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Monreal Family Crest
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Where did the Scottish Monreal family come from? What is the Scottish Monreal family crest and coat of arms? When did the Monreal family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Monreal family history?

Today's generation of the Monreal family inherits a name that was first used by the Scottish tribe known as the Picts. The first family to use the name Monreal lived near the foot of the river Roe in the Irish county of Derry. The Gaelic form of the name is Rothach, which means a man of Ro or a man from Ro.

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Repeated and inaccurate translation of Scottish names from Gaelic to English and back resulted in a wide variety of spelling variations with single names. Monreal has appeared Monroe, Monro, Monrow, Munroe, Munro, Munrow and many more.

First found in Cromartyshire, where they were descended from Donadl O'Kane and his Irish sept, who left their homeland at the mouth of the river Roe, in Ireland and settler in Ferrindonald in Cromarty, in the 11th century. Other historians suggest the name was originally Monrosse, because they were Mountaineers of Ross. In this case, their traditional origin is from the Siol O'Cain, an ancient Pictish tribe descended from Anselan O'Cain in North Moray, which also produced the Buchanans and the MacMillans.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Monreal research. Another 839 words(60 lines of text) covering the years 1210, 1230, 1476, 1651, and 1719 are included under the topic Early Monreal History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Many Scottish families suffered enormous hardships and were compelled to leave their country of birth. They traveled to Ireland and Australia, but mostly to the colonies of North America, where many found the freedom and opportunity they sought. It was not without a fight, though, as many were forced to stand up and defend their freedom in the American War of Independence. The ancestors of these Scots abroad have rediscovered their heritage in the last century through the Clan societies and other organizations that have sprung up across North America. Immigration and passenger ship lists show some important early immigrants bearing the name Monreal:

Monreal Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Angel Monreal, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1872
  • Vicente Monreal, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1898

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The Monreal Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Monreal 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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