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

Irish surnames have been much altered from their original forms. Before being translated into English, Curtin appeared as "Mac Cuirtin," derived from the personal name "Cruitin," which means "hunchbacked." As this name is descriptive in origin, it is considered to be a nickname surname. Like the majority of early Irish hereditary surnames, nickname surnames were formed by adding either the prefix "Mc," meaning "son of," or "O," meaning "grandson of," to the root of the name.

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Spelling variations of this family name include: McCurtin, McCurtain, Curtin, Curtain, Cruitin, McCruitin, O'Curtin, O'Curtain, McCruttin, O'Cruttin, Cyrtayne, Curtayne, McCurtaine, O'Curtaine, O'Cruitin, O'Cuarthain, Cruitin, MacCurtin and many more.

First found in County Clare, where they were an ancient Thomond sept whose family seat was at Ennistymon. They held a family seat as Chiefs of the Clann Cruitin. Their territories were in the barony of Corcomroe, County Clare, where they and the MacBrodys were hereditary ollaves (master-poets) and as such sat next to the king at the table and was privileged, as none else but the queen was, to wear six different colors in his clothes.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Curtin research. Another 251 words(18 lines of text) covering the years 1680, 1755, and 1793 are included under the topic Early Curtin History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Curtin Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Curtin Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • James Curtin, who arrived in Antigua (Antego) in 1798

Curtin Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Patrick Curtin, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1846
  • T G Curtin, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1860
  • Michael Curtin, who landed in Mobile, Ala in 1860
  • David Curtin, who arrived in Arkansas in 1874
  • Thomas Curtin, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1879

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  • Jeremiah Curtin (1835-1906), well-known American linguist
  • Jane Therese Curtin (b. 1947), American two-time Emmy Award winning television actress and comedian, original cast member on Saturday Night Live
  • Andrew Gregg Curtin (1815-1894), son of a Clare emigrant, who became the Governor of Pennsylvania, and was later appointed the U.S. Minister to Russia by President Ulysses S. Grant
  • Prime Minister John Curtin (1885-1945), whose parents emigrated from their farm in County Cork to Australia, went on to become Prime Minister of that country (1941-1945)
  • John Curtin (1885-1945), Australian trade-union leader


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