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Author: gertz1984
Surnames: Calderwood, Salmon, Weir
Classification: queries
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I have heard a similar story about my own ancestry. Funny thing is when I was in canada
on a choir exchange trip I stayed with a family with the last name of Calder. They too
had heard a very similar story as the one passed down thru my Calderwood family... that
being there was a rift in the Calder clan and 1/2 (give or take) the clan rebelled and
left seeking refuge from a local king (or maybe a landlord) He gave them refuge in the
woods, making them "keeper of the woods". They then added wood to the Calder to
differentiate them from the rest of their clan. keep in mind that is my recollection of
the story handed down to my dad from his dad. his dad's grandad came over from
Scotland, Blantyre are where the Calderwood castle now the House of Calderwood is. My
ancestor came over in the mid 1800's and crossed the usa with the handcart companies
of the lds pioneers settling in Utah.
FaeLynne Calderwood Gertz
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