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Where did the Irish O'Day family come from? What is the Irish O'Day family crest and coat of arms? When did the O'Day family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the O'Day family history?
All Irish surnames have a unique and often romantic meaning. The name O'Day originally appeared in Gaelic as O Deaghaidh or O Diaghaidh.
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- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
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The recording of names in Ireland in the Middle Ages was an inconsistent endeavor at best. The many regional dialects and the predominate illiteracy would have made common surnames appear unrelated to the scribes of the period. Research into the name O'Day revealed spelling variations, including Day, Dea, O'Dea and others.First found in County Clare, where O'Dea was chief of Dysart-O'Dea, now the parish of Dysart, barony of Inchiquin, one of the original chiefs and clans of ancient Thomond.
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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our O'Day research. Another 396 words(28 lines of text) covering the years 1318 and 1434 are included under the topic Early O'Day History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name O'Day. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
In the late 18th century, Irish families began emigrating to North America in the search of a plot of land to call their own. This pattern of emigration grew steadily until the 1840s when the Great Potato Famine of the 1840s cause thousands of Irish to flee the death and disease that accompanied the disaster. Those that made it alive to the shores of the United States and British North America (later to become Canada) were, however, instrumental in the development of those two powerful nations. Many of these Irish immigrants proudly bore the name of O'Day:
O'Day Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Danial O'Day, aged 22, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1893
- Alice O'Day, aged 26, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1895
- Daniel O'Day, aged 50, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1896
- Fanny O'Day, aged 24, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1896
O'Day Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- George O'Day, aged 26, who arrived at Ellis Island from Tullycrine Co. Clare, in 1905
- John O'Day, aged 7, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1905
- Geraldine O'Day, aged 18, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1906
- Edward F. O'Day, aged 24, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1908
- David C O'Day, aged 50, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1910
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- Aubrey O'Day (b. 1984), American singer, dancer, actress, songwriter, fashion designer, former member of the group Danity Kane
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day (1875-1943), American politician
- Devon O'Day (b. 1962), American radio personality, former plus-sized model for the Ford Modeling Agency, songwriter, and an author
- George O'Day (1923-1987), American sailor, Olympic champion and boat designer
- Hank O'Day (1862-1935), American right-handed pitcher, umpire and manager in Major League Baseball
- Marcus O'Day (1897-1961), American physicist
- Molly O'Day (1911-1998), American film actress
- Molly O'Day (1923-1987), American country music vocalist in the late 1940s
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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- Woulfe, Rev. Patrick. Irish Names and Surnames Collected and Edited with Explanatory and Historical Notes. Kansas City: Genealogical Foundation, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-940134-403).
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