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Where did the Irish Kain family come from? What is the Irish Kain family crest and coat of arms? When did the Kain family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Kain family history?

Today's Irish surnames are underpinned by a multitude of rich histories. The name Kain originally appeared in Gaelic as O Cathain.

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People who were accounted for by scribes and church officials often had their name recorded many different ways because pronunciation was the only guide those scribes and church officials had to go by. This resulted in the problem of one person's name being recorded under several different variations, creating the illusion of more than one person. Among the many spelling variations of the surname Kain that are preserved in archival documents are Cain, Caine, Kane, Kain, Cahan, O'Cahan, Kean, Keane, O'Keane, Ceane, Cean, Kahan, O'Kean, O'Kane, O'Kaine, Kaine, Keann, Cainn, Cainne, Kainn, Cahann, O'Cain and many more.

First found in Derry, where they held a family seat from very ancient times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kain research. Another 281 words(20 lines of text) covering the year 1196 is included under the topic Early Kain History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Kain Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Irish families left their homeland in astonishing numbers during the 19th century in search of a better life. Although individual reasons vary, most of these Irish families suffered from extreme poverty, lack of work opportunities, and exorbitant rents in their homeland. Many decided to travel to Australia or North America in the hopes of finding greater opportunities and land. The Irish immigrants that came to North America initially settled on the East Coast, often in major centers such as Boston or New York. But like the many other cultures to settle in North America, the Irish traveled to almost any region they felt held greater promise; as a result, many Irish with gold fever moved all the way out to the Pacific coast. Others before that time left for land along the St. Lawrence River and the Niagara Peninsula, or the Maritimes as United Empire Loyalists, for many Irish did choose to side with the English during the American War of Independence. The earliest wave of Irish migration, however, occurred during the Great Potato Famine of the 1840s. An examination of early immigration and passenger lists has revealed many people bearing the Kain name:

Kain Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Anth Kain, who arrived in America in 1805
  • Elizth Kain, who arrived in America in 1805
  • Jane Kain, who arrived in America in 1805
  • John Kain, who landed in America in 1805
  • Robt Kain, who arrived in America in 1805


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  • Flying Officer Edgar James "Cobber" Kain DFC (1918-1940), the first RAF air ace of the Second World War


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The Kain Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Kain 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 13 January 2011 at 15:19.

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