Cadwallader
Origin : Welsh
(Wales)
Meaning : (Celtic) "Battle-arranger" -or- "General"
Submitted
by Laura Cadwallader
NEW
Well here
is the Meaning of the Cadwallader name as I know it. Around the
4th or
5th century (don't quote me on it) There was a welsh king whose name
was Cadwaladwr
( pronounced CAD-we-lad-oor the w is like the oo in cool) At
the time wales was
split into 3 kingdoms. Wales is noted in its history to
always being invaded,
because that is where all of the natural recources in
britain are. so the Saxons
were constantly invading Wales, but Cadwaladwr
fought back and united wales under
his banner -- the red dragon (Y Ddraig
Goch). with a united wales Cadwaladwr
fought the saxons back into middle
england until he was killed in battle. Cadwalawr
was crdited with the frist
use of camoflage in a military operation, he digused
his troops with plant
leaves in order to ambush the saxons. Because of his great
military
accomplishments, the name Cadwaladwr came to mean "military strategist"
when
the normans tookover england, wales was again invaded, and the normans forced
everyone to take surnames. Many proffesional military men took the name
Cadwaladwr.
so therefore it is relativly impossible to prove liniage to the
origional cadwallader.
However my father managed to trace our linieage to a
Macwythyan, who took the
Cadwaladr name (the name was commonly in flux --
after the normans conquored
the land the w tended to be dropped). when the
colonies were formed many cadwaldrs
came to this land to begin anew. These
settelers wanted to sever all ties with
the home country, hence the change
for Cadwaladr to the american Cadwallader.
the people I trace my lineage to
came over c. 1649.so remeber when you see the
welsh flag with the red dragon
on it, that is Cadwallader -- "Military Strategist".
Submitted by Matt Cadwallader
Cadwallader
What does it
mean and where did it come from?
Have a meaning different from the one's listed,
or want to add to ones already listed.
Please submit your version of origin and/or
meaning.
Thanks, Laura Cadwallader :)
Please E-Mail me at cadclan@netscape.net with your submission.