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Where did the Scottish McGirr family come from? What is the Scottish McGirr family crest and coat of arms? When did the McGirr family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the McGirr family history?
Originally, McGirr was a nickname for a short person. The Gaelic form of the surname is Mac an gheairr, which means son of the short or low-sized man.
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Spelling variations were extremely common in medieval names, since scribes from that era recorded names according to sound rather than a standard set of rules. McGirr has appeared in various documents spelled McGirr, McGeer, McGear, MacGirr, MacGeer, McGhirr and many more.First found in Kirkcudbrightshire, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, and were believed to be descended from one of the many (350) chiefs who accompanied the banished King Colla da Crioch, who left Ireland for the Hebrides and south west Scotland in the year 327. This ancient Irish clann were originally from County Armagh in Ireland.
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Some of the McGirr family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 123 words(9 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Descendents of Dalriadan-Scottish families still populate many communities across North America. They are particularly common in Canada, since many went north as United Empire Loyalists at the time of the American War of Independence. Much later, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the highland games and Clan societies that now dot North America sprang up, allowing many Scots to recover their lost national heritage. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name McGirr, or a variant listed above:
McGirr Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Felix McGirr who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1827
- Patrick McGirr settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1830
- Thomas McGirr, who arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1837
- Patrick McGirr, who arrived in Maryland in 1840
- Owen McGirr settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1849
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- Herbert Mendelson McGirr (1891-1964), New Zealand cricketer
- Ernest N McGirr (1887-1982), Canadian politician, who served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
- Edward McCombie McGirr, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow
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- Scots Kith and Kin And Illustrated Map Revised 2nd Edition. Edinburgh: Clan House/Albyn. Print.
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- Scarlett, James D. Tartan The Highland Textile. London: Shepheard-Walwyn, 1990. Print. (ISBN 0-85683-120-4).
- Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
- Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
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The McGirr Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The McGirr 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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