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Where did the Irish O'Toole family come from? What is the Irish O'Toole family crest and coat of arms? When did the O'Toole family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the O'Toole family history? Throughout history, very few Irish surnames have exclusively maintained their original forms. Before being translated into English, O'Toole appeared as O Tuathail, which is derived from "tuathal," which means "people mighty." Before widespread literacy came to Ireland, a name was often recorded under several different variations during the life of its bearer. Accordingly, numerous spelling variations were revealed in the search for the origin of the name O'Toole family name. Variations found include Toole, Tool, O'Toole, O'Tool, Tooley, Toile and many more. First found in County Kildare, seated at O'Toole's Castle, where they were descended from Tuathal, King of Leinster who died in 950 A.D. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our O'Toole research. Another 471 words(34 lines of text) covering the years 1172, 1327, and 1590 are included under the topic Early O'Toole History in all our PDF Extended History products. More information is included under the topic Early O'Toole Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. To escape the religious and political discrimination they experienced primarily at the hands of the English, thousands of Irish left their homeland in the 19th century. These migrants typically settled in communities throughout the East Coast of North America, but also joined the wagon trains moving out to the Midwest. Ironically, when the American War of Independence began, many Irish settlers took the side of England, and at the war's conclusion moved north to Canada. These United Empire Loyalists, were granted land along the St. Lawrence River and the Niagara Peninsula. Other Irish immigrants settled in Newfoundland, the Ottawa Valley, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The greatest influx of Irish immigrants, however, came to North America during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. Thousands left Ireland at this time for North America and Australia. Many of those numbers, however, did not live through the long sea passage. These Irish settlers to North America were immediately put to work building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. Irish settlers made an inestimable contribution to the building of the New World. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Irish name O'Toole or a variant listed above, including: O'Toole Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
O'Toole Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
The O'Toole Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The O'Toole 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 23 January 2012 at 09:50. ©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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