Carrin Surname History

Origins Available:
Ireland

The original Gaelic form of Carrin was Mac Carrghamhna, which is derived from the word "gamhan," which means "calf," and "carr," which has many meanings.

Early Origins of the Carrin family

The surname Carrin was first found in County Monaghan (Irish: Muineachán) located in the Northern part of the Republic of Ireland in the province of Ulster, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Carrin family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Carrin research. Another 89 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1605 and 1666 are included under the topic Early Carrin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Carrin Spelling Variations

Individual scribes in the Ireland during the Middle Ages would often record a person's name various ways. How the name was recorded depended on what that particular scribe believed the proper spelling for the name pronounced to him was. Spelling variations revealed in the search for the origin of the Carrin family name include MacCarron, MacCarroon, MacCarren and others.

Early Notables of the Carrin family

Notable amongst the family name at this time was Redmond Caron (1605?-1666), Irish friar and author, born of a good family near Athlone, Westmeath. "He embraced the order of St. Francis in the convent...
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Carrin migration to the United States +

In the late 18th century, Irish families began emigrating to North America in the search of a plot of land to call their own. This pattern of emigration grew steadily until the 1840s when the Great Potato Famine of the 1840s cause thousands of Irish to flee the death and disease that accompanied the disaster. Those that made it alive to the shores of the United States and British North America (later to become Canada) were, however, instrumental in the development of those two powerful nations. Many of these Irish immigrants proudly bore the name of Carrin:

Carrin Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Andres Carrin, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1860 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Carrin (post 1700) +

Carrin Patman, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1972, 1980; Candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Texas 25th District, 1994 2

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 14) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html