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Where did the Irish Durkin family come from? What is the Irish Durkin family crest and coat of arms? When did the Durkin family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Durkin family history?
The Durkin surname is an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Duarcáin.
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- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
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- First settlers to North America
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Durkin, Durkan, Dorcan, McDurkin, McDorcan, McDurkan, Gurkin, McGurkin, O'Durkin, O'Durcan and many more.First found in north Connacht, where they held a family seat as Chiefs of their race. Irish history was greatly influenced by the Norman invasion of 1172, and thereafter, the surnames of Irish Gaelic clanns and septs and many of the Norman families became almost indistinguishable. This family name was found later in Sligo where seated and represented the first recorded reference to the name by Sineall, son of Cassan. They were descended through the MacNamara line from the O'Brien Kings of Ireland.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Durkin. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Durkin Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Annie Durkin, who arrived in Virginia in 1670
Durkin Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Anthony Durkin, who came to Philadelphia in 1844
- Catharine Durkin, who came to New York in 1864
- Ann Durkin, who settled in New York in 1864
- Ann Durkin, aged 7, arrived in New York in 1864
- Catharine Durkin, aged 30, landed in New York in 1864
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- Martin Patrick Durkin (1894-1955), U.S. administrator who served as Secretary of Labor (1953)
- Robert Durkin (b. 1923), American chess master, eponym of the Durkin Opening
- Tom Durkin (b. 1950), American sportscaster
- Master Sergeant William Lloyd Durkin (1916-2006), American Marine who became famous for rescuing Howard Hughes when the aviation pioneer's XF-11 reconnaissance plane crashed on July 7, 1946
- Jim Durkin (b. 1961), Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives
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- Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
- Read, Charles Anderson. The Cabinet of Irish Literature Selections from the Works of the Chief Poets, Orators and Prose Writers of Ireland 4 Volumes. London: Blackie and Son, 1884. Print.
- O'Hart, John. Irish Pedigress 5th Edition in 2 Volumes. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1976. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0737-4).
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The Durkin Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Durkin 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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