Hello All
Here I am (I am wearing black t-shirt) with fellow Gordon Clan member ant the Spencerville Highland Games June 16 2007
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Monday, May 21, 2007
Gordon Clan Canada
Hello All,
Great News the Gordon Clan Canada is back up and running!!
Stay tuned for all the details as the executive has changed.
If you or anybody you know wants to get involved with the Clan please get back to me with all the information.
I will keep you all posted as the details become available.
Thanks
Alan
Great News the Gordon Clan Canada is back up and running!!
Stay tuned for all the details as the executive has changed.
If you or anybody you know wants to get involved with the Clan please get back to me with all the information.
I will keep you all posted as the details become available.
Thanks
Alan
Friday, May 4, 2007
Moving Day
Hello All
May 1st was moving day!!!
I have now moved to Rockland Ont please contact me for all my new information.
Its a great day to be GORDON!!!
Looking forward to hearing from you
Alan
May 1st was moving day!!!
I have now moved to Rockland Ont please contact me for all my new information.
Its a great day to be GORDON!!!
Looking forward to hearing from you
Alan
Friday, March 30, 2007
Lawrie Family Scotland
Hello All
We are looking for any information you would like to share with us re THE LAWRIE history!!
We are developing the family tree and any information you would be willing to share would be helpful do not hesitate to let us know about it.
Thanks
alanlawrie@sympatico.ca
We are looking for any information you would like to share with us re THE LAWRIE history!!
We are developing the family tree and any information you would be willing to share would be helpful do not hesitate to let us know about it.
Thanks
alanlawrie@sympatico.ca
Friday, March 2, 2007
House of Gordon
Hello have you heard the news!! House of Gordon Canada is soon to have its own web site !!!
Stay Tuned!
Remember what Ashlar means
Stay Tuned!
Remember what Ashlar means
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Proud to be GORDON
As I continue to post and looking for new ideas I am always reminded how proud I am of family and being GORDON!!
I am looking for all Highland Games Canada to ad to my post so if you have and info please email me so I can post.
See You at The Games
What is Freemasonry
What is Freemasonry?
Freemasonry is the oldest and largest world wide fraternity dedicated to the Brotherhood of Man under the Fatherhood of a Supreme Being. Although of a religious nature, Freemasonry is not a religion. It urges its members, however, to be faithful and devoted to their own religious beliefs.The organization of Freemasonry is based on a system of Grand Lodges, each sovereign within its own territory. There is no central authority governing all Grand Lodges. However, to be acknowledged by others, acceptable traditions, standards and practices must be maintained.In our Province the governing body is called the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario. It is under the leadership of a Grand Master. He presides over the 75,000 Masons who belong to one or more of the 647 lodges in our jurisdiction. Each of these lodges is under the direction of a Master.
What it Does
As a fraternity, Freemasonry provides an opportunity for men to meet and enjoy friendly companionship. In the spirit of helpfulness and brotherly love and guided by strict moral principles it encourages goodwill toward all mankind. Freemasonry is of a personal nature in its private ceremonies. Its ritual dramatizes a philosophy of life based on morality. It promotes self improvement. The tools of operative masons are used to symbolize and teach the basic principles of brotherly love, charity, and truth which Masons are encouraged to practice in their daily lives. Charity is a tangible way in which Masons help those whose circumstances in life fairly warrant it.
Historical Background
Our traditions can be traced directly to the associations of operative masons. They were men of outstanding character and high ideals, who built the cathedrals, abbeys, and castles of the Middle Ages.With the decline of cathedral building in the 17th Century, many guilds of stonemasons, called "Operative" masons, started to accept into their membership those who were not members of the masons' craft and called them "Speculative" or "Accepted" masons.It was in these groups, called lodges, comprised mainly of "Accepted" masons that Freemasonry, as we know it today, had its beginning.In 1717, four such lodges, which had been meeting regularly in London, united to form the first Grand Lodge of England under the direction of a Grand Master. From that first Grand Lodge, Freemasonry has spread throughout the world. Today, some 150 Grand Lodges have a total membership of approximately four million Masons.
