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Early Origins of the Wollkenshaw family

The surname Wollkenshaw was first found in Renfrewshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Rinn Friù), a historic county of Scotland, today encompassing the Council Areas of Renfrew, East Renfrewshire, and Iverclyde, in the Strathclyde region of southwestern Scotland, at Walkinshaw the Walkinshaws of the Ilk were listed as early as 1235 and held estates at Burrowfield.

Early History of the Wollkenshaw family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Wollkenshaw research. Another 74 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1235, 1560, 1671, 1720, 1731 and 1802 are included under the topic Early Wollkenshaw History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Wollkenshaw Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Walkinshaw, Walkingshaw and others.

Early Notables of the Wollkenshaw family

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Migration of the Wollkenshaw family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Alexander Walkinshaw arrived in Philadelphia in 1825; Hugh Walkinshaw settled in Pennsylvania in 1819.



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