INTRODUCTION
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�Originally written in April 2003 and updated on�29th May 2009
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This website will always be in 'draft' format as new information is being added all the time. (Maybe not quite all the time as my research dried up shortly after I wrote that!).
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Most of the information that I have is on the Gulline clan that I have gathered over the years but lately I have been looking into other lines as well as Gulline. I'm currently doing a one-name study of Gulline, one of McGarva/McGarvie and my own direct line family tree.
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There is still a lot of information to be added, whenever I can find the time, so please check back once in a while to see what's new.�
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I'd also like to thank everyone who has helped me gather this information and to my friends who listen to me moaning on about my research problems. Special thanks to my Auntie Sandra for providing all the Henry Lawrence Gulline information and the excellent photographs!
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My email is tara_evie(@)hotmail.com and you need to take the brackets out!!!
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Check out my "McGarva" pages at www.freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcgarva/page1.html
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Official Surname Origin
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The following is taken from the Gulline Scroll:-�
The first record of the name Gulline was found in East Lothian where they were anciently seated on the English/Scottish border. After the Norman Conquest of England many of Duke William's rebellious Barons moved north. The border became a convenient but turbulent no-man's land where the persecuted lived, many were given land by King Malcolm Canmore and later by King David of Scotland. Some were native Scots. In the 16th century they became known as the 'unruly clans'. The name Gulline was first recorded in Scotland in Gullen/Gullane in the parish of Dirleton in East Lothian.
The surname Gulline, occurred in many references, from time to time the surname was spelt Gullan, Gulland, Gullane, Gullen, Golin, Gulen, Golan and these changes in spelling frequently and occurred even between father and son. The name was recorded from its sound and different districts pronounced it differently, and still do today. The family name Gulline is believed to be descended originally from the Strathclyde Britons. This ancient founding race of the north were a mixture of Gaelic/Celts whose original territories ranged from Lancashire in the south, northward to the south bank of the River Clyde in Scotland.
Tracing its ancient development the name Gulline was found in East Lothian and Wigtownshire where they were anciently seated. They were later found in Lumsden, Ormestown, St. Andrews and Lothian where Adam de Golyne was archdeacon in 228. Mariot de Golin rendered homage to King Edward 1st in 1296 during his brief conquest of Scotland. From their early beginnings, and for the next few centuries, the family name also acquired other territories. Notable amongst the family at this time was the Gulan family of East Lothian.
In 1603 the unified English and Scottish crowns under James 1st dispersed these "unruly border clans". The unification of the governments was threatened and it was imperative that the old "border code" should be broken up. Hence the Border Clans were banished to England, northern Scotland and to Ireland. Some were outlawed directly to Ireland, the Colonies and the New World. Many Border Clans settled in Northern Ireland transferred between 1650 and 1700 with grants of land provided they "undertook" to remain Protestant. Hence they became known as the "Undertakers". Many became proudly Irish. (This family name was not recorded as settling in Ireland but this does not preclude individual migration.) But life in Ireland was little more rewarding and some sought a more challenging life. They looked to the New World and sailed aboard an armada of sailing ships that struggled across the stormy Atlantic. Some ships lost 30 to 40% of their passenger list; migrants who were buried at sea having died from dysentery, cholera, small pox and typhoid.
The most ancient grant of a Coat of Arms found was: Red background with silver chevron between three fleur de lis as displayed above.
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