history of surname Macale

[DioMac]

G'day all,

not sure if anyone can help me, but i am trying to trace the history of my surname.

i haved searched the internet and have found a little information but not much.

i have been told that Macale is not a common name and that it is possibly an Irish/Scot almagamation.

i am a novice to geneaology, so if anyone could help me it would be great


Thanks
Dion Macale

[tetcol]

Looks like a mis-spelling of McHale.

Cathy

[DioMac]

well, its a possibilty but,

i am based in  Australia, and the 2 brothers and 1 sister who came out here from Ireland started and ran a Cattle station(farm) called Greenvale sometime in the late 19th century.

so it's likely that they were literate and would have picked up on a mis-spelling.


also an online search of the Irish Golden pages telephone directories shows a number of Macale's listed

i am also told that a few years back, some people from Ireland came out to try to map the Australia branch of the Macale tree, but their Visa's ran out before the could get very far.


this might be a fruitless search, but something might turn up.


Thankyou
Dion Macale

[If Only]

Hi Dion,

I tend to agree with the mis-spelling of McHale or MacHale....however having just trawled the web I see that there are quite a few Macales out there.

My mum was a MacGuire or a McGuire depending on which official documentation one looked at....but she spelt her name Maguire!!!

Sorry I could not help.

Joe