Freemasonry is the oldest and largest world wide fraternity dedicated to the Brotherhood of Man under the Fatherhood of a Supreme Being. Although of a religious nature, Freemasonry is not a religion. It urges its members, however, to be faithful and devoted to their own religious beliefs.The organization of Freemasonry is based on a system of Grand Lodges, each sovereign within its own territory. There is no central authority governing all Grand Lodges. However, to be acknowledged by others, acceptable traditions, standards and practices must be maintained.In our Province the governing body is called the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario. It is under the leadership of a Grand Master. He presides over the 75,000 Masons who belong to one or more of the 647 lodges in our jurisdiction. Each of these lodges is under the direction of a Master.
What it Does
As a fraternity, Freemasonry provides an opportunity for men to meet and enjoy friendly companionship. In the spirit of helpfulness and brotherly love and guided by strict moral principles it encourages goodwill toward all mankind. Freemasonry is of a personal nature in its private ceremonies. Its ritual dramatizes a philosophy of life based on morality. It promotes self improvement. The tools of operative masons are used to symbolize and teach the basic principles of brotherly love, charity, and truth which Masons are encouraged to practice in their daily lives. Charity is a tangible way in which Masons help those whose circumstances in life fairly warrant it.
Historical Background
Our traditions can be traced directly to the associations of operative masons. They were men of outstanding character and high ideals, who built the cathedrals, abbeys, and castles of the Middle Ages.With the decline of cathedral building in the 17th Century, many guilds of stonemasons, called "Operative" masons, started to accept into their membership those who were not members of the masons' craft and called them "Speculative" or "Accepted" masons.It was in these groups, called lodges, comprised mainly of "Accepted" masons that Freemasonry, as we know it today, had its beginning.In 1717, four such lodges, which had been meeting regularly in London, united to form the first Grand Lodge of England under the direction of a Grand Master. From that first Grand Lodge, Freemasonry has spread throughout the world. Today, some 150 Grand Lodges have a total membership of approximately four million Masons.
Monday, February 5, 2007
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Winter Blues
Hello Again
With the winter hitting us full swing I have noticed the decline in responses!!
Come on people!!!
I am looking for a membership into the Gordon Clan Canada or to start my own organization can anybody help with this?
Let me know
Thanks
With the winter hitting us full swing I have noticed the decline in responses!!
Come on people!!!
I am looking for a membership into the Gordon Clan Canada or to start my own organization can anybody help with this?
Let me know
Thanks
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Brief History of Lawrie Name
Origins
Spelling variations of this family name include: Lawrie, Laurie, Larrie, Larry, Laurie, Laury, Lawry, Lowrie and many more.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Lawrie, Laurie, Larrie, Larry, Laurie, Laury, Lawry, Lowrie and many more.
First found in Dumfriesshire where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: William Laurie settled in New York in 1820; John, Robert and William Laurie all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860; Thomas Lawrey settled in Virginia in 1650.
Motto: Repullulat.
Motto Translated: It buds afresh.
Crest: Description not available
Coat of Arms: Red and black with a silver cup with a garland emerging between two green laurel branches.
Monday, January 1, 2007
About The GORDON Clan
About the Clan: Gaelic Name: Gôrdan Motto: Bydand (Remaining)
Badge: Rock Ivy
Lands: Strathbogie, Deeside and Aberdeen
Origin of Name: Placename, Berwickshire
Pipe Music: The Gordon's March
History The name Gordon is territorial and the family who took the name are believed to have been of Anglo-Norman descent, moving from the Borders to Aberdeenshire. The wild boar’s head appears on the Gordon arms because, legend says, the first Gordon saved a Scottish king from an attacking boar. The monks of St Mary at Kelso were given their land by Richard, Baron of Gordon in 1150 and 1160, the earliest recording of the name in use.Sir Adam of Gordon was a supporter of Robert the Bruce and travelled to Rome to ask the Pope to reverse Bruce’s excommunication, served after Bruce killed Comyn in a church. The king gave the Earl of Atholl’s confiscated lands of Strathbogie to Gordon. The castle there became known as Huntly, a reminder of the Gordons’ Berwickshire lands. Sir Alexander Gordon was created Earl of Huntly in 1449. At this time the king was at enmity with the powerful Douglases. The Gordons stood on the king’s side, and with their men involved in the south of the country, the Earl of Moray, a relation and ally of the Douglases, took the opportunity to sack the Gordon lands, setting Huntly Castle ablaze. The Gordons returned and quickly destroyed their enemies. As the Douglases were removed from all their positions of power, the Gordons grew without challenge. Their near-regal status earned their chiefs the still-used nickname "Cock ‘o the North".During the Reformation, Gordon power was such that they could disregard it and choose to remain Catholic. Nonetheless, they fought with the men of Mary, Queen of Scots, resulting in Huntly dying in battle and his son being beheaded before her. By the time of Montrose they had become supportive of the Scottish crown. The followers of the 2nd Marquess of Huntly were known as the Gordon Horse, and it is believed that had Huntly’s self-importance not impeded co-operation with the great Montrose, the war for Scottish independence may have had a different ending. As it was, Huntly was captured in 1647, then beheaded after two years in jail. During the Risings of 1715 and 1745 there were Gordons on both sides. The 2nd Duke of Gordon followed the Jacobites in the ‘15, but the 3rd Duke supported the Hanovarians by the time of the ‘45, while his brother raised two regiments against him at Culloden. The Dukedom became extinct with its line after the 5th Duke, and the present Marquess descends from the Earl of Aboyne, whilst a new Duke of Gordon was created of the Duke of Richmond in 1876.
