| ![Show Contents]() Lise History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The root of the ancient Dalriadan-Scottish name Lise is a devotion to Christianity. The Gaelic form of the name is M'A'Lios, which is a shortened form of Mac Giolla Iosa, meaning on of the servant of Jesus. [1] Cleish Castle is a 16th-century tower house in Kinross-shire, Scotland, west of the hamlet of Cleish. Early Origins of the Lise familyThe surname Lise was first found in Dumfriesshire where "Mychael M'Cleish or M'CIeisch was tenant of the Brewland cum le stallage' in Dumfriesshire in 1376." [2] "Thomas M'Cleche was a voter in parish of Qwilton (Coylton), 1514, and Michaile M'Cleys, witness in Carrik, 1514. Duncan M'Cleish was servant to Dwgall M'Dugall in Deweldik, 1588, another Duncan M'Cleiche was admitted burgess of Glasgow, 1589, and a third Duncan M'Cleishe, burgess freeman in 1627." [2] Early History of the Lise familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lise research. Another 149 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1580, 1613, 1638, 1665, 1686, 1745, 1797, 1803, 1806, 1811, 1844, 1870 and 1872 are included under the topic Early Lise History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Lise Spelling VariationsHistorical recordings of the name Lise include many spelling variations. They include They are the result of repeated translations of the name from Gaelic to English and inconsistencies in spelling rules. MacLeish, MacCleish, MacLise, MacLish, MacGillies, MacGleish, MacGillis, MacLeash and many more. Early Notables of the Lise familyNotable amongst the Clan from early times was - Daniel MacLise (1806-1870), historical painter, was the son of Alexander McLeish, McLish, McClisse, or McLise, a Scottish highlander, once a private soldier in the Elgin fencibles, but at the time of...
 Lise migration to the United States | + |
Descendents of Dalriadan-Scottish families still populate many communities across North America. They are particularly common in Canada, since many went north as United Empire Loyalists at the time of the American War of Independence. Much later, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the highland games and Clan societies that now dot North America sprang up, allowing many Scots to recover their lost national heritage. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Lise, or a variant listed above:
Lise Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Johannn Lise, aged 22, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1805 [3]
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Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Lise Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- E. Smith Lise, a printer, who arrived in Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) sometime between 1825 and 1832
| Contemporary Notables of the name Lise (post 1700) | + |
- Roger Lise (1927-2023), French politician from Martinique who was elected to the French Senate in 1977
- Lise Payette OQ (1931-2018), Canadian politician, journalist, writer, and businesswoman, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Cooperatives and Financial Institutions of Quebec (1976-1980), Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Dorion (1976-1981)
- Lise Salvas Bronsard (1940-1995), Canadian economist, writer and professor of economics and macroeconomics at the Université de Montréal from 1970 to 1995
- Lise Delamare (1913-2006), French stage and film actress, active from the 1930s through 1998
- Lise Thériault (b. 1966), Canadian politician, MNA for Anjou-Louis-Riel (2002-)
- Lise Legrand (b. 1976), French bronze medalist wrestler at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Lise Meloche (b. 1960), Canadian four-time World Cup gold medalist in the biathalon
- Lise St-Denis (b. 1940), Canadian politician
- Lise Leveille (b. 1982), French Canadian gymnast
- Lise Cutter (b. 1959), American actress
- Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
- Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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