Celesta Alcyone Clough

  Noted events in her life were:

• AKA: One said with a long O.

• Occupation: teacher. ²

• Surname Spelling. ^47,48 The surname Clouth originated from the Germanic tribes of Anglo-Saxon. A Clough referred to a small valley between hills or a breach; from the past of the Anglo-Saxon participle cleofian, to cleave, divide. In England a clough designated a dweller in a valley, dale, glen, deep hollow, pit, ravine, or bottomland. The Cloughs or The Ravine Men. were among the Celtic tribes, not only in Brittany, but also in all of the northern countries of Europe and in Britain where a ravine was called a clough, a word that was derived from an ancient verb that was translated, "to split". The Norman French spelled the name Clough.

The first documentary evidence of the Clough's in England is through a deed recorded in the name of Robert del Clogh of Lancashire dated 1332. The first ancestor to arrive in the colonies was John Clough who arrived at Charles Town, Massachusetts on the ship Elizabeth about mid-summer 1635. John was a house carpenter albeit from a wealthy family who compensated for his apprenticeship as a carpenter. He secured an expensive passage on the Elizabeth and established himself well in the new world

Celesta married Enos Barkey Jr., son of Enos (Enoch) Barkey and Eve Ziegler, in 1876. (Enos Barkey Jr. was born on 1 Nov 1852 in Mazon Townsip, Grundy County, Illinois and died on 18 Dec 1931 in Cortland, Gage County, Nebraska,.)

  Marriage Notes:

CLOUGH (origin: Anglo-Saxon. Local) A small valley between hills, a breach; from the past of the Anglo-Saxon participle cleofian, to cleave, divide.

Last Name Meaning

CLOUGH : English, originally designated a dwellers in a valley, dale, glen, deep hollow, pit, ravine, or bottom land.

What's In Your Name

Cloughs - The Ravine Men. Among the Celtic tribes, not only in Brittany, also in all of the northern countries of Europe and in Britain, a ravine was called a clough, a word that was derived from an ancient verb that was translated, "to split". The Norman French spelled the name Clough.

The first documentary evidence of the Clough's in England is through a deed recorded in the name of Robert del Clogh Lancashire 1332. The first ancestor to arrive in the colonies was John Clough who arrived at Charles Town, Massachusetts on the ship Elizabeth about mid-summer 1635. John was a housecarpenter albeit from a wealthy family who compensated for his apprenticeship as a carpenter. He secured an expensive passage on the Elizabeth and established himself well in the new world