Old Photograph Auchry Cottage Cuminestown Scotland

Old photograph of Auchry cottage by Cuminestown located six miles East of Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish cottage is in the parish of Monquhitter, which was split from Turriff in 1649 when what was then a rural church was built on land owned by the Cumine family.

Cumine is a very interesting Scottish surname is probably Norman Breton in origin. It was introduced initially into England, by the followers of William the Conqueror at or after the battle of Hastings in 1066. The derivation is from either a pre 7th century personal name, originally Cumine or Comyn, and thought to derive from the Breton or Celtic element " can ", meaning " bent, crooked ", and a common element in such surnames as Campbell and Cameron, or from the French town of Comines. In Scotland, the family founded by William Comyn, grew to be one of the most powerful in the country. In so doing they held at one time the Earldoms of both Angus and Atholl, Perthshire.



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