Archibald Campbell

Brief Life History of Archibald

When Archibald Campbell was born in 1789, his father, John Campbell, was 29 and his mother, Katherine McNicol, was 29.

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Family Time Line

John Campbell
1760–
Katherine McNicol
1760–1850
Anne Campbell
1783–
James Campbell
1802–1857
Janet Campbell
1785–
Robert Campbell
1787–
Ann Campbell
1789–1857
Archibald Campbell
1789–
Christina Campbell
1792–
Campbell
1804–

Sources (3)

  • Archibald Campbell, "Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Archibald Campbell -
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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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