Tour Scotland photograph of the Thomas Falconer gravestone in the cemetery in Kirkton of Kingoldrum, Angus, Scotland. This surname has two distinct possible sources, the first and most likely being from an Old French occupational name for a keeper or trainer of hawks. The hawk trainer was held in high esteem in medieval times as it was his responsibility to supply hunting hawks to his overlord or the lord of the castle.
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