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References
- ↑ Aitchison Surname at Forebears
- ↑ "Aitchison Surname Meaning and Distribution". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. OCLC 964412220.
- ↑ "Aitchison Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014
- ↑ Alphabetical list of Scottish names associated with clans and families.
- 1 2 Bell, Robert (1990) [1988]. The Book of Ulster Surnames (Paperback). Belfast: The Blackstaff Press Limited. ISBN 0-85640-405-5.
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