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It was in the Scottish/English Borderlands that the Strathclyde-Briton people first used the ancient name Neilsson. It was a name for someone who lived in Ayrshire. The Neilsson family name is also a Scottish patronymic name created from the personal name Neill. It is an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Néill meaning "descendant, or son of Niall."

Early Origins of the Neilsson family

The surname Neilsson was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Scotland to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the Neilsson family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Neilsson research. Another 90 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1474 and 1654 are included under the topic Early Neilsson History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Neilsson Spelling Variations

Scribes in Medieval Scotland spelled names by sound rather than any set of rules, so an enormous number of spelling variations exist in names of that era. Neilsson has been spelled Neilson, Nielson, Nilson, Nylson and others.

Early Notables of the Neilsson family

More information is included under the topic Early Neilsson Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Ireland Migration of the Neilsson family to Ireland

Some of the Neilsson family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

United States Neilsson migration to the United States +

The number of Strathclyde Clan families sailing for North America increased steadily as the persecution continued. In the colonies, they could find not only freedom from the iron hand of the English government, but land to settle on. The American War of Independence allowed many of these settlers to prove their independence, while some chose to go to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. Scots played essential roles in the forging of both great nations. Among them:

Neilsson Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • John Neilsson, who landed in Mississippi in 1886 1
  1. 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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