The markland Surname
markland Name Meaning and History
- habitational name from a place in the parish of Wigan (now in Greater Manchester), so called from Old English mearc ‘boundary’ + lanu ‘lane’.
- topographic name for someone who lived by a stretch of border or boundary land (see Mark 2) or a status name for someone who held land with an annual value of one mark.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Markland, Nathaniel | Steve Peters | 37 |
| Allen Markland (Indiana) | Lettie Greer | 9 |
| JOHN MARKLAND OF CARTER COUNTY< TENNESSEE |
 sunnybj195761
| 2 |
| Looking for Dan, Dale,&Bill, sons of Joe Markland | Shannon Thomas | 4 |
| Lucien O. Markland, b.1877, of Fairbury (Livingston Co.) IL |
margerice1
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| Norman Markland |
anzacpete
| 1 |
| Marklands - Jasper County, Illinois |
wombat40
| 20 |
| William Perry Markland m. Elenor Peake | judy purtle | 2 |
| Marklands and Harpers |
maebarke21
| 1 |
| Edward Markland, 1850 Boone Cty, KY |
bjmarkland
| 4 |
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