Septs of Clan: Adam, Adamson, Addie, Adie, Addison, Aiken, Aitchison, Atkin, Atkins, Atkinson, Badenoch, Barrie, Connor, Connon, Craig, Cromb, Crombie, Cullen, Culane, Darg, Darge, Dorward, Duff, Durward, Eadie, Eddie, Edie, Edison, Esslemont, Garden, Gardiner, Gardner, Garioch, Garrick, Garroick, Geddes, Gerrie, Huntley, Huntly, Jessiman, Jopp, Jupp, Laing, Lang, Laurie, Lawrie, Leng, Ling, MacAdam, Mallett, Manteach, Marr, Maver, Meldrum, Mill, Mills, Milles, Miln, Milne, Milner, More, Morrice, Muir, Mylne, Steel, Teal, Tod, Todd, Troup.
Names associated with the clan: GEDDEIS GEDDAS GEDDES GEDDESS GEDES GEDDIS GIDDES ADIESON ADIES ADIESONE ADESOUN ADIESOUN ADISON ADIE ADESONE ADISOUN ADESON ADYE ADYSON ADY AEDIESON AEDIE ADDY ADDISON ADE AIDYE AIDDIE AIDY ADDIE ADDESOUN AIDIE AYDESON COLEN COLEYN CONNOR DARGIE CULANE CULLEN CULLANE DARGE DARG EADIE EDDIE EDIE EDISON EDISONE EDISOUN ESSLEMONT ESSILMOUNTHE ESSELMONT GESMOND GORDUN HUNTLIE HUNTLY HUNTLEY JUPE JAPPY JOIP JAIP JAP JUPPIE JUPPE JAPE JUPP JOPP JAPP JAAP JOP JAPPIE TODE TODD TOD TODDE TOOD YEAP YEP YAPE ACHISOUNE ACKIN ACHISONE ACHESOUN ACKYN ACHINSOUN ACKYNE ACHESUNE ACHENSON ACHESON ADAM ACHIESOUN ACHESOUNE ACHIESON ACHESONE AITKENE AIKEYNE AITCHESON AIKINE AICHESONE AITCHESOUN AIKIN AITKYN AKENE AICKEN AITKEN AITCHISON AITCHESOUNE AICKIN AITKANE AITKINE AITHCHINSON AKIN AICKINE AITCKEN AITKYNE AIKING AITCHYSOUNE AKINE AICKING AKEN AIKEN AIKNE AIKEIN AIKYNE AICHENSOUN AICHESON AIKUN AITKIN AKYNE ATZENSONE ATZESON ATYESOUN ATCHESONE ATCHISONE AUKIN ATKIN ATKINE ATKEN ATCHISON ATICIONE AYTKYNE ATKYN AYTKYN ASCHESONE AYTKINE AYKKYNE CONNEN CONNON CONNAN EAKIN ECKIN EAKINS ECHESONE ETZESONE GAIRDNER ETICIONE GARDYNNYR GORDON GARDYNAR GARDNARD GARDINARE GARDINAR GARDENAR GARDENARE GARDNARE GARDENER GARDENNAR GARDNAR GARDINER MACADAM LARRIE LAWRY MACADAIM LAWRIE MACADDAME LOWREY MACADAME MACADDAM MACCADAME MACCADDAME MACCADDIM MACCADDAM MACCADAM MACKADEM MACKADAM MAKADEM MAKCADDAM MAKADAME MAKADAM MILNE MKKADAM MORRICE MORRIS MORICE MYLL MYLNAR LOWRIE JESSIMEN JASEMOND JASSIMINE JESSIMAN JESSYMAN JESSAMINE JESSEMAN JESSEMOND JESSIEMAN LAURIE LAURRI LAURY MILLN MILLS MILN MILNES MILNER MILLIN MILLEN MILL MYLN MYLEN MILLAN MYLNE CRUM CROMB CROMBIE CROMY CROMMIE CROUME CRUMBIE CROM CRUMMY LAURENCE LAWRENCE BARRIE BARRY ADAMSONE ADEMSOUNE ADAMSON ADEMSON ADEMSOUN AITKINS ATKYNSON ATKYNSOUN ATKINS ATZINSON ATTKINSONE ATKNSON ATKINSON Abergeldie GARDNER
Gaelic Name: Gôrdan
Motto: Bydand (Remaining)
Badge: Rock Ivy
Lands: Strathbogie, Deeside and Aberdeen
Origin of Name: Placename, Berwickshire
Pipe Music: The Gordon's March
