[ANSTHRLD] Name Documentation Request - Kathryn Cuninghame of Ayr

[Maridonna]

Brent Ryder wrote:
>> From: Julie Cunningham <juliecunningham65 at yahoo.com>
>> To: Brent Ryder <borekvv at hotmail.com>
>> Subject: RE: Help?
>> Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 07:42:06 -0700 (PDT)
> 
>> Well, I want to register Kathryn Cuninghame of Ayr.  What do I need to 
>> submit as far as research?  >What is acceptable?

> A good question, I am forwarding this to the herald's list to see what 
> is available for documentation. Hopefully they will remember to include 
> your address in their replies as I do not think you are on that list.

This is a (Lowland) Scots name. When does her persona live?

Cuninghame is a place in Ayr(shire) according to Black's Surnames of 
Scotland, s.n. Cunningham, p.198.  Close to the client's spelling is 
<de Cuningham> 1246, 1403; Cunningghame 1556

Via Talan's article A List of Feminine Personal Names Found in 
Scottish Records (Black's Surnames of Scotland) there is

Pre-1400
Catarine  1360 [s.n. HILL, p.358]

Post-1400 there is
       Kaithren 	 1623 [MACCOMBIE, 474] (a widow)
       Katerina 	1477 [UNTHANK, 789]
       Katheryne 1509 [MACCORRAN, 477]
       Kathren 	1632 [PYE, 676]
       Kathrine 	1589 [BOOKLESS, 89]
       Katrina 	1548 [DRUMBRECK, 222]
       Katrine 	1499 [YALLOWER, 826]; 1512 [AUCHENROSS, 35]
       Katryne 	1528 [SCARTH, 712]
       Catharine 1459 [ALLANSON, 19]; 1549 [RATTRAY, 685]; 1571 
[BOYN, 95]
       Catrina 	1551 [CARSTAIRS, 140]

[Square brackets enclose the modern header name and page number]

There might be a problem with <given + locative + locative> formation.

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