I'm sorry I was referring to two postings in the same thread, a previous one.....A Dixon had married a Graham...someone else referred to Nixon, I had not heard of those two in connection. The name change I was referring to was the Graham to Maharg. On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:02 AM, <dumfries-galloway-request@rootsweb.com>wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Grahams (Gordon Johnson) > 2. Re: Dixons and Nixons (Vonnie) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:08:13 +0100 > From: Gordon Johnson <gordon@kinhelp.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Grahams > To: dumfries-galloway@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <4CC0494D.4080708@kinhelp.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > This idea of changing the name, for whatever personal-choice reason, > doesn't fit withhistory. > The government records of the period show the surname as variously > Grame, Graeme, Graham, Grahame. > Not all people of the surname were of the lower classes: there was Dame > Geiles Graham, Countess of Angus, > Robert Graham, Archdeacon of Ross, George Graham, brother of the earl of > Menteith, to give a few examples > from the Register of the Privy Council, 1599-1604. > Between 1584 and 1707, there were 16 men of the name of Graham serving > as Commissioners (same as M.P.s) > to the Scottish Parliament. > At least two Grahams were members of the Society of Writers to the > Signet in the 17th century. These were the > top lawyers in Edinburgh, who did legal work for the king. > It is evident that the surname Graham was not a drawback in Scottish > society, so why should it be in countries > like America which had no concern over cross-border crimes between > England and Scotland? > > Gordon Johnson. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:00:45 +0100 > From: "Vonnie" <vonnie@freeserve13.freeserve.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Dixons and Nixons > To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <F6DD8B9410C041238F5C45A374F6DCBE@VonniePC> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hi All > > I seem to have missed some of this thread but it seems that we might be > talking about name changes... Dixon - Nixon in particular. Maybe I have it > wrong? > My GGrandmother is Margaret Dixon, born Wigtonshire(OK this is the Dumfries > List - sorry). Going back generations the name was Nixon - I simply cannot > work out why... It wasnt one person who changed their name - it was the > entire family.... Why? > von > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cheryl Klym" <cheryl.klym@gmail.com> > To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 4:47 AM > Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Grahams & Dixons > > > > > > Interesting about the Graham name change....although Dixon is one family > > name from the 1700's (Pennsylvania, supposely from Ulster or Ireland) > > Graham > > is the main name I seek to trace---it's my maiden name. Rebekkah Dixon > > married a John Graham....My Grahams were in Ulster for a generation or > > two... > > > > Cheryl Graham Klym > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.448 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3202 - Release Date: 10/17/10 > 06:33:00 > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY list administrator, send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY mailing list, send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 128 > ************************************************* >