Tour Scotland Video Elizabeth Bladworth Coulman Window St Cuthbert's Church Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of the Elizabeth Bladworth Coulman memorial stained glass window in St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh, Scotland. Wife of William Bladworth Hardie, died 13 September, 1893 aged 47.

The Coulman surname is a Scottish variant of Coleman, which has a number of possible origins, the first source being of both Irish and English origin, from the Old Irish personal name " Colman ", from " Columban ", a compound of the Gaelic elements " colm ", a dove and " ban ", white, hence a " white dove ". This name was adopted by Scandinavians as the Old Norse " Kalman " and was introduced into Cumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire, England, by Norwegians from Ireland. The second source is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and was given as an occupational name for a burner of charcoal or a gatherer of coal, from the Middle English. This source of the surname is the same as that of the surname Collier. Another possible source is also of English origin, from an occupational name for the servant of a man named " Cole ", Middle English a personal name derived from the Old English by name " cola ", from " col ", charcoal, used to describe someone of a dark complexion. The modern surname can be found as Coleman, Colman, Coulman, Callum and Cullum. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Hervicus Coleman, which was dated 1166, in the Red Book of the Exchequer, Yorkshire, during the reign of King Henry 11.

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