| ![Show Contents]() Cushnie History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Scotland
Early Origins of the Cushnie familyThe surname Cushnie 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 in their territories in the parish of Leochel and Cushnie. "These two ancient parishes, the etymology of the names of which is altogether uncertain, were united in 1618, by a decreet of the lords of Plat; but this union was dissolved about three years subsequently, by the influence of Bishop Patrick Forbes, a central church for the two districts not having been built according to the conditions of the annexation." 1 A wide variety of spellings were found in early records. " John Cusne witnessed sasine of third part of Drumfiogne, 1508, and in 1534 another John Cowsny witnessed sasine by Master Alexander Ramsay. A payment was made to Donald Cousny, an invalid, in 1509. Gavin Cusny was admitted burgess of Aberdeen in 1526. William Cusne was prebendar of the Collegiate church of Methven in 1549, Thomas Quishney was admitted burgess of Aberdeen in 1560, and James Cusnye or Cuschny was reader of Aboyne in 1567. " 2 Cushnie Castle was a 16th-century tower house, about 6 miles (9.7 km) south west of Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, near Cushnie Burn, in the Glen of Cushnie on land held by the Cusnie family from the 12th century or earlier. Today there are few remains of the castle, other than the original castle vault. Early History of the Cushnie familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cushnie research. Another 193 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1606, 1629, 1658, 1745, 1801, 1839 and 1874 are included under the topic Early Cushnie History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Cushnie Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Cushney, Cushnie, Cushny, Cushie, Cusey, Cuschny and many more. Early Notables of the Cushnie familyMore information is included under the topic Early Cushnie Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Cushnie migration to the United States | + |
Cushnie Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Georgina Vallance Cushnie, who landed in Charleston, South Carolina in 1855 3
- Jane Cushnie, who arrived in New York in 1855 3
| Contemporary Notables of the name Cushnie (post 1700) | + |
- Carly Cushnie, American co-founder of American fashion house Cushnie et Ochs
- David Gordon Allen d’Aldecamb Lumsden of Cushnie FSAL, FSAS (1933-2008), Baron of Cushnie Lumdsden, Scottish businessman and nationalist
- Robert Cushnie (b. 1952), English professional footballer
- Michael Edward "Mykal" Cushnie (b. 1980), Jamaican film director, film producer and editor
- John Alexander Montgomery Cushnie (1943-2009), British gardener and broadcaster
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- 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)
- 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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