Badge: Rock Ivy
Lands: Strathbogie, Deeside and Aberdeen
Origin of Name: Placename, Berwickshire
Pipe Music: The Gordon's March
History The name Gordon is territorial and the family who took the name are believed to have been of Anglo-Norman descent, moving from the Borders to Aberdeenshire. The wild boar’s head appears on the Gordon arms because, legend says, the first Gordon saved a Scottish king from an attacking boar. The monks of St Mary at Kelso were given their land by Richard, Baron of Gordon in 1150 and 1160, the earliest recording of the name in use.Sir Adam of Gordon was a supporter of Robert the Bruce and travelled to Rome to ask the Pope to reverse Bruce’s excommunication, served after Bruce killed Comyn in a church. The king gave the Earl of Atholl’s confiscated lands of Strathbogie to Gordon. The castle there became known as Huntly, a reminder of the Gordons’ Berwickshire lands. Sir Alexander Gordon was created Earl of Huntly in 1449. At this time the king was at enmity with the powerful Douglases. The Gordons stood on the king’s side, and with their men involved in the south of the country, the Earl of Moray, a relation and ally of the Douglases, took the opportunity to sack the Gordon lands, setting Huntly Castle ablaze. The Gordons returned and quickly destroyed their enemies. As the Douglases were removed from all their positions of power, the Gordons grew without challenge. Their near-regal status earned their chiefs the still-used nickname "Cock ‘o the North".During the Reformation, Gordon power was such that they could disregard it and choose to remain Catholic. Nonetheless, they fought with the men of Mary, Queen of Scots, resulting in Huntly dying in battle and his son being beheaded before her. By the time of Montrose they had become supportive of the Scottish crown. The followers of the 2nd Marquess of Huntly were known as the Gordon Horse, and it is believed that had Huntly’s self-importance not impeded co-operation with the great Montrose, the war for Scottish independence may have had a different ending. As it was, Huntly was captured in 1647, then beheaded after two years in jail. During the Risings of 1715 and 1745 there were Gordons on both sides. The 2nd Duke of Gordon followed the Jacobites in the ‘15, but the 3rd Duke supported the Hanovarians by the time of the ‘45, while his brother raised two regiments against him at Culloden. The Dukedom became extinct with its line after the 5th Duke, and the present Marquess descends from the Earl of Aboyne, whilst a new Duke of Gordon was created of the Duke of Richmond in 1876.
