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MacHardie/MacHardy/McHardy/McHardie
From the old gaelic 'MacChardiad'h, son of the
sloe.
There are many interpretations of our Surname and its
derivants , I prefer the one above :)
Originating mostly from the Highland areas of Aberdeenshire,
the MacHardie families seem to have been from two sects.
Strathdon MacHardies followed Mackintosh as their Chief,and
the Braemar MacHardies who followed Farquharson as Chief.
The extracts above taken from The Surnames of Scotland,
Their Origin Meaning, and History, by George F. Black,
Ph.D., Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, The New
York Public Library, 1962. ISBN 0-87104-172-3.
History
My Family seem to be from the Braemar branch.
The furthest back I have managed to get is to James MacHardie,
born 1750, Crathie, but no details of his parents. It's
a guessing game. He married Janet Cattenach in Crathie,
c.1770, and I have managed to trace the Family from there
. With no evidence of anything different, I am claiming
James McHardy of Ballach as his Father
.read more.....
Australian McHardies
I have managed to make contact with a descendants
of my Grandfathers brother, James, who went to Australia.
I am including their families on my pages, and we have
done a lot of the research together, and I am in contact
with Jan in Australia and her sister Carol in New Zealand,
the great grand-daughters of James. A special section
for them is here......
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