Cannada History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Cannada family

Early History of the Cannada family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cannada research. Another 67 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1615 and 1685 are included under the topic Early Cannada History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Cannada Spelling Variations

One must realize that attempting to record a Gaelic name in English was a daunting task. Even today the translation is a difficult one. Names, therefore, often had many spelling variations. The variations of the name Cannada include: Kennedy, Minagh, Kennady, O'Kennedy and others.

Early Notables of the Cannada family

Prominent amongst the family at this time was Mathew Kennedy, who was forced to leave Ireland for France after the Fall of Limerick; Sir Robert Kennedy, 1st Baronet, an official of the...
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Migration of the Cannada family

Suffering from poverty and racial discrimination, thousands of Irish families left the island in the 19th century for North America aboard cramped passenger ships. The early migrants became settlers of small tracts of land, and those that came later were often employed in the new cities or transitional work camps. The largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with Great Potato Famine during the late 1840s. Although the immigrants from this period were often maligned when they arrived in the United States, they provided the cheap labor that was necessary for the development of that country as an industrial power. Early immigration and passenger lists have revealed many immigrants bearing the name Cannada: Teage O'Kenedy, who arrived in Virginia in 1666; Ffergos Kenedey, a Scotch-Irish settler in New England in 1718; David Kennedy, who arrived in Boston in 1737.