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The MacDill family name comes from the personal name Dougal. The Gaelic form of the name is Mac Dhughaill and literally means "son of Dougal." The personal name Dougal, meaning "dark stranger."

Early Origins of the MacDill family

The surname MacDill was first found in Galloway (Gaelic: Gall-ghaidhealaibh), an area of southwestern Scotland, now part of the Council Area of Dumfries and Galloway, that formerly consisted of the counties of Wigtown (West Galloway) and Kirkcudbright (East Galloway), 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 Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the MacDill family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our MacDill research. Another 130 words (9 lines of text) covering the year 1659 is included under the topic Early MacDill History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

MacDill Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: MacDowall, MacDowell, McDowell, MacDill, McDill and others.

Early Notables of the MacDill family

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

Ireland Migration of the MacDill family to Ireland

Some of the MacDill family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 67 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

United States MacDill migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

MacDill Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • John MacDill, who landed in New York, NY in 1816 1

Contemporary Notables of the name MacDill (post 1700) +

  • Colonel Leslie MacDill (1889-1938), American WWI aviator and commander of an aerial gunnery school in St Jean de Monte, France, eponym of McDill Air Force Base, Tampa Florida
  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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