Lingo (surname)
The Scottish
Carnbee, Fife, Scotland.[1] The earliest known recorded use of the surname in Scotland is by Ulf de Lingoch, who witnessed a charter granted in the early 13th century.[2]
The Lingo estate lands, located on Ling
East Neuk of Fife, northwest of Pittenweem,[3] belonged to the Monastery of Pittenweem prior to 1534, and were partly in possession of the Borthwicks of Lingo from 1534 until 1671, after which date they were held by the Hamiltons of Kilbrackmont until 1739, when they were purchased by Thomas Dalyell, a descendant of the Dalyells of Binns; in 1895 they were held by Ralph Dalyell, Esquire.[4]
Lingo House, the seat of the ancient estate, is located about halfway between
St. Andrews, containing a dining room, drawing room, business room, four bedrooms, two dressing rooms, a kitchen, scullery, and servants' accommodation, with stables, a coach-house, and a large garden on the grounds.[6] Lingo House at Historic Environment Scotland
The first element of the name may be from
Scots into Gaelic, ling 'heather'. The second element is the Gaelic place name suffix -och, generally -ach in modern Gaelic and commonly reduced to -o in Fife place names.[7][8]
Down through the centuries, the ancient pronunciation and spelling of Lingoch was shortened to Lingo, and that form has been in use since at least the 17th century, with some variations. The surname is occasionally found spelled Lingoe and Lingow, and has at times been confused with Ling, Linge, and Lingon.
The Lingo surname is included in a list of
archetypal
Scottish names as James Stuart Lingo, strongly suggest that some, at least, of the American Lingo families were of British origin.
The earliest certain record of the Lingo surname in the
People with the surname
- Albert J. Lingo, Alabama Highway Patrolman and Director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety 1963-1965
- Edward H. Lingo, Texas and Southwest U.S. lumberman
- George A. Lingo, Alaska pioneer
- One Pocketbilliards game inventor
- Jane Tunstall Lingo, Washington D.C. journalist, university administrator, socialite
- John Lingo, Vicar of St. Hilary from aft. 1554 through ca. 1560/1
- T. D. A. Lingo, WWII veteran, folk singer, radio personality, and brain researcher
- Walter H. Lingo, American dog breeder and NFL team owner
References
- ^ George F. Black: The Surnames of Scotland, Their Origin, Meaning and History (reprinted by the New York Public Library, New York, N.Y., 1962), p. 430.
- ^ Black, 1962.
- ^ John Bartholomew & Son, Ltd.: Edinburgh & The Forth Leisure Map, 1:100,000, 1.6 miles to 1 inch (Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K., 1987), coordinate 14 x a-b.
- ^ A. H. Millar: Fife: Pictorial and Historical; Its People, Burghs, Castles, and Mansions, Vol. I (A. Westwood & Son, Cupar-Fife, U.K., 1895), p. 438.
- ^ J. M. Bassett: post to <soc.genealogy.uk+ireland> dated 12 Sep 1995, in response to query posted 7 Sep 1995.
- ^ The Herald, Glasgow, issue of Wednesday, April 4, 1893, p. 4.
- ^ Taylor, Simon (2009).The Place Names of Fife, Vol 3, pp 168-9, Shaun Tyas, Donington, Lincs.
- ^ Taylor, Simon (2012).The Place Names of Fife, Vol 5, p 277, Shaun Tyas, Donington, Lincs.
- ^ Robert H. Howard, Vice President for Membership, Clan Graham Society, 1228 Kensington Drive, High Point, NC 27262: letter dated 24 Feb 1995.
- ^ McGregor, 1995.
- ^ John Stewart: The Grahams (Johnston’s Clan Histories, Johnston & Bacon, Edinburgh and London, 1958; reprinted 1973), p. 30.
- ^ Willie Catherine Ivey: Ancestry and Posterity of Dr. John Taliaferro and Mary (Hardin) Taliaferro, with Notes on Berryman, Newton, Beheathland, Franklin, Lingo, and other Southern Families (n.p., n.d., reprinted in Historic Georgia Families by L. W. Rigsby, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Md., 1969).
- ^ Frank W. Johnson: A History of Texas and Texans (American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1914), pp. 1164-1165.
- ^ Thomas B. Robertson: "Hungar's Parish Records" in The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Lyon G. Tyler (ed.), Vol. XXIII (1913-1914), p. 42.
- ^ Ralph T. Whitelaw: Virginia's Eastern Shore (Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va., 1951).
- ^ Ivey, 1969.
- ^ Zella Armstrong: Twenty-Four Hundred Tennessee Pensioners, Revolution, War of 1812 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md., 1975), p. 70.
- ^ National Archives Microfilm Publications: Population Schedules of the United States (General Services Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.), 1790-1910.
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