Same situation with Clan Pollock. We were and still are a sept of Clan Maxwell. We now have our own clan society and tartan, based on the Maxwell hunting tartan.
To clear up a misconception, the clerks at Ellis Island copied down the names of the immigrants from the ship's manifest. So, in general, any error in names was done overseas.
Same situation with Clan Pollock. We were and still are a sept of Clan Maxwell. We now have our own clan society and tartan, based on the Maxwell hunting tartan.
To clear up a misconception, the clerks at Ellis Island copied down the names of the immigrants from the ship's manifest. So, in general, any error in names was done overseas.
Spelling wasn't really standardised till the 1850s....Samuel Johnson enters the chat [1755].