Start your family tree now Is your surname McCANDLESS?
There are already 61 users and 1,619 genealogy profiles with the McCANDLESS surname on Geni. Explore McCANDLESS genealogy and family history in the World's Largest Family Tree.

McCANDLESS Genealogy and McCANDLESS Family History Information

‹ Back to Surnames Index

Create your Family Tree.
Discover your Family History.

  • Build your family tree online
  • Share photos and videos
  • Smart Matching™ technology
  • Free!
view all

Profiles

  • Alexander McCandless (1705 - 1776)
    Not the same as Alexander McCandless Source for death place and date: M.Jo Goodwin descended through Wm. and Mary E. Pugh. His will mentions his wife, Sarah and children Martha, James, Alexander, W...
  • Alexander McCandless (1727 - 1780)
    Not the same as Alexander McCandless
  • Bruce McCandless, Astronaut (1937 - 2017)
    McCandless II (born June 8, 1937), (Capt, USN, Ret.), is a former American naval officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and former NASA astronaut. During the first of his two Space Shuttle missions ...
  • George McCandless (1776 - 1842)
  • Martha McWhirter (1752 - 1835)

About the McCANDLESS surname

Northern Irish surname derived from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cuindlis - "son of Cuindleas". Likely settlled in Ireland as part of the numerous Scotish families that immigrated to Northern Ireland as part of the "plantation of Ulster" movement in the 17th century.