Welcome To The Woodburn Genealogy Site!

Welcome to the Woodburn Genealogy Site!

My goal is to provide a forum for family members or possible relatives, to look at, read and contribute to their family history.

I also hope that this will be a place, for anyone interested, to enjoy their heritage, just pass the time or steal the information out-right for a fifth-grade project due in the morning.

I need as many stories as possible to fill this page and the book I hope to make, so please comment on anything. Be heard! Add to it! Contribute here! Speak! Well, type, anyway.

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Origins of the Woodburn Name:

The Scottish surname Woodburn is of local origin, that is, derived from a particular geographical feature, either natural or man made, near which the original bearer once lived of held land. In this instance, the name is derived from the Old English “wudu” meaning “wood, forest,” and “burna” meaning “stream”. Thus, the name indicates “one who dwelled at the woodland stream”.

In Scotland, this surname is of toponymic origin, denoting “one who came from Woodburn”, the name of places in Ayrshire, Midlothian and Kincardineshire. Variants of the name include Woodburne, Woodbourne and Woodborne.

The Woodburn name is of Scottish origin, but, as is presently known, the family originates from Ireland, specifically County Antrim. Antrim means “solitary farm” and is in the province of Ulster. Once known as Dalriada, it is located in the extreme northeast of Ireland The Scottish surname Woodburn is of local origin, that is, derived from a particular geographical feature, either natural or man made, near which the original bearer once lived of held land. In this instance, the name is derived from the Old English “wudu” meaning “wood, forest,” and “burna” meaning “stream”. Thus, the name indicates “one who dwelled at the woodland stream”.

In Scotland, this surname is of toponymic origin, denoting “one who came from Woodburn”, the name of places in Ayrshire, Midlothian and Kincardineshire. Variants of the name include Woodburne, Woodbourne and Woodborne.

The Woodburn name is of Scottish origin, but, as is presently known, the family originates from Ireland, specifically County Antrim. Antrim means “solitary farm” and is in the province of Ulster. Once known as Dalriada, it is located in the extreme northeast of Ireland.

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Robert Woodburn was born sometime around 1800 in County Antrim. He married Margaret Wason/Wasson and they had three children: Margaret; Samuel, my great, great-grandfather; and William. They lived thier whole lives in Ireland, as did their daughter, however, their sons moved to America. Little is known about these ancestors at this time.