The clans Malcolm and MacCallum are joined. The names sound alike and have similar derivations, depending on which history you read. Although some historians suggest they are related, others are of the opinion that they are not genealogically linked at all. In 1779, the chief of the Clan MacCallum, Dugald MacCallum, the ninth of Poltalloch, adopted the name Malcolm after inheriting the Malcolm estate, and the two clans were joined together under the same chief.
The name Malcolm has the privilege of being the first name of four of Scotland’s kings and comes from the Early Gaelic words Mael Coluimb meaning monk of Saint Columba (521–597), the Irish Abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity around what is now Scotland. (Mael literally means shavenhead.) MacCallum comes from the Gaelic MacChaluim meaning the son of Callum, while some say MacCallum is derived from Mac Ghille Chaluim which means “son of the disciple of Columba”.
Whatever story you believe, there is a distinct tartan for each name, and the families are from distinct areas of Scotland. The MacCallums were based in Lorne in Argyll, and Malcolm is recorded in use as a surname around the 14th century in Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire. Some Malcolms also settled in Dumfriesshire, and Major-General Sir John Malcolm (1769–1833) has a memorial near the border of Carlisle and Langholme.
The tartan used to bind this notebook is the Malcolm, confirmed by Sir John Malcolm of Balbeadie, 7th Baronet (1828 - 65), in the 1850 book The Authenticated Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland.
The name Malcolm has the privilege of being the first name of four of Scotland’s kings and comes from the Early Gaelic words Mael Coluimb meaning monk of Saint Columba (521–597), the Irish Abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity around what is now Scotland. (Mael literally means shavenhead.) MacCallum comes from the Gaelic MacChaluim meaning the son of Callum, while some say MacCallum is derived from Mac Ghille Chaluim which means “son of the disciple of Columba”.
Whatever story you believe, there is a distinct tartan for each name, and the families are from distinct areas of Scotland. The MacCallums were based in Lorne in Argyll, and Malcolm is recorded in use as a surname around the 14th century in Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire. Some Malcolms also settled in Dumfriesshire, and Major-General Sir John Malcolm (1769–1833) has a memorial near the border of Carlisle and Langholme.
The tartan used to bind this notebook is the Malcolm, confirmed by Sir John Malcolm of Balbeadie, 7th Baronet (1828 - 65), in the 1850 book The Authenticated Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland.