Whitteside History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland
Ireland
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Early Origins of the Whitteside family

The surname Whitteside was first found in Lanarkshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig) a former county in the central Strathclyde region of Scotland, now divided into the Council Areas of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and the City of Glasgow, where they held a family seat on the lands of Whiteside from very early times. 1

Further south in England, records there show Richard Whitside, Cambridgeshire in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 and Willelmus Whitesyde in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379. 2

Early History of the Whitteside family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Whitteside research. Another 125 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1575, 1625, 1649, 1740, 1752, 1804, 1806, 1822, 1829, 1830, 1832, 1876 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Whitteside History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Whitteside Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Whiteside, Whitesides and others.

Early Notables of the Whitteside family

Notable amongst the family at this time was James Whiteside (1804-1876), Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, born on 12 Aug. 1804 at Delgany, co. Wicklow, of which parish his father, William Whiteside, was curate. Shortly after Whiteside's birth his father moved to Rathmines, near Dublin, where he died in 1806. He entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1822, and graduated B.A. in 1832. In 1829...
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Migration of the Whitteside family to Ireland

Some of the Whitteside family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 112 words (8 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Whitteside family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Margeret Whiteside arrived with 4 children in New York in 1822; John and Ann arrived in New York State in 1803; Arthur, Stephen and William, all arrived in Philadelphia between 1830-60..

Citations +

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)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)