Auchincloss

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Auchincloss
Pronunciation/ˈɔkənklɑs/ [1]
Origin
Meaning"stone field" (a place-name)
Region of origin Scotland
Other names
Variant form(s)Auchinclose

Auchincloss is a surname of Scottish origin, derived from an area in Ayrshire known as Auchincloich, which is Scottish Gaelic for "field of stones" from achadh ("field") and clach ("stone"). [2] It is also the name of a prominent American family with kinship to the Kennedy family. [3]

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References

  1. The New Oxford American Dictionary (3rd ed.). 2012 [2010].
  2. Scottish Geographical Magazine. Royal Scottish Geographical Society. 1922. p. 35.
  3. Anderson, William (1865). Genealogy and Surnames: With Some Heraldic and Biographical Notices. Ritchie. p.  105.
  4. Stiles, Henry R. (May 1, 2009). Families of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut; Consisting of the History of Ancient Withersfield, Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to Its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time, with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Families. Heritage Books. ISBN   9780788419843 . Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  5. TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (19 February 1939). "Lydia K. Garrison Is Bride in Jersey; West Orange Girl Is Married to Samuel Auchincloss of Darien, Conn". The New York Times . Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  6. "Lydia Garrison Auchincloss Obituary (2009) Patriot-News". Legacy.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  7. "Miss Auchincloss to Wed E. H. Robbins; Betrothal to Son of Minister to Canada Is Announced by Gordon Auchincloss". The New York Times . 26 May 1934. Retrieved 1 May 2020. "Louise Auchincloss to Be Bride May MAY 18; Wedding to Edward H. Robbins to Be Simple Ceremony in Locust Valley Church". The New York Times. 13 April 1935. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  8. 1 2 "Louise Auchincloss Boyer, 59, Side to Rockefeller, Dies in Fall". The New York Times. July 4, 1974. p. 22.
  9. "Paid Notice: Deaths -- Robbins, Gordon". The New York Times. March 8, 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  10. Auchincloss, Joanna Russell (1957). John and Elizabeth (Buck) Auchincloss : their descendants and their ancestry. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Freeport, Me. : Dingley Press, 1957.
  11. MacBean, William Munro (1922). Biographical Register of Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York ... Society.