Contents [hide]

Curren History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

United States Canada Australia New Zealand

Contemporary Notables Related Stories Suggested Reading Citations

Curren History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Ireland

Native Irish surnames such as Curren have a long, ancient Gaelic history behind them. The original Gaelic form of the name Curren is Ó Corrain or the older form Ó Currain. 1

Early Origins of the Curren family

The surname Curren was first found in County Waterford (Irish: Port Láirge), anciently the Deise region, on the South coast of Ireland in the Province of Munster, where they held a family seat from early times.

Early History of the Curren family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Curren research. Another 145 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1302, 1411, 1526, 1546, 1750 and 1817 are included under the topic Early Curren History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Curren 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 Curren family name include Curran, Currans, O'Curren, Curren, Corren, Corrane, O'Curran, Currens, Currin, Corraine, Courrane, Courran, Courren and many more.

Early Notables of the Curren family

Another 32 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Curren Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Curren Ranking

In the United States, the name Curren is the 13,313^rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2

Curren migration to the United States +

Irish families began to immigrate to British North America and the United States in the 18th century, but the greatest influx of Irish immigrants came during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. The earlier settlers came to North America after a great deal of consideration and by paying relatively high fees for their passage. These settlers were primarily drawn by the promise of land. Those later settlers that came during the 1840's were trying to escape the conditions of poverty, starvation, disease, and death that had stricken Ireland. Due to the enormity of their numbers and the late date of their arrival, these immigrants primarily became hired laborers instead of homesteading settlers like their predecessors. An exhaustive search of immigration and passenger lists has revealed many Irish immigrants North America bearing the name Curren:

Curren Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Susannah Curren, who arrived in New York, NY in 1816 3
Elizah Curren, who landed in New York, NY in 1816 3
T. Curren, who settled in Baltimore Maryland in 1820
Denny Curren, who landed in Charleston, South Carolina in 1834 3
Patrick Curren, who settled in New York State in 1846
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Curren migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Curren Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

James Curren, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1821
Thomas Curren, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1826
Luke Curren, aged 13, a labourer, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick aboard the ship "Bartley" in 1833
Elenor Curren, aged 18, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick aboard the ship "Bartley" in 1833
Rose Curren, aged 13, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick aboard the ship "Bartley" in 1833
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Curren migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Curren Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Margaret Curren, aged 22, a servant, who arrived in South Australia in 1855 aboard the ship "Sea Park"
Nancy Curren, aged 25, a servant, who arrived in South Australia in 1855 aboard the ship "Sea Park"

Curren migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Curren Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. Michael Curren, (b. 1839), aged 19, British labourer travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Indiana" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 28th November 1858 4
Annie Curren, aged 21, a servant, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Rakaia" in 1878

Contemporary Notables of the name Curren (post 1700) +

Tom Curren (b. 1964), American former World Champion surfer
James Edward "Red" Curren (1925-2010), Canadian basketball player at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Kevin Melvyn Curren (b. 1958), South African former professional tennis player who played in two Grand Slam singles finals

Citations +

MacLysaght, Edward, The Surnames of Ireland. Ireland: Irish Academic Press, sixth edition, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2366-3)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html