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Where did the Irish MacNamara family come from? What is the Irish MacNamara family crest and coat of arms? When did the MacNamara family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the MacNamara family history? Surnames of Irish origin have experienced many changes in their spellings and forms. Before being translated into English, MacNamara appeared as Mac Conmara, which means "hound of the sea" or "warrior of the sea."Official documents, crafted by early scribes and church officials, primarily contained names that were spelled according to their pronunciation. This lead to the problem of one name being recorded under several different variations, creating an illusion that a single person was many people. Among the many spelling variations of the surname MacNamara that are preserved in the archival documents of the time are McNamara, McNamar, McNamarra, McNamard, Sheedy and many more. First found in County Clare, where MacConmara or MacNamara was chief of the territory of Clan Caisin, now the barony of Tullagh. The family was also sometimes styled chiefs of Clan Cuilean; derived from Cuilean, one of their chiefs in the eighth century. This ancient family have traditionally held the high office of hereditary marshals of Thomond. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our MacNamara research. Another 270 words(19 lines of text) covering the years 1402, 1426, 1768, and 1826 are included under the topic Early MacNamara History in all our PDF Extended History products. Another 26 words(2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early MacNamara Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. In the 18th and 19th centuries hundreds of thousands of Irish people immigrated to North American shores. The early settlers were enticed by the promise of their own land, but they were moderately well off in Ireland when they decided to emigrate. Therefore, they were merely carrying out a long and carefully thought out decision. The 1840s saw the emergence of a very different trend: thousands of extremely desperate people crammed into passenger boats hoping to find any type of opportunity. The Irish of this decade had seen their homeland severely stricken by crop failures which resulted in widespread disease and starvation. At whatever time the Irish immigrants came to North America, they were instrumental in the rapid development of the emerging nations of the United States and what would become known as Canada. An exhaustive search of passenger and immigration lists has revealed many persons bearing the name MacNamara, or one of its variants: MacNamara Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
MacNamara Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
The MacNamara Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The MacNamara 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 1 February 2012 at 14:54. ©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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