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Kirbister Surname Definition:

KIRBISTER: Probably from Kirkbuster in Orphir, of which it is a softened pronunciation. An old surname in Orkney which has vanished from the islands. Kirbister alias Hutcheson was an old name in Orphir, but Kirbister has gone and Hutcheson remains (Clousion), There is also a Kirkbuster in Deerness and another in the parish of Walls.

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KIRBISTER: Probably from Kirkbuster in Orphir, of which it is a softened pronunciation. An old surname in Orkney which has vanished from the islands. Kirbister alias Hutcheson was an old name in Orphir, but Kirbister has gone and Hutcheson remains (Clousion), There is also a Kirkbuster in Deerness and another in the parish of Walls. Johne Kirkbuster, juror on assize, 1573, appears as Kirbister in the following year (REO., p. 134,292).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

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