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Canmore: Origin, Geographical Distribution
Local. Sir William Dugdale says this surname is local, and was first assumed by the proprietors of the lands and manor of Lindsay, in the county of Esses, England.. One of the Lindsays having contracted a friendship with Malcom Canmore, when in England, went with him to Scotland, and was the progenitor of the Lindsays in that country. The eastern part of Lincolnshire was originally called Lindsey, from the place abounding with linden-trees.
Canmore Surname Origin
Canmore: Place of Origin :  Fifeshire (United Kingdom) |  Northumberland (United Kingdom) |  Tayside (United Kingdom) |  London (United Kingdom) |  Lothian (United Kingdom) |  Cambridgeshire (United Kingdom)
Canmore: Online Family Trees
CANMORE Altyre, Moray, Ecosse, Royaume-Uni (Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1280 - 1280
CANMORE Annandale, Dumfries-Galloway, Ecosse, Royaume-Uni (Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1210 - 1210
CANMORE Arkinholm, Langholm, Dumfries-Galloway, Ecosse, Royaume-Uni (Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1485 - 1485
CANMORE Cockburnspath, Ecosse, Royaume-Uni (Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1426 - 1426
CANMORE Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Ecosse, Royaume-Uni (Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1410 - 1440
CANMORE Dalkeith, Midlothian, Ecosse, Royaume-Uni (Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1372 - 1372
CANMORE Darnall, Yorkshire-Humberside, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni (South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom) 1237 - 1237
CANMORE Dunbar, East Lothian, Ecosse, Royaume-Uni (Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1005 - 1331
CANMORE Dunfermline, Fife, Ecosse, Royaume-Uni (Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1079 - 1079
CANMORE Dunkeld, Perth-Kinross, Ecosse, Royaume-Uni (Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1045 - 1045

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Canmore: Books that contain this surname
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CANMOREHistory of the Stewart or Stuart family
Author: Lee, Henry James, 1864- - Published in 1920
... themselves under the protection of Michael Canmore, (Malcolm III, 1058-1093), who soon after married Margaret, the elder of the two ...
CANMOREGenealogy of the McKay family, descendants of Elkenny McKay, the founder of the family in Am., and incl. 37 generations of the ancestors of the family of Daniel McKay, A. D. 560 to 1890 ..
Author: McKay, James Adolphus - Published in 1896
... 54 11. Maud Canmore--Daujjlitor of Malcoinc nnd Margaret Cannion': in/u-ricd Ilcnry I r-Hoauclerc), King of England, youngest ...
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