CLAN CARRUTHERS SOCIETY (INTERNATIONAL) Founded on a Royal Charter to Holmains, 1755.
Honorary President: Peter Carruthers of Holmains, Clan Chief
From wiki and augments: the Teuchter (Highland)-Sassanach (Lowland) divide. (although not exact as the line can be blurred, this remains a reasonable conceptual indicator) Well known Scot's words have been used to define where a Scot actually comes from, sometimes used disparagingly by the other group and for many generations. These terms split Scotland across… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: Teuchter or Sassanach
Our research has always led back to the Brythonic language and Cumbric dialect of ancient Welsh as being the language of our forebears, melding progressively into the language of Scots and our own dialect of 'Southern/Border Scots'. An excellent piece appeared of late in one of Scotland's premier newspapers, The Scotsman which was written by… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: The language of our ancestors.
From Wiki - Vikings We constanly get our messages hit by Trolls asking exactly the same questions: 'where do Carruthers originate' and 'are Carruthers a Viking Clan'. There has obviously been much confusion linking Carruthers with Vikings and Viking 'royalty' yet both our y-DNA Marker and Haplogroup would suggest these statements are inaccurate. We accept… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: Most vikings were Scandinavians, but not all Scandinavians were Vikings?
CARRUTHERS; A proud Scottish Reiver family, from Annandale in the ancient West March of the Scottish Borders. This we already know, but what makes ‘us’ as a Society claim to represent our worldwide Scottish family and clan and the right to call ourselves the 'official home’ of Carruthers. Further, are you wishing to keep the… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: The official home of Carruthers, but can we really make that claim?
There is an assumption that the Caer Ruthers (Fort of Rydderch) we take our name from was in some way associated with Rydderch Hael the Brythonic king of Strathclyde, who lived in and around the latter stages of the 6th Century. However, archaeological evidence would suggest that the 'Fort' may have been in situ at… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: Our origins, Caer ‘Rydderch’ or Caer ‘Rydderch (Hael)’ ?
https://youtu.be/SJmUweYntv8 A brief synopsis of Carruthers, our Chief, and our clan. Represented through regional branches headed by Clan Commissioners, commissioned by the Clan Chief; Carruthers of Holmains in: Africa: Ian Carruthers Australasia and Oceania: Gary Carruthers FSA Scot Canada: Andrew Carruthers Europe: Cécilia Mitchell-Carruthers Scotland/UK: George Carruthers FSA Scot USA: Dana Caruthers Norton FSA… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: A YouTube video on the ancient Riding Family of Carruthers
Carruthers, the Kingdom of Strathclyde and the Cumbric connection to the Welsh language. by Mathew Carruthers, Aberdare, Wales, February 2021 The many conversations with other Carruthers throughout the world is one of the joys of being part of this society. One such exchange was with a partial Welsh speaker, this time a bit closer to… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: Welsh, the root of the Brythonic language of Caer-Ruthers
https://youtu.be/pBb_jKKCcC8 The above video is based on current research and is produced by the Linguistics and English Language Department of the University of Edinburgh. Were Carruthers Gaels and Gaelic speakers, or were they not? The map to the left is taken from the Scots Language Centre based in Perth, Scotland, showing the four main dialects… Continue reading CLAN CARRUTHERS: Southern Scots, the language of the Border Reivers.
We are always asked about the tribal history of Scotland before the country was even recognised as such. In the intial part of this piece is a brief summary of the tribes that existed which was published in the Scotsman Newspaper, in October 2016, followed on by an excellent and more in-depth piece by the… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: the Ancient Tribes of Scotland.
Having attained the confirmation of a chief by the Lord Lyon, in August 2019, we will revisit the origin of our family and clan. Firstly Carruthers is a Scottish clan and family. It is not Norse from Gutland, nor are we royalty nor Irish in ancestry. We are simply a Scottish Border Clan and Family,… Continue reading Clan Carruthers: The Origins of the Name and Family of Carruthers.
This site is protected by wp-copyrightpro.com