Liske History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

The Liske surname is thought to have derived from the name of the lands of Leask, in the parish of Slaines, Aberdeenshire.

Early Origins of the Liske family

The surname Liske was first found in Aberdeenshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain), a historic county, and present day Council Area of Aberdeen, located in the Grampian region of northeastern Scotland, where they held a family seat. Their first records were at Pitlurg in the parish of Slains about the year 1380 but it is thought they held a family seat at that location from very early times.

Early History of the Liske family

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Liske Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lisk, Liske and others.

Early Notables of the Liske family

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Liske migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Liske Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Lydia Liske, who landed in America in 1892 1
Magdalena Liske, aged 22, who arrived in America in 1892 1
Samuel Liske, aged 30, who landed in America in 1892 1
Wilhelm Liske, aged 2, who arrived in America in 1892 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Liske (post 1700) +

Dr. Kenneth Liske, American Professor of music at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Citations +

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)