Gillanders

Family name
name = Gillanders


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pronunciation = Gill·and·ers
meaning = "Son of Andrew" or "Servant of Andrew"
region = Scotland
language = Gaelic
related names = Ross, Andersen, Anderson
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Gillanders is a surname deriving from a patronymic meaning "Son/Servant of Andrew".

Gillanders is sept of Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan. The original chiefs of the clan were the original Earls of Ross.

History

Origins

There was an ancient Celtic Earldom of Ross in the north-east of Scotland, in what is now the county of Ross and Cromarty, between the Cromarty and Dornoch Firths, north of Inverness. The clan was sometimes referred to as Clan Anrias or Gille Andras/Gillanders, the old Celtic Earls of Ross, who were said to have descended from Gillianrias, the son of the hereditary abbot at the monastery of Applecross.

Clan Ross takes its name from the Clan's lands in the beautiful County of Ross. Originally known to the Highlanders as Clann Gille Aindreas, "the sons of Andrew", patron saint of Scotland, the Clan has a bloodline dating back to the original Celtic people of Scotland. Their origins are closely tied with the old Celtic church, the Clan descending from an ecclesiastical family who held an hereditary priesthood. The founder of the Clan Ross was Fearchar Mac-an-T-Saigart (Farquhar, the Son of the Priest), abbot of Applecross in Wester Ross, who inherited the abbacy early in the 13th century.

Profile

*Gaelic Names: "Clann Andrias or Gille Andras".
*Origin of name: "Son of Andrew" or "Servant of Andrew".

ee also

*Scottish clan
*Earl of Ross

References

* [http://www.rampantscotland.com/clans/blclanross.htm Rampant Scotland: Clan/Family Histories - Ross ]
* [http://www.clanandersonsociety.org/name_history.html Clan Anderson Society ]