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Allan Mccandlish
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Allan | Report | 6 May 2006 00:22 |
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The surname as such Maccandlish, eight of this name appear in Wigtownshire in the eighteenth century (Wigtown). William M`candlish in Balmangin,1794 in (Kirkcudbright). in 1684 the name appears in several vareants, Makkanless, Mccandlish, McAndlish, M`Canleis and finally M`caunles (parish) the spelling with Mac is probably now extinct, from Ireland, Maccuindlis, son of Cuindleas (an old Irish name - Woulfe), also Candlish. This information is courtesey of the book ,the surnames of Scotland, by george F Black, originally published in New York 1946. A G Mccandlish. |
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