Origin
ATHILL : Local. At (the) hill. This family formerly bore the name of De la Hou, that is, of the hill which was anglicized into Athill. They came originally from Normandy.
CHALMERS : One of the clan Cameron of Scotland, going to France, put his name in a Latin dress, as was customary in those times, styling himself De Cameraria, which was called in French, De la Chambre, and upon his return to Scotland, he was again, according to their dialect, called Chambers. Chalmers is a corruption of the same.
CHAMBERS : One of the clan Cameron of Scotland, going to France, put his name in a Latin dress, as was customary in those times, styling himself De Cameraria, which was called in French, De la Chambre, and upon his return to Scotland, he was again, according to their dialect, called Chambers. Chalmers is a corruption of the same.
HOWE : A high place, a hill; critically, a hill in a valley. De La Howe, from the hill, was originally the name of the family. They came to England with William the Conqueror. (See Athill.)
HOO : A high place, a hill; critically, a hill in a valley. De La Howe, from the hill, was originally the name of the family. They came to England with William the Conqueror. (See Athill.)
STODDARD : Concerning the origin of this name there is a tradition, that the first of the family came over with William the Conqueror, as standard-bearer to Viscompte De Pulesdon, a noble Norman, and that the name is derived from the office of a standard-bearer, and was anciently written De La Standard, corrupted to Stodard or Stodart.
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