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Where did the Irish O'Bierne family come from? What is the Irish O'Bierne family crest and coat of arms? When did the O'Bierne family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the O'Bierne family history? The Irish name O'Bierne was originally written in a Gaelic form as O Birn or O Beirn, from the Norse forename Bjorn.Within the archives researched, many different spelling variations of the surname O'Bierne were found. These included One reason for the many variations is that scribes and church officials often spelled an individual's name as it sounded. This imprecise method often led to many versions. Bierne, O'Bierne, Biern, O'Biern, Beirne, O'Beirne, Beirn, O'Beirn, Birn, O'Birn, Birne and many more. First found in Connacht, where they held a family seat from ancient times. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our O'Bierne research. Another 296 words(21 lines of text) covering the years 1747, 1748, 1789, 1812, 1823, 1850, 1853, and 1887 are included under the topic Early O'Bierne History in all our PDF Extended History products. More information is included under the topic Early O'Bierne Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. The 19th century saw a great wave of Irish families leaving Ireland for the distant shores of North America and Australia. These families often left their homeland hungry, penniless, and destitute do to the policies of England. Those Irish immigrants that survived the long sea passage initially settled on the eastern seaboard of the continent. Some, however, moved north to a then infant Canada as United Empire Loyalists after ironically serving with the English in the American War of Independence. Others that remained in America later joined the westward migration in search of land. The greatest influx of Irish immigrants, though, came to North America during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. Thousands left Ireland at this time for North America, and those who arrived were immediately put to work building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. In fact, the foundations of today's powerful nations of the United Sates and Canada were to a larger degree built by the Irish. Archival documents indicate that members of the O'Bierne family relocated to North American shores quite early: Bridget Birne, who sailed to Quebec in 1849; Michael Beirne to Philadelphia in 1867; Patrick Beirne to Philadelphia in 1869; Martin Beirn to Philadelphia in 1872.
The O'Bierne Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The O'Bierne 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 27 October 2010 at 13:19. ©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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