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Door Family Crest
Door Family Crest
Door

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

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Doorley, Dorley, O'Dorely, O'Doorley, Dorly and many more.

First found in Galway, where they held a family seat as a sept of Ui Maine (Hy Main) one of the most important groups of clanns in Irish history, after the Norman Conquest of England, was strongly influenced by the invasion of Strongbow in 1172, almost equal to the enormous Irish cultural impact on England Scotland, Wales and the whole of Europe before the Norman Conquest from the 1st to 7th centuries. Many Irish clanns, sept names were intermixed and family groupings became almost indistinguishable. This family name was found later in County Offaly.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Door research. Another 206 words(15 lines of text) covering the year 1798 is included under the topic Early Door History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Door Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Jenlis Door, aged 33, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1732
  • Valentine Door, who landed in South Carolina in 1749

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  2. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
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  7. Woodham-Smith, Cecil. The Great Hunger Ireland 1845-1849. New York: Old Town Books, 1962. Print. (ISBN 0-88029-385-3).
  8. Bell, Robert. The Book of Ulster Surnames. Belfast: Blackstaff, 1988. Print. (ISBN 10-0856404160).
  9. Fairbairn. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
  10. Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
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The Door Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Door 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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