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Where did the Irish Donahue family come from? What is the Irish Donahue family crest and coat of arms? When did the Donahue family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Donahue family history?
The many Irish surnames in use today have long rich histories behind them. The name Donahue originally appeared in Gaelic as O Donnchadha, which means son of Donnchadh or son of Donagh.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
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Lacking standardized spellings, scribes and church officials recorded people's name according to how they sounded. This practice often led to the misleading result of one person's name being recorded under several different spellings. Numerous spelling variations of the surname Donahue are preserved in the archival documents of the period. The various spellings of the name that were found include Donoghue, Donaghoe, Donaho, Donahoe, Donough, Donahue, Donahow, Doneghoe, Donehue, Donighue, Donohoe,Donahugh, Donohough, Donohow, Donohue, Donaughue, O'Donoghue, Dunphy, Donaghie, Donaghy and many more.First found in County Kerry, where they held a family seat from very ancient times.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Donahue research. Another 210 words(15 lines of text) covering the years 1172, 1640, 1811, 1812, and 1893 are included under the topic Early Donahue History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Donahue. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Many Irish families boarded ships bound for North America in the middle of 19th century to escape the conditions of poverty and racial discrimination at that time. Although these immigrants often arrived in a destitute state, they went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations of the United States and Canada. An inquiry into many immigration and passenger lists has revealed many early immigrants to North America bearing the Donahue family name:
Donahue Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Philip Donahue, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pa in 1746
Donahue Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Robert Donahue, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1837
- William Donahue, who arrived in Indiana in 1852
- Patrick Donahue, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1853
- Bridt Donahue, aged 23, arrived in New York in 1854
- Pat Donahue, aged 26, arrived in New York in 1854
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- Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
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- Leyburn, James Graham. The Scotch-Irish A Social History. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1962. Print. (ISBN 0807842591).
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- Woulfe, Rev. Patrick. Irish Names and Surnames Collected and Edited with Explanatory and Historical Notes. Kansas City: Genealogical Foundation, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-940134-403).
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The Donahue Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Donahue Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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