Samuel Andrew Whiteside(s) was "located by Col. Talbot in 1818 on lot No. 178 South of Talbot Road East." Samuel often went by the name Andrew. He was accompanied by his wife, Ella, and may have been accompanied by parents. His son, also Samuel Andrew Whiteside(s), states in the 1880 Michigan Census, that his father was born in Pennsylvania and his mother was born in Vermont. Family lore provided by Emery William Whiteside (1905-1989) also states that the Elgin County Whiteside(s) family came from Pennsylvania. All efforts to trace the family line beyond this point have thus far been frustrated.
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The surname, Whiteside, has its origins in Scotland where many hills, farms and villages are called Whiteside. The meaning of the name is thought to be the "side" of the hill, field, orchard or woodland. When England conquered Scotland, many Scot families lost their right to own land. It is felt that some adopted a new surname so they could acquire land. The name Whiteside was English enough and may have helped them continue to identify themselves by the place of their family's origins. Older versions of the name were spelled with a "y", Whytesyde, some old church records actually used the Latin version, Quyesyde. Later versions adopted an "s" on the end. The Whiteside family is felt to have descended largely from a border clan that occupied the northern border of England and Scot lowland in a thirty mile corridor from Carlisle to Berwick. The border clans were a law unto themselves, with their own set of laws and rules for living together called the Border Code. They held no real allegiance to either Scotland or England, so they were considered a threat to the rule of law in both countries and both countries did their best to get rid of these troublesome clans. In 1603 the Scot and English crowns where united by King James VI of Scotland (King James I of England). The crown dispersed the remainder of these unruly border clans and put an end to the old Border Code. Border clan Scots with the surname Whiteside began to appear in Northern Ireland and southern Lancashire. Some also migrated to northern Scotland. The earliest Whiteside(s) families to appear in the America's where recorded as being Scotch-Irish clans. 
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