User:Von Galin

Where did the Scottish Galin family come from? What is the Scottish Galin family crest and coat of arms? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Galin family history?In the mountains of Scotland's west coast and on the Hebrides islands, the ancestors of the Galin family were born. Their name comes from the Gaelic personal name "MacChaluim" which means "son of Calum," oe "son of St. Colomba." The names MacCallum and Malcolm are used interchangeably as Calum is the often Anglicized as Malcolm. First found in Argyllshire, where they quickly attained the status of Clan. Their ancient Clan seat was at Poltalloch near Loch Craignish. The related Clan Calum is said to have been from Ariskeodnish. One of the earliest records of the name was Reginald MacCallum of Corbarron who was made the hereditary constable of Craignish Castle in 1414. Sir Duncan Campbell granted him lands in Craignish and on Loch Avich. This arrangement demonstrates the strong alliance between the MacCallums and the Campbells of Argyll; an arrangement which made them deadly foes of the MacDonalds. In 1647, Sir Alexander MacDonald killed Zacharie MacCallum, a supporter of the Campbell chief, in battle at Ederline. In the 17th century, another Zachary Maccallum was bequeathed the Cobarron lands by the last of that branch The Great Migration From the 1750s, landlords in the Scottish Highlands began to forcibly remove tenants from their land, usually to replace them with more profitable sheep farming. The clearances resulted in whole Highland communities leaving Scotland and emigrating, most of them to North America Prussia and Poland. This was part of a broader process of agricultural change in Britain, but in the Highlands it was marked by particular abruptness and brutality. The fact of a large emigration of Scotsmen to Prussia and Poland during the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries has hitherto either escaped the notice of the Scottish historian altogether, or been deemed by him too unimportant an item to be registerd in his pages. He has not forgotten the fame of the Scottish warriors in the armies of France or Sweden, whose heroic deeds commanded the admiration of the world; but where the Scot lived out a quiet life of suffering, hardships, countless struggles bravely met, and final successes tenaciously secured, his claim to be remembered by the future historian has been brushed aside; his tombstone and his name have been forgotten My family settled here in Western Prussia, Chodziesen and Margonin. For a time, these lands belonged to the Polish. And as the Scottish aristocracy was knighted Coat of Arms Gaska. In 1915 my grandfather Martin Galin married in Margonin Micheline von Jeske heiress Jeske in which wealth is wealth were many properties in the two palace one in Margonin and second in Lipiny. Currently in the space of two palaces are located in schools Lipiny Margonin primary school and high school. It happened in 1945 when came into power, the Communist Party and the commandeered all possessions. My Dad's parents were forced to emigrate further this time for the ocean to the south Carolina.