Whitehorse History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

Etymology of Whitehorse

What does the name Whitehorse mean?

The ancestors of the Whitehorse family were part of an ancient Scottish tribe called the Picts. They lived in Aberdeenshire, where the family was found since the early Middle Ages.

Early Origins of the Whitehorse family

The surname Whitehorse 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 from very ancient times, some say before the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Early History of the Whitehorse family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Whitehorse research. Another 97 words (7 lines of text) covering the year 1549 is included under the topic Early Whitehorse History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Whitehorse Spelling Variations

Prior to the invention of the printing press in the last hundred years, documents were basically unique. Names were written according to sound, and often appeared differently each time they were recorded. Spelling variations of the name Whitehorse include Whitehouse, Whitehorse and others.

Early Notables of the Whitehorse family

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Whitehorse migration to the United States +

The freedom of the North American colonies was enticing, and many Scots left to make the great crossing. It was a long and hard journey, but its reward was a place where there was more land than people and tolerance was far easier to come by. Many of these people came together to fight for a new nation in the American War of Independence, while others remained loyal to the old order as United Empire Loyalists. The ancestors of Scots in North America have recovered much of this heritage in the 20th century through Clan societies and other such organizations. A search of immigration and passenger lists revealed many important and early immigrants to North America bearing the name of Whitehorse:

Whitehorse Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Lawrence Whitehorse, aged 17, who landed in Virginia in 1635 1

Whitehorse migration to Australia +

Whitehorse Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

William Whitehorse, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Caspar" in 1849 2

Sources +

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)
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) The CASPAR 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849Caspar.htm