Souter Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1627 people with the Souter surname? In that year Souter was ranked number 2083 for popularity in the UK. |
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Historical References
"SOUTER, SOUTAR, SOUTTAH, SOUTTEH, SUTER, SUTTEH. From the occupation of shoemaker, cobbler (Middle English sotttere from Old Norse suture). "Of that surname I neid nocht be aschamit For I can mak schone, butekins and buittis: Gif me the coppie of the king's cuittis, And ye sail se, richt sune, qunat I can do." Lindsay, Anc Satyre of the Thrie Estaites, 3143-6. Roger Sutor held land in Dumfries, a. 1214 (Kelso, 11), and Kolin, son of Anegus the Souter, was present at the pleas held at Dull in Angus in 1264 (RPSA., p. 349). Bernard called Sutor had a charter of a house in the tenement of Drumelzier, c. 1300-20 (Hay, 7), Fynlai sutor was prepositus of Stirling, 1327, and in 1330 Symon sutor was prepositus of the burgh of Culan (ER., i, p. 67, 271). Henry dictus Sutor held a land in Perth, 1375 (Milne, p. 35), Moricius Sutar and Simo Sutar de Der (Deer) were charged with being forestallers in Aberdeen, 1402, and several other persons of the name are mentioned there about the same time (CRA., p. 382-385; CWA., p. 312; NSCM., i, p. 3). Reginald Sowtar was burgess of Glasgow, 1422 (LCD., p. 242), Thomas Suteur, a Scots ship owner, had a safe conduct into England in 1438 (Bam, rv, 1110), and Thomas Soutar obtained from the abbot of Cupar the lease of a portion of the land of Muirton In 1457 (Cupar-Angus, i, p. 235; n, p. 64). Duncan Seutter was tenant in Auchlyne under the bishop of Aberdeen, 1511 (REA., i, p. 363), and Johnne Soutare of Mont had a feu of part of the lands of Wester Banchreis in 1586 (Scon, p. 232). In 1460 some members of the house of Johnstone in Annandale assumed the name of Souter, in consequence of "some discontent," and settled in Perthshire. In August, 1663, by Act of Parliament, they were allowed to resume their ancient surname (APS., vn, p. 467). John Suitor, laborer in Ellon, and John Sutter, joiner there, were among the Jacobites of the '45. In some instances Souter is probably a translation of GRASSICK, q.v. Patrick Southar in Strathdee in 1527 (Grant, in, p. 70). Sowtare 1464, Suttar 1633. Sir Thomas Urquhart relates as a tradition in his time (he died in 1660) that the two promontories of Cromarty, the "Soutars," were the work stools of two giants who supplied their comrades with shoes and buskins. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Souter Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Souter 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 Souter family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 2033 people with the Souter surname in the UK? Souter is now ranked number 2327 for popularity in the UK. |
Souter Genealogy Databases
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