Brief Life History of John McCattock Maith
When John McCattock Maith Campbell was born about 1346, in Lochawe, Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Sir Archibald Mor Campbell 12th. Laird of Lochow, was 37 and his mother, Mary Isabella Lamont, was 29.
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Parents and Siblings
1310–1372 Male
1318–1364 Female
Siblings (8)
1336–1402 Male
1342– Male
1344–1413 Male
1346– Male
1348– Male
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Name Meaning
Scottish: nickname from Gaelic cam ‘crooked, bent’ + beul ‘mouth’. As a result of folk etymology, the surname was often represented in Latin documents as de bello campo ‘of the fair field’, which led to the name sometimes being ‘translated’ into Anglo-Norman French as Beauchamp .
Irish (North Armagh): adopted for Gaelic Mac Cathmhaoil ‘son of Cathmhaol’ (literally ‘battle chief’): see Caulfield and Cowell .
English: variant of Camel , under the influence of the Scottish name (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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