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Kirkhoe Surname Definition:

KIRKHOE: An old Dumfriesshire surname formerly common about Dunscore, and now curtailed to Kirk. Elizabeth Kirko was retoured heir portioner of John Kirko of Chapell of lands in the barony of Dunscore, etc., 1615 (Retours, Dumfries, 86). John Kirkco of Smidaywoll, 1643, and eight more of the name (Dumfries).

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Kirkhoe Surname Meaning

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KIRKHOE: An old Dumfriesshire surname formerly common about Dunscore, and now curtailed to Kirk. Elizabeth Kirko was retoured heir portioner of John Kirko of Chapell of lands in the barony of Dunscore, etc., 1615 (Retours, Dumfries, 86). John Kirkco of Smidaywoll, 1643, and eight more of the name (Dumfries). Marie Kirko was resident in the parish of Borgue, 1684, and John Kirko, Alexander Kirko, and James Kirko were residents in the parish of Buittle in the same year (RPC., 3. ser. IX, p. 567,570). James Kirlco or Kirkoe, a Covenanter, was shot at Dumfries, 1685 (The Gallovidian, 1921, p. 30; Hanna, II, 256,265). John Kirkoe was portioner of Glengaber in the barony of Holywood, 1692 (Retours, Dumfries, 335), and John Kirkow was tenant in Auchlane, 1732 (Kirkcudbright). The Kirkos, Kirkhaughs, or Kirk, intermarried with Grierson of Barjarg, M'Naught of Culford, etc. (Stodart, II, p. 416). compare Kirkhaugh.

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

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