Gunn Clan List of Septs

For those that know and especially that don't know, there are various ancestral surnames better known as Clan Septs which have connections by heritage to the Gunn Clan.
View the list of Gunn Clan Septs here.

The Clan is basically a family and the name is derived from the gaelic word clan meaning children. Nowadays, the word clan is used in a different context and leans more towards the word tribe. Nevertheless, in continuance with the Highland tradition the word clan is still beileved to be of one family and that all members of a clan share one bloodline.

A complete list of Clan Septs and Family Surnames is an exhaustive task. Here is a partial list to get your started. One good source which can give a clue to clan associations is a book on tartans. Tartan for Me! by Philip D. Smith (Now on the Seventh Edition). This book gives an exhaustive list of tartans that are associated with surnames. By reading this book it may well give you a clue as to what clan your name is associated with. You may well find this book in your local library. We also feature the book in our book shopping mall and although it is marked as back ordered they may still be able to locate a copy for you.

A brief sidetrack: Here is an interesting article on the History of Scottish Tartans. Worth reading especially as there are so many Clan Septs and tartans to choose from.

Click here to view the Clan Gunn Sept database
of Clan kindreds, Septs, surnames etc. This is a searchable database and will help speed up the search for clan kindreds of Gunn Septs, surname, country etc. You need an active account to access this information.

And so, back to those ancestral surnames or Septs that also have a family association with the Gunn Clan. Here is a list , perhaps not complete, but as many as we have been able to obtain so far.

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Gunn Clan Septs
Allisterson Anderson Croner Crownar Crowner Cruiner Cruner Eanrig Enrick Gailey Galdie Gallie Ganson Gauldie Gaunson George		Georgeson Henderson Inrig Jameson Jamieson Jamison Johnson Kean Keene MacAllister MacChruner MacComas MacCorkill MacCorkle MacCullie MacDade		MacDhaidh MacEnrick MacGeorge MacHamish MacIan Mackames Mackeamis Mackeamish Mackean Mackendrick MacMains MacManus MacNeil MacOmish MacRob MacRory		MacSheoras MacWilliam Magnus Magnusson Main(s) Maness Mann Manson Manus More Neilson Nelson Robeson Robins Robbins Robinson Robison Robson		Rorieson Sandison Swan Swann Swanney Swanson Thomson Tomson Wiley Will Williamson Wills Wilson Wylie Wyllie


Click this link for all of the various scottish clan spets and associated scottish family surnames.

HISTORY OF SCOTTISH TARTANS

There is great debate on the origin of the word "tartan." It could have come from the Irish "tarsna", which meant crosswise, or the Scottish Gaelic "tarsuinn", meaning across. Or it could simply mean cloth, from the old French "tartaine".

What we know is, long before there were individual Scottish clans and tartans, the Celts loved bright colors and patterned cloth. Later the Scots incorporated this love for color into a unique plaid cloth. Only in recent history have particular patterns been associated with particular districts, army regiments, and, of course, Scottish clans.

Prior to around 1700, there is no historical reason to associate particular patterns with particular people or places, but it is clear that plaid cloth was made and worn throughout the Highlands and had been for hundreds of years.

By 1746, clan tartans were so closely associated with Highlanders and clan loyalty that their wearing was banned by the English after the Scots' defeat at Culloden until 1782. Interestingly, this was the time when many of the famous Highland Regiments were being formed, and they were allowed to select and wear a regimental tartan (for example, Black Watch).

The idea may have been to wean loyalty away from the clan and towards the British empire. Some of these regimental tartans later became family tartans.

When the wearing of the tartan was again permitted, there developed a keen interest in reestablishing or reinventing family tartans, beginning with the Highlanders and later spreading to all of Scotland.

King George IV and Queen Victoria both fell in love with the Highlander image as popularized by Sir Walter Scott, and greatly encouraged the adoption of this cultural symbol. Today, there are around 2800 tartans listed in the Scottish Heritage World Register - including ones for football clubs, individual towns, clans, and military regiments.

Sometimes, when we discover that Scottish tartans are not ancient, it "takes the shine off" our interest. In this caseFree Articles, it really shouldn't. The wearing of the tartan and linking the patterns (called setts) to particular families has done so much to unite Scottish culture world-wide and to reestablish our connections with our ancestors and with our fellow "Scots of the diaspora."

It is good to care about the past and to connect with our cultural roots and traditions. And there is no doubt at all that the Highlanders invented these wonderful plaids. Find your tartan and wear it with pride!

April 6 is National Tartan Day in the United States - a perfect opportunity to show off your Scottish heritage.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jeri Ballast is a work-at-home mom, using her degree is history to create the http://www.heartoscotland.com website in honor of her Scottish ancestors.

This article first appeared in Articles Factory.

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