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Where did the Irish Dowden family come from? What is the Irish Dowden family crest and coat of arms? When did the Dowden family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Dowden family history? The Irish surnames in use today are underpinned by a multitude of rich histories. The name Dowden originally appeared in Gaelic as O Dubhdin, O Dubhdain, or O Dubhdaing. In each of these possibilities, the first portion of the name is derived from the word dubh, which means black, while the second portion probably comes from some obsolete Irish personal name. During the Middle Ages, a standardized literary language known by the general population of Ireland was a thing of fiction. When a person's name was recorded by one of the few literate scribes, it was up that particular scribe to decide how to spell an individual's name. So a person could have several spelling variations of his name recorded during a single lifetime. Research into the name Dowden revealed many variations, including Dowding, Douding and others. First found in Dublin, where they held a family seat from ancient times. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dowden research. Another 227 words(16 lines of text) covering the years 1172 and 1596 are included under the topic Early Dowden History in all our PDF Extended History products. More information is included under the topic Early Dowden 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 Dowden or a variant listed above, including: Ann Douding who settled in Maryland in 1680.
The Dowden Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Dowden 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 10 January 2011 at 13:38. ©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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