Lindoe History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Lindoe

What does the name Lindoe mean?

The name is thought to have meant "dweller at the Lime-Tree [Bluff or Ridge [Old English lind + hó, a (projecting) ridge, &c.] There is a Lindow (End) in Cheshire." 1

Early Origins and Etymology of Lindoe

The surname Lindoe was first found in "Lindall, in Furness, North Lancashire, a hamlet two miles from Ulverston. This became Lindaw, and then Lindow. Lindow has crossed the Duddon into Cumberland." 2

"Canon Bardsley, who was Vicar of Ulverston [Cumbria], records that Lindall (or Lindale), the name of a hamlet near that place, was locally weakened into Lindaw and then Lindow." 1

Lindal in Furness and Lindale are both found in Cumbria (formerly Cumberland.) Both date the 13th century c. 1220 and c. 1246, respectively. 3

Early records are very scarce, but we did find Elizabeth Lindoe, baptised at Ulverston in 1546. 2 The Lyndop and Lindop variants hail from Shropshire where Robert Lyndop was recorded in the 13th century. "There was a family of Lindop in Shrewsbury during the first half of last century." 4

Early History of the Lindoe family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lindoe research. Another 75 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1593, 1598, 1661 and 1662 are included under the topic Early Lindoe History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Lindoe Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lindow, Lindoe, Lindo, Lindough, Lindowe and others.

Early Notables of the Lindoe family

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Lindoe migration to Canada +

Lindoe Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century

Mr. Tormod Lindoe, American settler who sailed aboard the ship "Stavangerfjord" arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1951

Sources +

Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.