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Where did the Irish Douds family come from? What is the Irish Douds family crest and coat of arms? When did the Douds family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Douds family history? The original Gaelic form of Douds was O Dubhda. The first portion of the name comes from the word dubh, which means black, while the second portion is probably an obsolete Irish personal name.Irish names were rarely spelled consistently in the Middle Ages. Spelling variations of the name Douds dating from that time include Dowd, Duddy, Doody, O'Dowd, Dowdy, Dowdie, Doudy, Doudie, Doudd, Doodie and many more. First found in County Mayo, where they held a family seat from very ancient times. The family can be traced back to the ancient King Niall of the Nine Hostages, who in turn could be traced back to the Heremon Kings. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Douds research. Another 365 words(26 lines of text) covering the years 1354, 1579, 1813, and 1891 are included under the topic Early Douds History in all our PDF Extended History products. More information is included under the topic Early Douds Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. The 19th century saw a great wave of Irish families leaving Ireland for the distant shores of North America and Australia. These families often left their homeland hungry, penniless, and destitute do to the policies of England. Those Irish immigrants that survived the long sea passage initially settled on the eastern seaboard of the continent. Some, however, moved north to a then infant Canada as United Empire Loyalists after ironically serving with the English in the American War of Independence. Others that remained in America later joined the westward migration in search of land. The greatest influx of Irish immigrants, though, came to North America during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. Thousands left Ireland at this time for North America, and those who arrived were immediately put to work building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. In fact, the foundations of today's powerful nations of the United Sates and Canada were to a larger degree built by the Irish. Archival documents indicate that members of the Douds family relocated to North American shores quite early: Douds Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
The Douds Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Douds 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 27 October 2010 at 13:31. ©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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