Re: Crummey Name
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In reply to:
Crummey Name
eric crummey 12/17/99
The place name 'Crombie' is in the Parish of Auchterless in Aberdeenshire. Early records mention Patrick of Cromby, chaplain of Scotland, was granted a safe conduct into England in 1423. Robert Crumby, chaplain, was a witness in Brechin in 1450. David Crommy was burgess of Aberdeen in 1516. Scottish surnames fall into two quite distint groups; those of Gaelic origin and those of English origin. The Gaelic language was brought to Scotland from Ireland around the 5th century AD, displacing the British language ( an early form of Welsh ) previously spoken there as well as elsewhere. Gaelic was the main language of that part of Scotland and not subject to English influence. It is from these northwestern and western areas of Scotland that surnames of Gaelic origin have been disseminated around the world, though now almost all univerally Anglicized. The situation of change was commonly not a personal choice but rather an involuntary one made when an official change was made, in other words, a clerical error. Most people could not read or write, so they were more willing to accept the mistakes of officials, clerks and priests, who wrote the name as they heard it, influenced by their on background be it English, Dutch, ect.