Dunbar Family History..ANYONE HELP?

Question

Hi My last name is Dunbar, i am wondering if there is anyone out there who knows anything about the origin of the name and anything to do with the first people with the name? All information will be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

I know I worked with a donna dunbar in okc at sears, and I believe they have moved to lebanon missouri, her husbands name is Jesse

Answer 2

Surname: Dunbar

This famous Scottish locational name derives from the Barony of Dunbar in the county of Berwick. The surname, it is claimed, descends from Earl Gospatric of Northumberland C. 1070, whose grandfather was the lay abbot of Dunkeld, although quite what this has to do with the surname development is unclear. Our research indicates that the surname in its recognizable form was not apparently recorded until the 13th century, see below, although thereafter the Dunbar nameholders played an important role in Scottish and the Border history. At various times from the 14th century they held considerable estates in Wigtownshire, where they were prominent amongst the Border clans that caused mayhem throughout Northern England, and the more gentile parts of Scotland. They also held lands in Caithness from the 15th century, although whether this was by choice or exile is not clear. Early recordings include such examples as James Dunbar, captured and held as a prisoner at Knaresborough in Yorkshire in 1425, whilst another James Dunbar was given safe conduct into England in 1451. The surname development has also produced such examples Dumbar in the 1625 registers, Dumbare in 1666 and Dounbare in 1692. The coat of arms has the distinctive blazon of a white lion rampant on a red field, on a white bordure, a semee of red roses. The crest is a horses head. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John de Dunbar, which was dated 1266, Charles Witness (Hospital of Soltre), during the reign of King Alexander 111 of Scotland 1249 - 1286

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Dunbar  

Last name origin & meaning:

Scottish: habitational name from Dunbar, a place on the North Sea coast near Edinburgh, named with Gaelic dùn ‘fort’ + barr ‘top’, ‘summit’.

Answer 3

The first two sources below agree that DUNBAR is a Scottish name, and it derives from a place name.

Click on the third source below to read about a very old story about the first DUNBAR.

Answer 4

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/...

has 92,000 entries for the surname born in all years. You can set the birth year to 1800 and the yearrange to (+/-) 20 to see 1780 - 1820, then 1760 (+/-) 20, and do on, going back 40 years at a time to see earlier and earlier Dunbars.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/dunbar/

is like Y!A except it is completey devoted to the Dunbar surname, not all of genealogy.

Answer 5

http://www.dunbar.org.uk/    The town.

http://www.clandunbar.com/    The family.

http://www.dunbarsite.org/    Famous Dunbar

http://www.pollydunbar.com/    and another

http://www.dunbarfamilysociety.org.uk/   history.

I had an art teacher..Mr Dunbar...he was ginger.