Tweedale History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Tweedale family

The surname Tweedale was first found in Peebles-shire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, in the barony of Kilbucho. Even at this early date they also had branched in Northumberland and Cumberland.

Early History of the Tweedale family

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Tweedale Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Tweddell, Tweedale, Tweedle, Twedle, Twaddell, Twaddle and many more.

Early Notables of the Tweedale family

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Tweedale migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tweedale Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

William A Tweedale, who arrived in New York in 1816 1
William Tweedale, aged 40, who settled in America, in 1896

Tweedale Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Winifred G. Tweedale, aged 1, who immigrated to the United States from Chiswick, England, in 1904
Grace Tweedale, aged 25, who landed in America from Chiswick, England, in 1904
Harry Tweedale, aged 25, who immigrated to the United States from Bradford, England, in 1908
Charles William Tweedale, aged 28, who landed in America from Rochdale, England, in 1908
Emma Tweedale, aged 24, who immigrated to the United States from Bradford, England, in 1908
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Tweedale migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Tweedale Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Miss Euphemia Tweedale, (Wilson), (b. 1789), aged 41, Scottish convict who was convicted in Edinburgh, Scotland for 7 years, transported aboard the "Earl of Liverpool" in December 1830, arriving in New South Wales, Australia, she died in 1837 2
F. Tweedale, who arrived in Sydney aboard the ship "Madawaska" in 1849 3

Tweedale migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Tweedale Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

James Tweedale, aged 20, a joiner, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Philip Laing" in 1848

Contemporary Notables of the name Tweedale (post 1700) +

John Tweedale (1841-1920), Union Army soldier during the American Civil War, recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Stones River
Eric Tweedale (1921-2023), English-born Australian international rugby union player
Violet Tweedale (1862-1936), née Chambers, a Scottish author, poet, and spiritualist

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)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 20th August 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/earl-of-liverpool
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) "MADAWASKA" 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849Madawaska.htm