O'Day Family Crest and Name History

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The Ancient History Of The Distinguished Surname O'Day

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Where did the English O'Day family come from? What is the English coat of arms/family crest? When did the O'Day family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

The O'Day surname seems to have come from a few sources: it was an occupational name for a dairy maid in some parts of England and Scotland; it was a derivation from David; and in some cases the name came from the word eye (d'eye).

Spelling variations of this family name include: Day, Dea, Dey, Daye, Deie and others.

First found in Somerset. Early citings of this name include Aluric Day, in the Pipe Rolls for Buckinghamshire, Ralph Deie, in 1211, who was among those listed in the Register of the Freemen of Leicester.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Stephen Day who became a prominent merchant in Virginia soon after arriving in 1638. Another Stephen Daye (1594-1668), was the first printer in New England, and produced the first book printed in the English colonies. Cambridge Massachusetts granted his three hundred acres of land for "being the first that sett upon printing." A large contingent of the family also settled in Canada beginning in the 1840's..

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Some noteworthy people of the name O'Day

Anita O'Day (1919-2006), American jazz singer
Alan O'Day (b. 1940), an American singer-songwriter
Aubrey O'Day (b. 1984), an American singer, dancer, actress, songwriter, fashion designer, former member of the group Danity Kane
Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day (1875-1943), an American politician
Devon O'Day (b. 1962), an American radio personality, former plus-sized model for the Ford Modeling Agency, songwriter, and an author
George O'Day (1923-1987), an American sailor, Olympic champion and boat designer
Hank O'Day (1862-1935), an American right-handed pitcher, umpire and manager in Major League Baseball
Marcus O'Day (1897-1961), an American physicist
Molly O'Day (1911-1998), an American film actress
Molly O'Day (1923-1987), (singer), an American country music vocalist in the late 1940s
Daniel O'Day, one of northwestern Pennsylvania's earliest independent refiners to be brought into John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company
Darren O'Day (b. 1982), a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers
Jeremy O'Day (b. 1974), an offensive lineman for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League
Nell O'Day (1909-1989), an accomplished equestrian and B-movie actress of the 1930s and 1940s
Pat O'Day (b. 1934), a Pacific Northwest broadcaster and promoter

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Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist

We have researched the O'Day family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.

Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...

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Family Crests: Timeline

Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...

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Family Crests: Elements

In the O'Day coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement. Again the Family Crest is just part of the story of Coats of Arms or Heraldry. Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...

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Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate

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