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Historical References
"GORTHIE, GORTHY. From the old barony of Gorthie in Perthshire. The founder of this family appears to have been Tristrann or Tristram who witnessed Earl Gilbert's foundation charter of Inchaffray c. 1200. He later granted to Inchaffray a croft in Edardoennech near the pond of the mill of Gortin, c. 1208. His sons, Henry and Tristram, appear as witnesses in later charters in the same chartulary ( Inchaffray, p. 8, 24, 31, 34, 38, 39, etc.). Another Tristram de Gorty witnessed a charter by Bricius de Ardrossane in favor of the same monastery in 1271 (LIM., p. 22). A later Tristram de Gorty appears in 1365, and a still later Tristram of Gorti or Gorty, who witnessed Atholl charters in 1428 and 1430, is mentioned again in 1432 as Tristram Gorti of that Ilk (Inchaffray, p. 128, 147; Athole, p. 706, 707). In 1470 we have a bond of manrent by a succeeding Tristrem of Gorte of that Ilk to Laurence, lord Oliphant for two years ( (Oliphants, p. 16 ). Tristram continued as a personal name in the family of Gorthy for nearly four hundred years. Wille Gorthy, a follower of Campbell of Lundy, appears in 1541 (RSS., n, 3666). The family ended in an heiress who married a Lundie. For an account of the barony see Fittis, Sketches of olden times in Perthshire, The surname continued in Dunblane in the sixteenth century (Dunblane). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Gorthy Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Gorthy Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Gorthy family tree.
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