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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1075 people with the Calderwood surname? In that year Calderwood was ranked number 2525 for popularity in the UK. |
"Local: from the lands of Calderwood in the parish of Kilbride, Lanarkshire. The family were seated at Calderwood at a remote period. The last of the family were three brothers and a sister; and the former having quarreled with the priest of the parish fled to the Earl of Cassilis for protection, who gave them the farms of Peacockbank, and Moss-side, in the parish of Stewarton, and the Forty acre lands in Kyle. These three brothers were the ancestors of the present families of Calderwood. The sister remained in Kilbride, married a Maxwell, and became possessed of her father's estate. "(The origin and signification of Scottish surnames. Clifford Stanley Sims, 1862)
Calderwood records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"CALDERWOOD. From the ancient lordship and manor of the same name in Lanarkshire. Isabele de Calrewode of the county of Lanark rendered homage in 1296 (Bain, n, p. 213). John de Calderwode witnessed an instrument of sasine in 1458 (Panmwe, n, 238), Edward de Caldorwud had his pension of 20 marks and a croft of church land assigned to him at Cambuslane in 1458 (REG., 382), and Archibald Caldderwood was vicar of Gadder in 1509 (ibid., 489). David Calderwood (1575-1650), born probably at Dalkeith, was author of the History of the Kirk of Scotland (1678). Calderwoods were settled at Dalkeith in 1566 and were numerous in the parish in the seventeenth century (Coltness collections, p. 391). A pedigree of the Calderwoods of Polton from c. 1700 is given in the same work, p. 393. Caderwood 1650, Calderuod 1552, Calderuode 1554, Calderuood 1685, Calderwod 1504, Cawdirwood 1509. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Calderwood Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 1357 people with the Calderwood surname in the UK? Calderwood is now ranked number 2805 for popularity in the UK. |
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Miscellaneous Calderwood Databases
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