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I've just cracked one of my wife's ancestral lines and the reason for my difficulties in doing so now appears clear. Her ancestors were William Moir and Ann Chisholm married at Grange in 1791. William Moir appears to have been from Cairnie and is too difficult to pin down, the name being quite common in Aberdeenshire. Ann Chisholm though is a much easier spot, b.1769, daughter of Alexander Chisholm and Margaret Gaa. That was as far as I got until I found her siblings with various Surnames:
Chizet, Chizzet, Chizat and her father as Chizzat, Chezzet and Chizzat
Although it later became Chisholm, I'm not convinced that it is a derivation of that name. Could it be an entirely separate Surname, or perhaps an alternative of Chessor, from King Edward direction?
Also, Margaret's surname Gaa is also given as; Gawn, Gall and Goal. I supect this might be a form of Gauld, but maybe not?
I've never seen so many derivations of Surnames in any of my 20 years research and to find it within a married couple so is very odd. Anybody got any ideas on this?
Banffshire - WILSON, RIACH, CALDER, MUIRY, PETERKIN, CRAIB, OGG, CRUICKSHANK, FARQUHAR, COPLAND, HAY, SHAW, HIND, STRATHDEE, MORRISON, WISEMAN, MOIR, MILNE, SHEPHERD, BLACK, BRUCE, RAMSAY, PEARSON, MCPHERSON, SHEED, MCANDIE
Morayshire - MAVER, RAMSAY, PHINN, SIMPSON
Aberdeenshire - MCINTOSH, GILLAN
Kincardineshire - DUTHIE
Ross-shire - MCANGUS, MCKENZIE, TARRELL,
Inverness-shire - MACKAY, FERGUSON, MACCUISH, BEATON, GILLIES, MACDONALD, MACVICAR, MACDIARMID
Louth - KIERAN, KANE, ENGLISHBY, FEGAN