Septs of Clan: Adam, Adamson, Addie, Adie, Addison, Aiken, Aitchison, Atkin, Atkins, Atkinson, Badenoch, Barrie, Connor, Connon, Craig, Cromb, Crombie, Cullen, Culane, Darg, Darge, Dorward, Duff, Durward, Eadie, Eddie, Edie, Edison, Esslemont, Garden, Gardiner, Gardner, Garioch, Garrick, Garroick, Geddes, Gerrie, Huntley, Huntly, Jessiman, Jopp, Jupp, Laing, Lang, Laurie, Lawrie, Leng, Ling, MacAdam, Mallett, Manteach, Marr, Maver, Meldrum, Mill, Mills, Milles, Miln, Milne, Milner, More, Morrice, Muir, Mylne, Steel, Teal, Tod, Todd, Troup.
Names associated with the clan: GEDDEIS GEDDAS GEDDES GEDDESS GEDES GEDDIS GIDDES ADIESON ADIES ADIESONE ADESOUN ADIESOUN ADISON ADIE ADESONE ADISOUN ADESON ADYE ADYSON ADY AEDIESON AEDIE ADDY ADDISON ADE AIDYE AIDDIE AIDY ADDIE ADDESOUN AIDIE AYDESON COLEN COLEYN CONNOR DARGIE CULANE CULLEN CULLANE DARGE DARG EADIE EDDIE EDIE EDISON EDISONE EDISOUN ESSLEMONT ESSILMOUNTHE ESSELMONT GESMOND GORDUN HUNTLIE HUNTLY HUNTLEY JUPE JAPPY JOIP JAIP JAP JUPPIE JUPPE JAPE JUPP JOPP JAPP JAAP JOP JAPPIE TODE TODD TOD TODDE TOOD YEAP YEP YAPE ACHISOUNE ACKIN ACHISONE ACHESOUN ACKYN ACHINSOUN ACKYNE ACHESUNE ACHENSON ACHESON ADAM ACHIESOUN ACHESOUNE ACHIESON ACHESONE AITKENE AIKEYNE AITCHESON AIKINE AICHESONE AITCHESOUN AIKIN AITKYN AKENE AICKEN AITKEN AITCHISON AITCHESOUNE AICKIN AITKANE AITKINE AITHCHINSON AKIN AICKINE AITCKEN AITKYNE AIKING AITCHYSOUNE AKINE AICKING AKEN AIKEN AIKNE AIKEIN AIKYNE AICHENSOUN AICHESON AIKUN AITKIN AKYNE ATZENSONE ATZESON ATYESOUN ATCHESONE ATCHISONE AUKIN ATKIN ATKINE ATKEN ATCHISON ATICIONE AYTKYNE ATKYN AYTKYN ASCHESONE AYTKINE AYKKYNE CONNEN CONNON CONNAN EAKIN ECKIN EAKINS ECHESONE ETZESONE GAIRDNER ETICIONE GARDYNNYR GORDON GARDYNAR GARDNARD GARDINARE GARDINAR GARDENAR GARDENARE GARDNARE GARDENER GARDENNAR GARDNAR GARDINER MACADAM LARRIE LAWRY MACADAIM LAWRIE MACADDAME LOWREY MACADAME MACADDAM MACCADAME MACCADDAME MACCADDIM MACCADDAM MACCADAM MACKADEM MACKADAM MAKADEM MAKCADDAM MAKADAME MAKADAM MILNE MKKADAM MORRICE MORRIS MORICE MYLL MYLNAR LOWRIE JESSIMEN JASEMOND JASSIMINE JESSIMAN JESSYMAN JESSAMINE JESSEMAN JESSEMOND JESSIEMAN LAURIE LAURRI LAURY MILLN MILLS MILN MILNES MILNER MILLIN MILLEN MILL MYLN MYLEN MILLAN MYLNE CRUM CROMB CROMBIE CROMY CROMMIE CROUME CRUMBIE CROM CRUMMY LAURENCE LAWRENCE BARRIE BARRY ADAMSONE ADEMSOUNE ADAMSON ADEMSON ADEMSOUN AITKINS ATKYNSON ATKYNSOUN ATKINS ATZINSON ATTKINSONE ATKNSON ATKINSON Abergeldie GARDNER
Gaelic Name: Gôrdan
Motto: Bydand (Remaining)
Badge: Rock Ivy
Lands: Strathbogie, Deeside and Aberdeen
Origin of Name: Placename, Berwickshire
Pipe Music: The Gordon's March
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