Message: "Moody, from McMuddaugh"

Moody, from McMuddaugh

by Lillian (LillianAMS)

12/16/2006, 11:17 AM

Moody is my maiden name. My paternal grandfather told me we had a Scottish ancestor in the late 18th or early 19th century who was named McMuddaugh, or possibly MacMuddaugh, who changed it to Moody after he passed through Ellis Island. Moody is a relatively well-known surname in southeast Texas because of the wealthy Moody family of Galveston Island - to whom I am not related. Neither of these names appear in this database, which in the case of Moody surprises me, given its familiarity around here. Anybody know anything about either name?

~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon

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- Agata (ADT) +3

12/16/2006, 6:54 PM

I agree! Right away I thought of the author Susanna Moody. :)

- Lillian (LillianAMS) +2

12/16/2006, 8:09 PM

Yeah, I was certain I'd find it here - oh, well

~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon

- Jim Young (guest) +1

12/18/2006, 6:31 AM

Many crimes against nomenclature were committed on Ellis Island, so the McMuddaugh to Moody story is a distinct possibility. However I haven't found a surname McMuddaugh. Might it have been MacMurdo?

- Lillian (LillianAMS)

12/18/2006, 8:49 AM

Anything's possible...

My grandfather was only an amateur genealogist, a dabbler. He may have been wrong about McMuddaugh; I never knew what his source was, but he seemed so certain...

MacMurdo does seem a reasonable possibility. Thanks for the tip.

~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon

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