The mckinstry Surname
mckinstry Name Meaning and History
Northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Aistrigh, a
simplified version of Mac an Aistrighthigh ‘son of the
traveler’. The name is now largely confined to Ulster, but seems to
have originated in Galloway (southwestern Scotland).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| McKinstry family from Belfast to Philadelphia |
 jfhcoop1
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| Alexander McKinstry and Sarah?? | Bob Bohman | 11 |
| Josie + Leota McKinstry | Melody | 6 |
| McKinstry's from Nashville, Davidson County, TN |
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| 0 |
| Noah McKinstry/Frank McKinstry |
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| Robert Noel McKinstry |
| 2 |
| Mckinstry in ''Scotland & England'' |
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| Mckinstry Family | Joseph I. McKinstry | 25 |
| Sister's Looking For Brother | Mc Kinstry of Gorda, Al | 1 |
| South Carolina McKinstrys | jon | 1 |
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