Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland
Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland

Author: E. R. Seary

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 646

ISBN-13: 9780773517820

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Traces the origins of nearly 3,000 surnames found on the eastern Canadian island, along with sometimes extensive information on etymology, genealogy, and Newfoundland history. Introduces the alphabetical catalogue with a survey of the history and linguistic origins, which include English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French, Syrian, Lebanese, and Micmac. Appends lists of names by frequency and frequency by origin, and surnames recorded before 1700. First published in 1977, reprinted four times, and here revised with additions and corrections and reset in a more convenient format. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Walter Stewart Family History
The Walter Stewart Family History

Author: Mary Stewart Rawlinson

Publisher:

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 588

ISBN-13:

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James Stewart/Steward was living in Plymouth in 1621. Walter Stewart, (ca. 1758-1825), with his wife, Mary Ross and one son immigrated from Belfast, Ireland to Charleston, South Carolina about 1788. Another son was born aboard the ship. Descendants and relatives have scattered throughout the United States.

The First Highlander
The First Highlander

Author: James Robertson

Publisher: John Donald

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13:

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A biography of the man responsible for writing a book that largely created the modern image of the Highlander. Stewart, a soldier proud to associate with the aristocracy, also launched attacks on his fellow lairds over the Clearances, which led to him being accused of Radicalism.