Hanen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

Hundreds of years ago, the Gaelic name used by the Hanen family in Ireland was Ó hAnnain, which means descendant of hAnnain.

Early Origins of the Hanen family

The surname Hanen was first found in County Roscommon (Irish: Ros Comáin) located in central Ireland in the province of Connacht, where they held a family seat from very ancient times and were descended from the Kings of Ireland.

Early History of the Hanen family

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Hanen Spelling Variations

People who were accounted for by scribes and church officials often had their name recorded many different ways because pronunciation was the only guide those scribes and church officials had to go by. This resulted in the problem of one person's name being recorded under several different variations, creating the illusion of more than one person. Among the many spelling variations of the surname Hanen that are preserved in archival documents are Hannon, O'Hannon, Hannen, O'Hannen, Haneen and many more.

Early Notables of the Hanen family

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Hanen migration to the United States +

Irish families left their homeland in astonishing numbers during the 19th century in search of a better life. Although individual reasons vary, most of these Irish families suffered from extreme poverty, lack of work opportunities, and exorbitant rents in their homeland. Many decided to travel to Australia or North America in the hopes of finding greater opportunities and land. The Irish immigrants that came to North America initially settled on the East Coast, often in major centers such as Boston or New York. But like the many other cultures to settle in North America, the Irish traveled to almost any region they felt held greater promise; as a result, many Irish with gold fever moved all the way out to the Pacific coast. Others before that time left for land along the St. Lawrence River and the Niagara Peninsula, or the Maritimes as United Empire Loyalists, for many Irish did choose to side with the English during the American War of Independence. The earliest wave of Irish migration, however, occurred during the Great Potato Famine of the 1840s. An examination of early immigration and passenger lists has revealed many people bearing the Hanen name:

Hanen Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mathew Hanen, who settled in New York in 1812
John Hanen, aged 22, who arrived in New York in 1812 1
Mathew Hanen, aged 42, who landed in New York in 1812 1

Hanen migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Hanen Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Edmund Hanen was settled in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland in 1813

Citations +

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)