Coonie History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Coonie family

Early History of the Coonie family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Coonie research. Another 126 words (9 lines of text) covering the year 1172 is included under the topic Early Coonie History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Coonie Spelling Variations

Those scribes in Ireland during the Middle Ages recorded names as they sounded. Consequently, in this era many people were recorded under different spellings each time their name was written down. Research on the Coonie family name revealed numerous spelling variations, including Cooney, O'Cooney, Counihan and others.

Early Notables of the Coonie family

Another 41 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Coonie Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Coonie family

Thousands of Irish families left for North American shores in the 19th century. These people were searching for a life unencumbered with poverty, hunger, and racial discrimination. Many arrived to eventually find such conditions, but many others simply did not arrive: victims of the diseased, overcrowded ships in which they traveled to the New World. Those who lived to see North American shores were instrumental in the development of the growing nations of Canada and the United States. A thorough examination of passenger and immigration lists has disclosed evidence of many early immigrants of the name Coonie: the Cooneys who migrated to Canada, arriving in Peterborough, Belleville, and Lindsay, in 1825. Andrew, Anthony, Brian, Christopher, Henry, James, John, Michael, Owen, Patrick, Peter, Thomas and William Cooney arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860..