Wordie History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

Early Origins of the Wordie family

The surname Wordie was first found in Stirling (Gaelic: Siorrachd Sruighlea), a former county in central Scotland, which now makes up parts of the Council Areas of East Dunbartonshire, Falkirk, North Lanarkshire and Stirling, where they held a family seat in their territories. The Pictish influence on Scottish history diminished after Kenneth Macalpine became King of all Scotland. But those east coast families still played an important role in government and were more accessible to Government than their western highland counterparts. Allegiances were important to Scottish middle age survival. Later they held a family seat at Cambuskenneth.

Early History of the Wordie family

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Wordie Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wordie, Wordye, Wordy and others.

Early Notables of the Wordie family

the Wordie family of Stirling

Wordie migration to Australia +

Wordie Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Robert Wordie, aged 29, who arrived in South Australia in 1853 aboard the ship "Olivia" 1

Wordie migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 2

Wordie Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century

James Wordie, who settled in Jamaica in 1823

Contemporary Notables of the name Wordie (post 1700) +

Sir James Mann Wordie (1889-1962), Scottish polar explorer and geologist, member of Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic

The Wordie Motto +

The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.

Motto: Nil indigne
Motto Translation: nothing unworthily.

Sources +

South Australian Register Tuesday 15 November 1853. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) Olivia 1857. Retrieved http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/olivia1853.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies