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MacTavish
The surname MacTavish or McTavish is a Scottish surname, it is one Anglicised form of the Gaelic ''MacThàmhais'', i.e. ''son of Thomas. People Surname MacTavish * Alastair MacTavish Dunnett (1908–1998), Scottish journalist *Anne Mactavish, Canadian Federal Court trial judge * Charles MacTavish (1818–1868), American landowner *Craig MacTavish (born 1958), Canadian professional ice hockey coach * Don MacTavish (1940–1969), American race driver *John MacTavish (British Consul), Scots-Canadian fur trade entrepreneur and British Consul to Baltimore, Maryland * Letitia MacTavish Hargrave (1813–1854), Scottish author of letters published as memoirs of 19th-century pioneer women in Canada * Scott Mactavish (contemporary), American filmmaker, author, and journalist *Shona Dunlop MacTavish (1920–2019), New Zealand dancer and dance teacher * William Mactavish (1815–1870), Scottish-born representative of the Hudson's Bay Company; governor of Rupert's Land and Assiniboia in Canada S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan MacTavish
Clan MacTavish (), is an Ancient Scottish Highlands, Highland Scottish clan with Gaelic Ireland, Irish origins. The MacTavish lands were in Argyll in the Western Highlands. Their current Chief is Steven Edward Dugald MacTavish of Dunardry, the 27th Hereditary Chief from an unbroken line, who is a member of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs. History Origins Notwithstanding several and varied origin traditions, the MacTavishes may have come from Ireland to Scotland during the years of the Scoto-Irish settlement era. Very old Irish forms (O.F. Gaeilge) of MacTavish are given by Father Patrick Woulfe in his widely accepted work on Irish Surnames. Wolfe gives several old forms (O.F.) of the name, showing nominative, genitive, and accusative forms, eight in all, along with their modified and modern equivalents. Substantiating this is the 15th or 16th-century document writ known as the ''Cert Ui Neill'' (Irish), taken from much older Irish documents, and refers to past times ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig MacTavish
Craig MacTavish (born August 15, 1958) is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player, formerly an assistant coach with the St. Louis Blues. He played center for 17 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers and St. Louis Blues, winning the Stanley Cup four times (1987, 1988, 1990, 1994). He was the last NHL player not to wear a helmet during games., although Mark Messier would be the last player who was not required to wear a helmet. MacTavish later coached the Oilers from 2000 to 2009 and also served as assistant coach with the Rangers and Oilers. He last coached Team Canada at the 2019 Spengler Cup, after a short stint with Russian team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL. He served as an assistant coach with the St. Louis Blues from 2022 to 2023. Early life and education MacTavish was born on August 15, 1958, in London, Ontario. After retiring as NHL player in 1997, MacTavish was accep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shona Dunlop MacTavish
Shona Katrine MacTavish (née Dunlop; 12 April 1920 – 18 June 2019) was a New Zealand dancer, teacher, author, choreographer and pioneer in liturgical dance in the Asia-Pacific. She was known as "the mother of modern dance in New Zealand". Early life and dance career Shona Katrine Dunlop was born in Dunedin on 12 April 1920; her father was Francis Dunlop, a Scottish-born Presbyterianism, Presbyterian minister who lectured in moral philosophy at the University of Otago, and her brother was Bonar Dunlop who became a noted sculptor. In 1935, she and her family travelled to Europe, and she enrolled to study with expressionist dancer and choreographer Gertrud Bodenwieser at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. She studied there for two years and then joined as a principal dancer. Bodenwieser and many of her dancers were Jewish and in 1938, when the Nazis invaded Austria, the ballet was forced to leave Europe. The company toured South America then based themselves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles MacTavish
Charles Carroll MacTavish (January 18, 1818 – March 12, 1868), sometimes known as Carroll MacTavish, was an American landowner who briefly served as an Irish Repeal Association politician in the United Kingdom. MacTavish was the great-grandson of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, an American founding father, and was born into a wealthy family in Maryland. He was named for his great-grandfather, who had a strong influence on his early life, ensuring that he was brought up devoutly Catholic. His mother's family had married into English aristocracy, and with their support, MacTavish began a career with the British diplomatic service. In the 1840s, he became interested in politics, and stood for election as a candidate in an Irish seat at the 1847 general election. He was narrowly elected, but the result was overturned following an election petition, which challenged both the conduct of the election and his status as a British subject. The committee ruled that some votes had been ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon McTavish (fur Trader)
Simon McTavish (1750 – 6 July 1804), of Montreal was a Scottish-born fur trader and the chief founding partner of the North West Company. He was a member of the Beaver Club and was known as the ''Marquis'' for his pre-eminent position in the fur trade and his refined style of living. Both McTavish Street and the McTavish Reservoir in Montreal are named for him. His home and monument in the Golden Square Mile were longstanding landmarks in Montreal. Renowned for his generosity, when the Chief of the Clan MacTavish had fallen on hard times and was forced to sell their seat, Dunardry, McTavish bought it back for the clan and gave his eldest son employment in Montreal. Highlands Background In 1751, Simon McTavish was born at Stratherrick in the Scottish Highlands, the son of John McTavish (1701–1774), tacksman of Garthbeg, who bore the arms of the McTavishes of Garthbeg. His mother, Mary Fraser (1716–1770) of Garthmore, was descended through Simon Fraser of Dunchea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letitia MacTavish Hargrave
Letitia MacTavish Hargrave ( – 18 September 1854) was a Scottish-born Canadian settler and socialite. The wife of Hudson's Bay Company trader James Hargrave, MacTavish-Hargrave travelled across the Canadian frontier, mainly staying at the York Factory settlement south of Churchill, Manitoba and in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. MacTavish Hargrave is known for a series of written correspondence which detail a female perspective of accounts detailing life in colonial Canada in the 19th century. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, at some point in 1813, Letitia MacTavish Hargrave was born into the wealthy MacTavish clan, known at the time for their dealings with the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). MacTavish met her future husband, James Hargrave, through her brother, William and his career in the HBC. Letitia MacTavish and James Hargrave married in 1839. In the following spring, the couple travelled to London to the home of Governor-in-Chief of the Hudson's Bay Company, George Simpson. Let ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John MacTavish (British Consul)
John Lovet MacTavish ( – June 21, 1852)Sylvanus Urban: ''The Gentleman's Magazine'', Volume XXXVIII, New Series, July to December 1852, John Bowyer Nichols and Son, London, p. 213. was a Scots-Canadian heir to the North West Company and diplomat. Early life MacTavish was born around 1787 in Stratherrick, Invernesshire, Scotland into Clan MacTavish. He was the son of Alexander MacTavish (1753–1788) and Marjory (née Fraser) MacTavish (1758–1828), and a nephew of Scots-Quebecer entrepreneur Simon McTavish, who took him in to raise after his father's death. His paternal grandparents were John McTavish, tacksman of Garthbeg, and Mary (née Fraser) McTavish of Garthmore. His grandmother was descended, through Simon Fraser of Dunchea and the Frasers of Foyers, from an illegitimate son of the 1st Lord Lovat. Career MacTavish served as the British Consul to the State of Maryland. After his wedding to Emily Caton of Maryland, they lived at Brooklandwood estate in the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don MacTavish
