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Colquhoun: Origin, Geographical Distribution
According to tradition, the progenitor of this family was a younger son of Conach, King of. Ireland, who came to Scotland in the reign of Gregory the Great, and obtained lands in Dumbartonshire, to which he gave the name of Conachon, corrupted into Golquhoun. I am inclined to think the name is from the Gaelic, denoting one who is brave, lively, quick, and furious in battle; from Colg, and chwoin, the genitive of Cu, a hound, a war-dog;
Colquhoun Surname Origin
Colquhoun: Place of Origin :  Strathclyde (United Kingdom) |  Lothian (United Kingdom) |  London (United Kingdom) |  Donegal (Ireland) |  Central (United Kingdom) |  Tayside (United Kingdom)
Colquhoun: Online Family Trees
COLQUHOUN  (United Kingdom) 1430 - 1430
COLQUHOUN Luss, Argyll et Bute, Ecosse, Royaume-Uni (Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1340 - 1340
COLQUHOUN Dumbarton, West Dumbarton, Ecosse, Royaume-Uni (Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1190 - 1550
COLQUHOUN Killed By Cannonball At Dumbarton Castle, Dumbartonshire (Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1430 - 1478
COLQUHOUN St Hilda'S Church,South Shields,County Durham (County Durham, England, United Kingdom) 1645 - 1786
COLQUHOUN Belfast, Noord-Ierland (Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom) 1955 - 1955
COLQUHOUN Clacton On Sea, Engeland (Essex, England, United Kingdom) 1981 - 1981
COLQUHOUN Dubarton (Scotland, United Kingdom) 1621 - 1621
COLQUHOUN , Scotland (Scotland, United Kingdom) 1603 - 1603
COLQUHOUN Kilmarnock, Ayrshire (Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1548 - 1548

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Colquhoun: Famous Genealogies
 The surname Colquhoun is related to the following famous family trees :
        ARBUTHNOT John (1667 - 1735)
        MONROE James (1758 - 1831)
        MORRISON Jim born MORRISON James Douglas (1943 - 1971)
Colquhoun: Books that contain this surname
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COLQUHOUNA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... wife, Wilhelmina, dau. of Sir James Colquhoun, Bart., m. 13 May, 1840, Blanche, 2nd dau. of John Bruce-Pryce, Esq. of ...		 COLQUHOUNA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... Sir John Colquhoun, who received the honours of knighthood from King James IV., and obtained a ...
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