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About Jeanette's Family History
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SURNAME ORIGINS
MACKENZIE:
Recorded in many spellings including Mackenzie, Mckenzie, Macenzy, Makkeney, and others, this is a distinguished Scottish surname. It has several entries in the "Dictionary of National Biography", and no less than twenty-one coats of arms. It is derived from Gaelic "MacCoinnich" or the son of Coinneach, a personal byname meaning "comely". Early forms of the name preserve the medieval Gaelic pronunciation which is "cainny". One Kanoth Makkanehy was noted in the records of the family of Rose of Kilravock", dated 1499, and Ewin Makkenye was "sone and air" to Kenyeoch Maksorle in the Black Isle in 1500. The following entry shows the nearest early approximation to the modern pronunciation: "Gilcrist Makkingze in Wigtownshire was charged with forethought felony in 1513", from the Criminal trials of Scotland. Notable bearers of the name include: George Mackenzie, first Vicount Tarbat and first Earl of Cromarty (1630 - 1714), who was appointed chief minister of the King of Scotland in 1682, and secretary of state, 1702, and Sir Morell Mackenzie (1837 - 1892), physician and specialist on throat diseases who, in 1887, was summoned to attend the crown prince of Germany, afterwards the Emperor Frederick 111. The coat of arms most associated with the name has the blazon of an azure shield charged with a gold stag's head cabossed, the crest being a mountain in flames, proper. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Makbeth Makkyneth, a witness at pleas held at Dull, in Angus, and dated 1264, in the chartulary of the priory of St. Andrew's. This was during the reign of King Alexander 111rd of Scotland, 1249 - 1286.
DAY:
This is a very interesting surname. Altough usually English, it has two possible origins. This first is as a derivative of the famous personal name "David", a popular given name throughout the British Isles during the Middle Ages. Derived from the Hebrew word meaning "beloved", it was one of a large group of similar biblical names introduced into Europe from the Holy Land by the famous crusaders of the 12th century. Its popularity was due in part to the fame of the king of Israel, and much later to its being the name of the patron saint of Wales. It was also the name of two kings of Scotland: These were David 1st, who reigned from 1124 - 1153, and David 11nd, 1329 - 1371. In England the personal name is recorded in 1150 in Lincolnshire as "Dauid clericus", and as "Davit" in 1278, in Cambridgeshire. The second possible origin for the modern surname spellings of Day, Daye, Dey, Deye, or the unusual D'Eye, is the Olde English pre 7th century personal name "Daei". This is from the word 'daeg', meaning 'day', and it may also be a short form of the compound personal names such as Daegberht and Daegmund, translating as "day-bright" and "day- protection". The early surname development includes: Aluric Dai of Berkshire in 1196, and Ralph Deie of Leicestershire in 1211. Other recordings include Arthur de Yes, recorded at the church of St Gregory's by St Pauls, London, on December 16th 1619, whilst Richard Day was an early emigrant to America, leaving London on the ship "Plaine Joan" in May 1635, bound for Virginia. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Godina Daia, which was dated 1095, in "Feudal Documents from the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds", Suffolk. .................................................................... THOSE WHOSE LIVES WERE LOST IN WORLD WARS:
DAY, Alfred Thomas, (1891-13/10/1918, Corporal, Royal Air Force, Ontranto, Italy DAY, William Samuel Wadham (1902 - 24/5/1941) C.P.O. Royal Navy.On HMS HOOD which was sank by the BISMARCK WWII.
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CONVICTS IN THIS TREE:
Abraham Charles Joseph Rice - James Pattison 1837
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STRANGE CONNECTION TO OTHER TREES:
Day, Edwin b. 12 Apr 1838
Glastonbury, Somerset, England travelled to Australia on same vessel as John Ryan (see Ann Millar's tree - www.intrepid.tribalpages.com) - The Samuel Boddington arriving in Sydney 17th Feb 1855.
The current location of Jeanette Pearce's property in Queensland is on the settlement grant to George Griffin in 1843. Captain Griffin is an ancestor of Alison Punch. See www.carlaw.tribalpages.com
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