Dowdican Surname History

Origins Available:
Ireland

The surname is derived from the original Gaelic Irish name Ó Dubhdacain. 1

Early Origins of the Dowdican family

The surname Dowdican was first found in Counties Sligo and Donegal (Irish: Dún na nGall), northwest Ireland in the province of Ulster, sometimes referred to as County Tyrconnel, where bearers belonged to the Cenel Eoghain, who were descended from Eogan, the King of Ailech and son of Niall of the Nine Hostages.

Early History of the Dowdican family

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Dowdican Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dowdican, Dowdecan, Dudican, O'Dowdican and others.

Early Notables of the Dowdican family

Notable amongst the family name at this time was

the Dowdican family of Donegal

Dowdican migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Dowdican Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Edward and Thomas Dowdican, who landed in New York in 1847
Edward Dowdican, who was naturalized in Tippecanoe, Indiana in 1848
Edward Dowdican, who landed in Tippecanoe County, Ind in 1848 2
Francis and Mary Dowdican, who arrived in New York in 1850

Contemporary Notables of the name Dowdican (post 1700) +

Anna Marie Dowdican (b. 1969), Irish visual artist

Citations +

MacLysaght, Edward, The Surnames of Ireland. Ireland: Irish Academic Press, sixth edition, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2366-3)
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)