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Kall Family Crest
Kall Family Crest
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Where did the Scottish Kall family come from? What is the Scottish Kall family crest and coat of arms? When did the Kall family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Kall family history?

The ancestors of the Kall family come from the ancient Scottish kingdom of Dalriada. The family name comes from the Gaelic surname of Scottish origin, which means son of the battle chief.

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Historical recordings of the name Kall include many spelling variations. They are the result of repeated translations of the name from Gaelic to English and inconsistencies in spelling rules. They include MacAll, MacColl, MacCole, MacCall, MacAul, Mccall and others.

First found in Argyllshire, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kall research. Another 273 words(20 lines of text) covering the year 1602 is included under the topic Early Kall History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Kall Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the Kall family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 158 words(11 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Dalriadan families proliferated in North America. Their descendants still populate many communities in the eastern parts of both the United States and Canada. Some settled in Canada as United Empire Loyalists, in the wake of the American War of Independence. Families on both sides of the border have recovered much of their heritage in the 20th century through Clan societies and highland games. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Kall or a variant listed above:

Kall Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Wendelin Kall, aged 29, arrived in Missouri in 1840
  • Johan August Kall, aged 25, landed in America in 1864

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  10. Browne, James. The History of Scotland it's Highlands, Regiments and Clans 8 Volumes. Edinburgh: Francis A Niccolls & Co, 1909. Print.
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The Kall Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Kall Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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