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Hi Matt and all Delzells who read this.
A cousin of mine, John Malcolm DELZELL, writes in his book, "The Dalzell Survivors", page 6, "The Irish-Scots spoke a style closely related to present day Welsh, Cornish and Breton. This particular style of gaelic is referred to as Brythonic and the name DAZELL, falls into that catagory of language which renders the letter combination of "LZ" silent. It is still pronounced DE'EL in most of Great Britain. The words, however, come almost directly from the brythonic Gaelic. "Dhail" translates to "meadow", "field" or "a piece of land in a bend in a river"... from the Old English "Dail" or "Dale". Geal, or Gheal, not only means "white", but, "shining white". The extended family lived along the Clyde River Valley which, in the Gaelic language was known as the "White Dale" or "Beautiful Meadow". It would be three centuries before common surnames would come into general use."
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