Tour Scotland photograph of the Charles Cargill gravestone in the graveyard cemetery in Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish locational name derives from The Lands of Cargill a parish in East Perthshire, and being first recorded in the 13th Century. The name means The Stony Stream or possibly The Stream on the Stony Hill, the name being extremely popular in certain areas, an example being Auchmithie in Angus in 1859 when 123 out of 375 adults were called Cargill. The name has been spelt Kergylle in 1283, Kergille in 1296, Kergill in 1401, Cargyl in 1497, and Carnigill in 1583, Cargill being recorded in 1681. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Walter de Kergyle. which was dated 1260 Charter Witness at Drumkerauch. during the reign of King Alexander 111 of Scotland, born 1249, died 1286. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax.
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