Dade History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

During the 19th century thousands of impoverished Irish families made the long journey to British North America and the United States. These people were leaving a land that had become beset with poverty, lack of opportunity, and hunger. In North America, they hoped to find land, work, and political and religious freedoms. Although the majority of the immigrants that survived the long sea passage did make these discoveries, it was not without much perseverance and hard work: by the mid-19th century land suitable for agriculture was short supply, especially in British North America, in the east; the work available was generally low paying and physically taxing construction or factory work; and the English stereotypes concerning the Irish, although less frequent and vehement, were, nevertheless, present in the land of freedom, liberty, and equality for all men. The largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with Great Potato Famine during the late 1840s. Research into passenger and immigration lists has brought forth evidence of the early members of the Dade family in North America:

Dade Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

• William Dade, who settled in Charlestown Massachusetts in 1630
• Francis Dade, who landed in Virginia in 1651 2
• Francis Dade, who arrived in Virginia in 1654 2
• John Dade who settled in Virginia in 1676

Dade Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• George Dade, aged 24, originally from Liverpool, who arrived in New York in 1892 aboard the ship "Britannic" from Liverpool, England 3
• Charles J. Dade, aged 40, who arrived in New York in 1895 aboard the ship "Lucania" from Liverpool, England 3
• Ann M. Dade, aged 40, who arrived in New York City in 1895 aboard the ship "State of California" from Glasgow via Moville 3

Dade Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

• Cyril T. Dade, aged 21, who arrived in New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Orduna" from Liverpool, England 3
• Max Dade, aged 42, originally from Havana, Cuba, who arrived in New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Montevideo" from Havana, Cuba 3

• Lonnie Paul Dade (1951-2016), American Major League Baseball outfielder/third baseman who played from 1975 to 1980
• LeParis Dade (b. 1997), known professionally as OMB Peezy, an American rapper based in Sacramento, California. He is originally from Mobile, Alabama
• Harold Dade (1923-1962), American boxer, Chicago Golden Gloves Champion (1940), World Bantamweight Champion (1947)
• Everett Clarence Dade, American mathematician at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who developed the Dade isometry and Dade's conjecture
• Eric Dade (b. 1970), retired American soccer defender from Buffalo, New York
• Malcolm Gray Dade (1903-1991), American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Michigan State Constitutional Convention from Wayne County 4th District, 1961-62 4
• Malcolm G. Dade Jr. (b. 1931), American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Michigan State Board of Education, 1978; Member of Michigan State University board of trustees, 1983-90 4
• Malcolm Dade, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Texas State House of Representatives 108th District, 2002, 2004 4
• Brigadier General Alexander Lucian Dade (1863-1927), United States military officer appointed head the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps on 11 April 1917
• Francis L Dade (1792-1835), United States Army Major during the Seminole Wars, killed in a battle with Seminole Indians that came to be known as the "Dade Massacre"
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