Jim, Yes, the Gilmore name and the Morrison name are actually the same name but only spelled differently! At Family Tree I belong to the "Morrison,Gilmore" group. Doug On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 1:27 PM, <jim_wilson1@comcast.net> wrote: > > Is this also the origin of the name Gilmore? > Jim Wilson > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "tuulen" <tuulen@gmail.com> > To: dna-r1b1c7@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 12:51:24 PM > Subject: Re: [R-M222] New Tactics > > Allene, > > The Scottish Morrison name, Mac Ghille Mhoire, is a Catholic name, and is > an > Anglicization of a translation of Gaelic. The first Scottish (actually, the > Hebrides > were not part of Scotland at that time, but of Norway) Morrison was Ghille > Mhoire, > or Servant of (Saint) Mary, and all subsequent family generations became > Son of the Servant of (Saint) Mary, the Anglicization as Mary's Son => > Morrison. > > Their story goes that a Norwegian man, his Irish wife and their son were > shipwrecked but managed to get to the Isle of Lewis, and then stayed there. > But they were on a return trip from Norway at that time, and that > illustrates how > the Irish could have ventured to the Hebrides, too, from an even closer > distance. > > Doug > > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Allene Goforth <agoforth@moscow.com > >wrote: > > > Doug, > > > > I've been to South Uist, Benbecula, and North Uist, so I understand > > about the religious division between north and south. My > > g-g-g-grandfather Allan MacDonald was a Catholic from the Clanranald > > family on South Uist, most of whom converted to Presbyterianism. He > > emigrated to Cape Breton Island in 1823. I think there was more > > blurring along religious lines than I once thought. Also, my Highland > > M222 MacAdam lines (emigrated to PEI and Nova Scotia) are Catholics, but > > they have distant connections, probably predating the Reformation, to > > the Presbyterian McAdams of the Scottish Lowlands. > > > > Allene > > > > On 7/19/2011 8:35 AM, tuulen wrote: > > > Allene, > > > > > > Let me admit, that although the existing DNA evidence does not support > > the > > > rumor, > > > it is tempting to believe there could be an Irish genetic presence in > the > > > Hebrides. > > > For instance, the Outer Hebrides are not far from Ireland, and while > the > > big > > > northern > > > islands became predominantly Presbyterian following the Reformation, > the > > > smaller > > > southern islands remained Catholic, to this day. > > > > > > That is not evidence, but it is an interesting coincidence. > > > > > > Doug > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Allene Goforth<agoforth@moscow.com > > >wrote: > > > > > >> Bernard, > > >> > > >> I have heard that story before, although the version I heard had the > > >> Morrisons of Harris in the Outer Hebrides as the descendants. The > > >> Benbecula U106, L48 McPhersons in my project who are matching a small > > >> group of Harris and Pabbay Morrisons are believed to be descendants of > > >> the MacMhuirich bards to the Lords of the Isles and later to > Clanranald. > > >> > > >> Yes, we had a neat little Highland Games picture of the clans for a > long > > >> time, especially in North American. DNA testing is blowing all that > out > > >> of the water, and what an interesting show it is turning out to be. > > >> Allene > > >> > > >> On 7/19/2011 6:40 AM, Bernard Morgan wrote: > > >>> Scottish Morrisons in the area of southern Inner Hebrides are Irish > > >> O'Muirgheasain, who were famed bards to the Hebridean lords (MacLeod& > > >> MacLean). > > >>> See "O'Muirgheasain Bardic Family" in Notes&' Queries of the Society > of > > >> West Highland and Island Historical Research, vi (1978), 3-7. > > >>> ps. Rogellus Obrolchan was secretary to Alexander Lord of the Isles > in > > >> 1426. > > >>> (My opinion is Scottish history became Anglo-centric and the Irish > sort > > >> only pure Irishness, so we left to rediscover the past world of > western > > >> seas.) > > >>> R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > >>> > > >>> http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > > >>> ------------------------------- > > >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > >> DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >> > > >> R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > >> > > >> http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > > >> ------------------------------- > > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > >> DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >> > > > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > > > > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >