the name Sirel, but my Grandma is from the Fergusson clan. The Fergussons came from Perthshire,Argyll and Dumfries and Galloway. The Fergusson mootto was Sweeter after Difficulties.The Fergusson's tartan was mainly blue,green,red, white and black.

L.S

Anonymous said...

The Hepburn family name comes from county Durham in England and is old English.In scotland it originates from East lothian.We have a clan and tartan.The main colours are blue black and yellow.Some famous people have our family name.Katherine Hepburn was an actress and James Hepburn,Earl of Bothwell was married to Mary Queen of Scots.
Katie H

Anonymous said...

docherty.
definition:from dochartach meaning obstructive.docherty is a scottishform of the name.
origin:scottish,irish.
alternate spellings:doherty,dougherty,
daugherty,o'doherty and dogherty

by Lewis

Anonymous said...

The Surname Baggley Comes from England it was first found in Cheshire. There are many different spellings of the name.
There are also different meanings of the name I have listed 2:
1. What value is the pedigree.
2. Keeper of Badgers
As it is an English name it does not have a tartan.

By G. P6 R12

Anonymous said...

My Name is a scottish cameron
The chief of the Cameron clan is Donald Cameron from lochiel.
My Tartan Is red,blue and green.

from jc

Anonymous said...

my second name is cameron it is scottish.
The chief of my name is called Donald Cameron from Lochiel.
The colours of my tartan are red blue And green.


from jc

Anonymous said...

My name is Hogg and it is not a clan name, I also have no Tartan.

from AH

Anonymous said...

My name Beck does not have a tartan or a clan name but I did find out that my name comes from England and is named after Becc a brook.
1854 people used my name in Germany although it comes from England.
H.B

Anonymous said...

The surname graham originates in britain from William de graham a Norman baron at the begining of the 12th century.The first graham tartan was dark blue,green and white.The graham motto is ne ouble which means do not forget.

andrea.g

Anonymous said...

My name is a England name.The name mardle does not have a tartan name.

Anonymous said...

my name is Devlin it does not have a clan or tartan (sadly)