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Offline daisynook

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ORIGIN OF SURNAME
« on: Tuesday 04 June 19 11:18 BST (UK) »
I have been researching the Walls family and came across a marriage in Scotland, Dundee area I believe and the partners were Walls and McIntasney.  I have searched to find the origins of this name but have only found it in Scotland for the marriage of the couple I'm researching.  Can anyone tell me anything more about the name where it originated?
McMullen, Gleave, Kelly, Scholes, Mather, Phillips, Lock

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Re: ORIGIN OF SURNAME
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 04 June 19 13:18 BST (UK) »
If you search Scotlands People for the surname only with no dates there appears to be one family that of Bernard and Catherine nee Mcalister
Tracing Bernard's origins and checking if he was literate in case it was misheard  due to accents

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Re: ORIGIN OF SURNAME
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 04 June 19 13:20 BST (UK) »
@ Daisynook, Black in his "Surnames!" has it as a form of Wallace, mostly in Dumfries-shire or alternatively Orcadian from the island of Walls. Still current in Orkney!

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Re: ORIGIN OF SURNAME
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 04 June 19 14:45 BST (UK) »
Thank you Wendy - I have found the couple you are referring to and will now do some searching.  Will let you know if I find anything
McMullen, Gleave, Kelly, Scholes, Mather, Phillips, Lock

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Re: ORIGIN OF SURNAME
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 04 June 19 14:47 BST (UK) »
Thank you Skoosh for that information.  Very interesting that there's an island called Walls as that is the family name of the people I'm researching - also it had been suggested that the family were related to William Wallace (although I'd laughed that one off)!  Will look into it and let you know if I find anything.
McMullen, Gleave, Kelly, Scholes, Mather, Phillips, Lock

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Re: ORIGIN OF SURNAME
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 04 June 19 15:13 BST (UK) »
I think the island gets Waas nooadays?

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« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 04 June 19 15:15 BST (UK) »
Thanks Skoosh, I was just looking for Walls when your message came through!
McMullen, Gleave, Kelly, Scholes, Mather, Phillips, Lock

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Re: ORIGIN OF SURNAME
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 04 June 19 16:25 BST (UK) »
There's also a Walls in Shetland http://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/HU2449

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Re: ORIGIN OF SURNAME
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 04 June 19 16:36 BST (UK) »
FF is correct, the island is in Shetland, the surname Orkney!

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