What is the origin of the surname Calvert, is it scottish.
2007-01-18 01:51:38 · 6 answers · asked by Cazza 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
english. Calf-herd.
2007-01-18 01:54:38 · answer #1 · answered by Not Ecky Boy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Calvert Surname Origin
(English) Calf-Herd [Old English calf / cealf, a calf + hierde].
2007-01-18 01:55:13 · answer #2 · answered by larrydoyle52 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there have been a variety of of Scots interior the South even previous to the Civil conflict--John C. Calhoun, South Carolina Senator and author of the Articles of Secession, replace into of recent Scottish descent Calhoun is from the Colquhoun prolonged kin (have confidence me, i know this...i'm marrying one among his descendents). Alexandria, Virginia, a typical hangout for George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and Robert E. Lee, replace into based by Scottish retailers in 1769, so there have been lots purely in that community prosperous sufficient to have homestead slaves. whilst a variety of of Scotch and Irish interior the South have been undesirable, some did come from bigger crust. different black human beings might characteristic their final names to abolitionists who offered their freedom, or who helped them get away the South. that's not as common, yet there is unquestionably historic previous of stuff like that.
2016-10-07 08:23:01 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Calvert Surname
2017-02-20 12:22:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my names fothergill.
i have a uncle called waton fothergill,couldn't believe who he was,magga rich.
2007-01-18 05:50:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe , i don't know
it deepens on where are you from . think about it .
2007-01-18 01:56:09 · answer #6 · answered by a day with out rain 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