Looking for roots to a Scottish clan name?

Question

I come from Scotland, my friend lives in Germany,but was brought up in Texas,her middle name is McCleskey.I cant find any clan roots in Scotland.I think the name was altered from McCluskey,can anyone help with further info?

Answer 1

Hey Universal Highlander,

Neither show up in lists of Scottish clans.

Swyrich.com by James P. Wolf says:

Origin: Irish: McCluskey
Spelling variations of this family name include: McCloskey, McCluskey, McClaskey, McCloskie, McLoskie, McCleskey and many more.

First found in county Derry where they were a branch of the O'Kanes.

McCleskey
Origin: Irish

Spelling variations of this family name include: McCloskey, McCluskey, McClaskey, McCloskie, McLoskie, McCleskey and many more.

First found in county Derry where they were a branch of the O'Kanes.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Henry McCluskey, who arrived in Montreal in 1825; Ann McClusker, who came to New York in 1832; Barney McCluskey, who settled in New York, NY in 1834; Catherine McCluskey, who settled in Quebec in 1847.

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Family Search.com has:
46. MCCLESKEY - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Male Birth: 10 APR 1825 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

47. MCCLESKEY - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Male Birth: 10 APR 1825 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

These 2 entries in Scotland.

Answer 2

You are mixing up fact and fiction.................. genealogy is about researching our ancestors records and those records do not go back to 'clans' as clans have not existed in Scotland for centuries, so there is no way you could 'find' any clan............. What you are doing is taking surname, tartan, clans seriously when all it is , is a club membership ............. centuries ago people then who were part of a 'clan' didn't have the same surname, weren't all related, they were just 'groups' of people so it is nothing to to with genealogy............ .....and today it is the commercial businesses who sell those tacky surname and clan memorabilia who are the ones making money based on myths ...................." I'm afraid that if my family and I go to a Highlands Gathering and Games, we're going to look like fools".................. so you are a member of 50 'clubs' and so is everyone else who thinks this 'belonging to a clan' is anything more than a club, it is NOT your heritage in genealogy terms, it is commercial mebership to earn money only.................

Answer 3

The name McCluskey in Ireland is derived from the native Gaelic Mac Bhloscaidh Sept who in turn were a branch of the larger O'Cathain Sept. The name is found mostly in the Province of Ulster and in Counties Derry and Tyrone in particular, where the majority of descendants can still be found.

Answer 4

Mccluskey Tartan

Answer 5

many supposedly scots clans of the "first water" are actually norman,roman or nordic in derivation!!there are several books at libraries' reference sections on scots clans ,tartans,crest badges and accompanying histories!!culloden,and the battle of the boyne,and the armies of highlanders under william wallace are great sourses of information on the clans that participated and on which side the english side for pay or otherwise!!the stone of scone was siezed and removed to england's westminister abbey,it is the true and only coronation stone of the scottish kings and was taken during edward longshanks invade orf scotland which brought the most of it under english rule and fealty!!the scots fought in many wars as revered warriors like the "wild geese" of ireland!!many of these dispossessed warriors attained high rank in eurropean armies!!some even "field marshalls"!!the scots distinguished themselves in the expansion of the british empire with the royal engineers,fusilleers and as regular queens own regimentals at "rouke's drift" against the zulus in the 1870's and also in india from the time of clive through the "indian mutiny" and beyond into world war one and two to their great and undying glory and reknown!!look at some of the scots guards and regimental rolls for overseas service and you will be pleasantly ,perhaps,surprised to see your family amplly represented with perhaps chartable relatives amongst those people so named!! spellings were many time phonetical by welsh or irish adjutants in foreign service or incorrect!!many times on ancient documents the annotation reads"as my lord is a gentleman,he neither reads nor writes,all terms of the document have been truthfully and laboriously explained before assignation...signed this day anno domine..."so fortth and so on!!!don't trust spelling;trust direct and provable relationships only!!