Census and Population Data - click on this link for further information.
The parishes of Mull - click on this link for further details about the parishes including an outline map.
Scottish naming conventions and Alternative Surnames - click on this link for an explanation.
The Surname 'Mull'. There is no known connection between the surname 'Mull' and the island. That does not preclude a connection as it is possible that settlers in an area adopted the surname 'Mull' in order to distinguish them from another family in the area with the same surname. This also happens on Mull where two or more in a close area share the same forename.
There are a number of Mull's to be found in the USA and in Australia. Those interested in researching the surname are asked to contact Amber Mull whose email address is fireater17@email.msn.com
The meaning of Mull. In his book 'The Isle of Mull, Placenames, Meanings and Stories', Charles Maclean writes - "Nearly 2000 years ago Ptolemy called it [Mull] 'Malaeos' and a quote from Watson 1916 is 'Malaias' is now 'Muile', anglicised to 'Mull'. It shows a common suffix 'aios' which becomes in Gaelic '-e'. The first part may be compared , perhaps, with Gaelic Mol-ach (praise) and Gaelic Muileach (dear, beloved). If these are connected with Czechoslovakian 'Iz-moleti', 'eminere', 'to stand prominent', the E-Celt 'Malaios' might have the satisfactory meaning of 'Lofty Isle', foreshadowing our 'Muile nam Mor-bheann' - 'Mull of the Great Peaks'. In the same strain MacBain comments : the word may come from the root 'mal', which Dr. Whitley Stokes compares with Albanian 'mal' (mountain range, border), Lettic 'mala', border, to which we may add Gaelic 'Mala' (eyebrow). The idea would therefore be 'the Mountainous Island': 'Muile nam Morbheann'.
About these pages and how to supply information for inclusion on the web site
These pages, first published on the internet in September 1998, have been constructed assist research into family history for those having ancestors from the Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland. It is open to all to add details of their ancestors on the understanding that all information is freely given and is free available to all. Information supplied is not made available to other bodies. Those supplying information should be aware however that it is not that difficult for a determined individual / company or body to copy the information. (See below for more details on supplying data.)
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