Donald Charles MacTavish (August 22, 1940 – February 22, 1969) was an American race car driver. He died in an accident at Daytona International Speedway. Biography MacTavish was born in Dover, Massachusetts, and started his racing career at the age of 15 at the Norwood Arena in nearby Norwood. He quickly earned popularity for driving demolition derby cars, and appeared on ABC's '' Wide World of Sports''. He competed in more than 100 Sportsman Car Series races on the East Coast. In 1963, he progressed to NASCAR's Sportsman Division and in 1966 he won the NASCAR National Sportsman Division Championship, a precursor to today's Xfinity Series, by beating out Ralph Earnhardt among others. In the late 1960s, MacTavish set his sights on competing in NASCAR's top series, the Grand National Series. On February 22, 1969, MacTavish made his debut at the Daytona International Speedway, driving the No. 5 1966 Mercury Comet in the NASCAR Sportsman Division's Permatex 300. On lap nine of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thompson (surname)
Thompson is a surname of English, Irish and Scottish origin which is a variant of Thomson (surname), Thomson, meaning 'son of Thom'. Thom(p)son is also the English translation of MacTavish, which is the Anglicised version of the Gaelic languages, Gaelic name ''MacTamhais''. An alternative origin may be geographical, arising from the parish of Thompson, Norfolk, Thompson in Norfolk. During the Plantations of Ireland, Plantation period, settlers carried the name to Ireland. According to the 2010 United States Census, Thompson was the 23rd most frequently reported surname, accounting for 0.23% of the population. Notable people A *Aaron Thompson (other), multiple people *Adaline Emerson Thompson (1859–1951), American educational worker and reformer *Adam Thompson (footballer), Adam Thompson (born 1992), English footballer *Aidan Thompson (born 2002), American ice hockey player *Al Thompson (other), multiple people *Alan Thompson (other), multiple pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McTavish
McTavish is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin, deriving from a Gaelic form of Thomas meaning “twin”. The surname McTavish or MacTavish is a Scottish surname, it is one Anglicised form of the Gaelic ''MacThàmhais'', i.e. son of Thomas. Thus, McTAVISH. G. Mac Tamhais. (G. = Gaelic Anglicized: MacTamhais (MacTavish) = Thom(p)son in English Notable people with the surname include: *Bob McTavish (born 1944), Australian surfboard designer *Bob McTavish (footballer) (1888–1972), Scottish footballer * Dale McTavish (born 1972), Canadian professional ice hockey player * Devon McTavish (born 1984), American professional soccer player * George Archibald McTavish (1856–1886), farmer and politician * Gord McTavish (born 1954), Canadian professional ice hockey player * Gordon McTavish (1925–2019), Canadian curler and judge *Graham McTavish (born 1961), Scottish actor and voice actor * Jessie McTavish, Scottish nurse convicted in 1974 of murdering a patient with insulin *John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Tavish is a masculine given name. It is the anglicized form of ''Tàmhas'' or ''Tòmas,'' which is the Scottish Gaelic form of the given name ''Thomas''.Tavishis a Sanskrit word which means strong, energetic, courageous, forceful. Tavish, in Hindi, means "Heaven" or "Swarg". People *Tavish Finnegan Degroot: fictional character from the 2007 video game Team Fortress 2 *Tavish Scott (b. 1966): Scottish politician See also *MacTavish (other), a related surname * McTavish (other) *Clan MacTavish References {{given name Surnames of Scottish origin Surnames Patronymic surnames Scottish Gaelic-language surnames Tavish Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap MacTavish
''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2'' is a 2009 first-person shooter game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is the sixth installment in the ''Call of Duty'' series and the direct sequel to '' Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare''. It was released worldwide on November 10, 2009, for Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. A separate version for the Nintendo DS, titled '' Modern Warfare: Mobilized'', was also released on the same day. A version for OS X was developed by Aspyr and released in May 2014, and the Xbox 360 version was made backward compatible for the Xbox One in 2018. The game's campaign follows Task Force 141, a multinational special forces unit commanded by Captain Soap MacTavish as they hunt Vladimir Makarov, leader of the Russian Ultranationalist party, and United States Army Rangers from the 1st Ranger Battalion who are defending the Washington, D.C. area from a Russian invasion. The game's main playable characters are Sergeant Gary "Roach" San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
