Genealogy Place Names - E

With the letter ‘E’ we visit Scotland and Iceland. This is an interesting pairing as our Viking ancestors who settled in Iceland came from the Orkney Islands off the northern coast of Scotland. 

E is for . . .

Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland and the Montgomery family.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaglesham

John Alexander de Montgomery 1338-1401 (my 18th great grandfather)

There is a ton of information on geni.com about John de Montgomerie (Montgomery). 

https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-John-Montgomerie-10th-Baron-of-Eaglesham/6000000008517729892

Photo from http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/eaglesham/eaglesham/index.html

Montgomery Street

Montgomery Street was once known as South Street and commemorates the Montgomeries, the Earls of Eglinton and later Earls of Winton who owned Eaglesham Estate for seven centuries. ^{- Wikipedia}

Montgomery Moto: Watch Well and Tartan (lowland)

E is for . . .

Eyiafiord, Iceland

The last place name of ‘E’s is in Iceland. This is serendipitous as recently some of our family filled their days with wonder on a vacation to Iceland. There weren’t enough days on their vacation to travel to northern Iceland – so let’s take a look. (See blue area on map.)

https://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Eyjafj%C3%B6r%C3%B0ur

The History of Iceland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Iceland

It looks as if our ancestors are contained in the first sentence of the above article. They came from Orkney Island off the coast of northern Scotland.

Eyjafjörður  is the longest fjord in Iceland. It is located in the central northern coast of the country, near the second most populous place in Iceland (25,000).  Still a very small population.

Photo by Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason

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