Caldwell Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4686 people with the Caldwell surname? In that year Caldwell was ranked number 906 for popularity in the UK. |
"From colwold, the hazel wood. "(The origin and signification of Scottish surnames. Clifford Stanley Sims, 1862)
Caldwell records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"CALDWELL, COLDWEIX. Of territorial origin from the lands of the name in Renfrewshire. The old family of the name appears to have ended in the direct line in an heiress in the fifteenth century (Crawford). In 1342 there is an entry of the fee of William de Caldwell (ER., i, p. 510). Robert Cauldwell was a merchant in the service of Sir John of Montgomery, 1405 (Bain, rv, 697). Hugh de Calde Wei, scutiferus, appears as charter witness, 1419 (LCD., p. 240), Watte Cawdwellis was witness in Dunfermline, 1495 (RD., 320), and Martyne Caldwell, a follower of the earl of Cassilis, was respited for murder, 1526 (RSS., i, 3386). James Caulduoll was presbyter and notary public in Glasgow, 1548 (LCD., p. 63), and Patrick Caldwools is recorded in Cockerhaugh, 1687 (Peebles CR.). The surname was common in Edinburgh in the seventeenth century in the forms Cauldwell, Caldwelles, and Cauldwells (Edtnb. Marr.). In the Records of Invercauld the form Guildwell and perhaps Camdell occur. John E. Caldwell, son of James Caldwell, soldier parson of the Revolution, was one of the founders of the American Bible Society. Calduall 1688, Caldwellis 1488, Calludwell 1503, Caulduall 1661, Caulduell 1551, Cawldwell 1498. An old local pronunciation of the name was Carwall. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Caldwell Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 6936 people with the Caldwell surname in the UK? Caldwell is now ranked number 862 for popularity in the UK. |
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Miscellaneous Caldwell Databases
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