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Where did the Irish Cagley family come from? What is the Irish Cagley family crest and coat of arms? When did the Cagley family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Cagley family history? The Irish surnames in use today are underpinned by a multitude of rich histories. The name Cagley originally appeared in Gaelic as O Coigligh, which may be derived from "coigeal," which denotes "unkempt hair." Because early scribes and church officials often spelled names as they sounded, a person could have many various spellings of his name.Many different spelling variations of the surname Cagley were found in the archives researched. These included O'Quigley, Quigley, Cogley, Quigly, Quigg, MacQuigg, McQuigge, O'Quigg, Twigg, Fivey and many more. First found in County Mayo, where they held a family seat from very ancient times. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cagley research. Another 274 words(20 lines of text) covering the year 1172 is included under the topic Early Cagley History in all our PDF Extended History products. Another 25 words(2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Cagley Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. In the 18th and 19th centuries, thousands of Irish families fled an Ireland that was forcibly held through by England through its imperialistic policies. A large portion of these families crossed the Atlantic to the shores of North America. The fate of these families depended on when they immigrated and the political allegiances they showed after they arrived. Settlers that arrived before the American War of Independence may have moved north to Canada at the war's conclusion as United Empire Loyalists. Such Loyalists were granted land along the St. Lawrence River and the Niagara Peninsula. Those that fought for the revolution occasionally gained the land that the fleeing Loyalist vacated. After this period, free land and an agrarian lifestyle were not so easy to come by in the East. So when seemingly innumerable Irish immigrants arrived during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s, free land for all was out of the question. These settlers were instead put to work building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. Whenever they came, Irish settlers made an inestimable contribution to the building of the New World. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Irish name Cagley or a variant listed above, including: Cagley Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
The Cagley Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Cagley 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. This page was last modified on 7 November 2011 at 09:00. ©2000-2012 Swyrich Corporation. See Terms of Use for details. houseofnames.com is an internet property owned by Swyrich Corporation. Tools
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