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About Millar and Niven Scottish and Irish Ancestry
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SURNAME ORIGINS

MILLAR:

The Scottish name of MILLER or MILLER was considered to be  a sept of the clan MacFARLANE. The  spelling of the name MILLAR has changed regularly throughout through the ages.  The earliest reference to be found of this family line is William MILLAR (c1774)  (spelt with an -AR). His descendants often have  have the name spelt  as MILLER. For convenience I  have kept to the spelling of MILL 
 (-AR). Most of the Millar names on this website were born, lived and died in  the county of Fifeshire, though a few moved on to the neighbouring county of Kinross- shire.

NIVEN:

Recorded in a wide range of spellings including Niven, Nevin, Nevins, and Nevinson, this is  usually a surname of Scottish origins, but is equally well recorded in Ireland. However spelt the  surname has two origins, both Gaelic. Firstly it may be a form of the ancient Gaelic personal  name "Naoimhin", a diminutive form of "naomh", and translating as 'Little saint'. Whether this was  the literal meaning is another question, but clearly it in the early days a baptismal name of  endearment. Secondly, it could originate from "Mac Cnaimhin", with "Mac", meaning "son of"  and "Cnamh", a bone. As such it was apparently a nickname referrence to the first chief of the  clan who was a "bony man". It is said that in Scotland the name was first recorded in Galloway in  the year 1230 when one Nevinus was the parson of Neveth, whilst later in 1296 Patrick Nevin  rendered homage to the short lived republican government of Scotland. In Ireland it is claimed  that the name originated in County Galway, about the same period, and is now widespread throughout  the country, mostly without the "Mac" prefix. Early examples of the surname recordings include  Thomas Nevin, who was the official messenger for the king of Scotland in 1538, whilst the Nevins  or Nivens of Monkredding held their lands by charter from 1539. Other recordings include: the  marriage of James McNiven to Ann Casey on March 30th 1769 at St. James' church, Westminster, and  the christening of Michael, the son of John Phillip and Fannie McNevin, on December 29th 1840, in  Dublin. Among the famous namebearers is Baron McNevin (1723 - 1790), who emigrated to Austria, and  was physician to the Empress Maria Theresa. The first recorded spelling of the family name is  believed to be that of John McNevin. This was dated 1159, in the "Ancient Records of Ireland",  during the reign of Irish High Kings with opposition, 1022 - 1166. Surnames became necessary when  governments introduced personal taxation. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have  continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

At the turn of the 20th century, the NIVEN family left their native Ireland, in the  county of Antrim  and emigrated to Scotland.  Around this time they changed the  spelling of the name from  NEVIN.
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THOSE  WHO DIED IN WORLD WARS:

BALFOUR, David, (1891 - 4/10/1917), Corporal, Gordon Highlanders, 2nd Bn, Ypres. BARR, Charles Pollock, (1887- 13/8/1918), Serjeant, Royal Field Artillery "C" Bty. France. COWAN, George,(1887 - 30/7/1916), Private, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Thiepval, France. COLEMAN, John, (1896 - 22/8/1917),Private, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 11th Bn.Belgium. HOLBORN, Alexander,(1898 - 5/4/1917), Private, Royal Scots, France. HOLBORN, Joseph,(1892 - 31/7/1917),Lance Corporal, Seaforth Highlanders, Ypres, Belgium. KENNEDY  Thomas, (1872 - 1/7/1916), Rifleman, Royal Irish Rifles, Thiepval, France. LINDSAY, Alexander James, (1892 - 20/9/1917), Private, A.I.F, 26bn, Ypres. LINDSAY, Edgar Ronald, (1890 - 5/7/1918), Private, A.I.F. Villiers, France. LINDSAY, James Archibald, (1887 - 10/5/1915) Sapper, Australian Engineers, Gallipolli. MCLAUGHLAN, Archibald, (1891 - 26/10/1915) Private, Highland Light Infantry, Loos France. MILLAR, David, (1888 - 8/8/1917), Corporal, Black Watch Royal Highlanders, Etaples, France. MILLAR, Thomas,(1891 - 3/5/1915), Private, Scots Guard, Bethune, France. OSWALD, Donald Donaldson,(1896-30/12/1914) Private, Black Watch, Royal Highlanders, Souchez, France. NIVEN,  John,(1906-25/11/1942), Private, Pioneer Corps, Algeria. WALLACE, Andrew Craigie, (1895 - 14/3/1916), Private, Black Watch Royal Highlanders, France. WALLACE, George Angus,(1897 - 13/11/1916), Private, Black Watch Royal Highlanders, Somme, France. WALLACE, William Robb, (1897 - 12/4/1918), Private, Royal Scots, 2nd Bn, France.

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