I canot find my tartan!!

[ku-kal]

Ok, my grandmother and my aunt have been research our family tree. they know we have both Scottish and Irish in us, and that the clans were rammage and aitken (it may not be the correct spelling) but no matter how hard i look and how many different variants of the name i search, i cannot find the original tartans. Any help or advice would be appreciated

[Ryan Ross]

I don't believe I've ever heard of such clans... I don't imagine there were clans by that name.

You'll find that most names are not associated with a clan, so what you may want to do is figure out what areas your family came from, and wear the corresponding district tartans.

It is also possible that these names, or similar ones, are in a sept list somewhere, in which case you might want to wear the tartans of the clans they are associated with.

[Galician]

Have you checked the website of the Scottish Tartan Authority? While not completely definitive, they have the largest collection of tartan collections available online, or so it seems.

[auld argonian]

One thing that I've learned about language is that the spelling and pronunciation of words gets corrupted into almost infinite permutations.

The Scottish side of my family is the Lattas....and the Latos, the Lettas, the Lottas...you get the picture.

So I'd keep trying to trace back but don't rule out any names that come up that are close.

Best

AA

[Sealark]

Hello Ku-Kal, check out the url below it will take you to your Aitken tartan. Enjoy, and I hope you have a kilt made with it.

http://www.tartansauthority.com/web/site/cart2.asp

[Sealark]

Here is some info regarding Aitken as well.

AITCHESON, ACHESON, ACKERSON, AITKEN etc.,: Research into the origin, meaning and history of Scottish surnames shows all these variations derive from "son of Adam". Early Scots records indicate the most likely origin is that they came from the diminutive 'Atty' - for 'Adam', of which Aiken, Aitken, Atkin, Atkins, etc., are double diminutives. All the spelling variations in this group of names are allied to the Gordons, MacGregors, Mackintoshes and Clan Chattan, but the strongest of these is Gordon. Similarly, Adam, MacAdam and Adamson are all septs of Gordon but with such a universal name as "son of Adam" it cannot always be certain that one's ancestors did hail from Scotland. However, many will undoubtedly have association with these clans and the earliest appearance of this name (in various forms) in Scottish records is that of Johannes Ade in North Berwick in 1384 and again, in 1387, as John Atkynsoun. The same name appears again in Aberdeen in 1402 and subsequently appears frequently in Aberdeen - 1429, 1436, 1437, 1442 etc.. In Orkney and Shetland some may have come from the Norse; 'Haakon's son', via 'Awkinsone'. Robert Aitken (1734-1832) born in Dalkeith, was commended by a resolution of Congress for the printing of the Bible in the U.S.A., and a family of the same name was long connected with the Scottish Mint in the 15th and 16th centuries. Though earliest found in Forfarshire (now Angus), a family of Achesons were associated with Edinburgh, East Lothian and Berwickshire from the 15th century, and of this race Patrick Achesone who removed to Armagh in Ireland, was the father of Sir Archibald, created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1628, who also held lands in Ireland, and retained an elegant mansion in Edinburgh. The Achesons of Glassdrum, Argyll, are descended from this line, as are some Irish families who later settled in Pennsylvania.

[bjproc]

heres the Aitken tarten, ITI# 3029 at the STA

[ku-kal]

awsome!!! thanks a bunch. i will continue to research on rammage, and i will get to work having a tartan made for aitken!!

[Ayin McFye]

It's a sharp looking tartan. If you get it made, made sure to take some pictures to share with us!

Slainte!

[sirdaniel1975]

For the Aitken name

From "Scots Kith & Kin"
page 5

Aitken, Aiken Aberdeen 15th c.; Gordon

From "Scottish surnames" by Lomond
page 8

Scots form of Atkin ('little Adam' or little Arthur") Also Atkinson, 'son of Atkin.'

From "The Surnames of Scotland" by George F. Black
page 10 & 11

Aiken, Aitken, Aitkin, Aitkins, Atkin, Atkins.
Black describes the names as being double diminutives of Adam.
The name is mentioned in several cities and districts by Black; Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Darnchester, Aberdeenshire, Orkney, Ayrshire, Dalkeith.