Show ContentsHaury History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The story of the Haury family stretches back through time to the Viking settlers who populated the rugged shores of Scotland in the Medieval era. The Haury name comes from a place named by these Vikings and was used by a family who lived in Halcro, in South Ronaldsey, Orkney. The place-name is taken from the place-name Halcro in Caithness, where the family originated.

Early Origins of the Haury family

The surname Haury was first found in Caithness (Gaelic: Gallaibh), the northern tip of Scotland, a Norse/Viking controlled region from the 9th century, which became the Earldom of Caithness, in Scotland where they held a family seat from ancient times, and where family tradition claims that they are descended from the natural son of King Sverrir of Norway. At early times the family migrated to South Ronaldsay where they gave their name to the lands called Halcro. Today Halcrow is a hamlet in northern Manitoba, Canada, but the origin of the place is unknown.

Early History of the Haury family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Haury research. Another 59 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1492, 1534 and 1640 are included under the topic Early Haury History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Haury Spelling Variations

In the Middle Ages, no real standards were established to judge the accuracy of spelling and translation. They were done mostly by ear and intuition, and enormous numbers of spelling variations were the unsurprising result. Haury has appeared as Halcroe, Halcro, Halcrow, Halcrough, Hacro, Hawcro, Halkrawe, Haucro and many more.

Early Notables of the Haury family

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United States Haury migration to the United States +

North America was far from Britain's oppressive monarchy. There, the Scottish found land and freedom, and many even the opportunity to pay back England in the American War of Independence. This brave heritage survives today largely in Clan societies and other patriotic Scottish organizations. Research into passenger and immigration lists has brought forth evidence of the early members of the Haury family in North America:

Haury Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Gilles Haury, who landed in Louisiana in 1719 1
Haury Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Maria Haury, who landed in North America in 1852 1
  • John Haury, who arrived in St Clair County in 1865 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Haury (post 1700) +

  • Gustav Adolph Haury Jr. (1895-1952), American head football coach for the Bethel College Threshers in North Newton, Kansas
  • Emil Walter "Doc" Haury (1904-1992), American archaeologist, most famous for his work at Snaketown, a Hohokam site in Arizona
  • John D. Haury, American politician, Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1992 2


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 5) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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