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Walsh Family Crest and Name History

Origins Available: Irish, Scottish

Where did the Irish Walsh family come from? What is the Irish Walsh family crest and coat of arms? When did the Walsh family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Walsh family history?

With the arrival of the Norman invasion of Ireland in the 11th century came new naming traditions to the eastern region of Ireland. These new naming traditions actually meshed fairly well with the pre-existing Irish traditions. Both cultures made significant use of hereditary surnames. And like the native Irish, the Strongbownians often used prefixes to build patronymic surnames, which are names based on the given name of the initial bearer's father or another older relative. Strongbow's followers often created names that were built with the prefix Fitz-, which was derived from the French word fils, and ultimately from the Latin filius, both of which mean son. They also used diminutive suffixes such as -ot, -et, -un, -in, or -el, and occasionally even two suffixes combined to form a double diminutive such as -el-in, -el-ot, -in-ot, and -et-in, to build patronymic names. The surname Walsh is derived from Breat(h)nach which literally means Welshman. Phillip Brenagh, known as "Phillip the Welshman" was likely the progenitor of the family. Phillip and his brother David arrived with Strongbow, in 1170.

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Walsh Early Origins

Church officials and medieval scribes often simply spelled names as they sounded. As a result, a single person's name may have been recorded a dozen different ways during his lifetime. Spelling variations for the name Walsh include: Walsh, Welsh, Welch, Brannagh and others.

First found in Counties Kilkenny, Leix, and Waterford, in Ireland, where they held a family seat from 1170.

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Walsh Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Walsh research. Another 349 words(25 lines of text) covering the years 1170, 1580, 1604, 1606, 1615, 1618, 1654, 1688, 1805, and 1850 are included under the topic Early Walsh History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Walsh Early Notables

Another 55 words(4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Walsh Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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The Great Migration

The Irish emigration during the late 18th and 19th century contributed to the melting pot of nationalities in North America, and the building of a whole new era of industry and commerce in what was seen as a rich, new land. Ireland's Great Potato Famine resulted in the worst economic and social conditions in the island's history. And in response to the hunger, disease, and poverty, during this decade the total number of emigrants to leave for North America rivaled all the previous years combined. Those from this decade that arrived on North American shores were not warmly welcomed by the established population, but they were vital to the rapid development of the industry, agriculture, and infrastructure of the infant nations of the United States and what would become Canada. Research into early immigration and passenger lists has shown many people bearing the name Walsh:

Walsh Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century

Jacob Walsh who settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1635

Thomas Walsh settled in Virginia in 1643

Elizabeth Walsh, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1679

Walsh Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century

Jacob Walsh, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1738

Joseph Walsh, who landed in Virginia in 1745

Dudley Walsh, who landed in New York in 1785

George Walsh, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1796

Walsh Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century

John Walsh settled in Charles Town Massachusetts in 1803

Alexander Walsh, aged 29, arrived in New York in 1812

Christopher T Walsh, aged 32, arrived in New York in 1812

Henry Walsh, aged 33, landed in New York in 1812

Margaret Walsh, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1812

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Contemporary Notables of the name Walsh

David Ignatius Walsh (1872-1947), American politician, Governor of Massachusetts (1914-16), Senator (1919-25, 1926-47)
Thomas Joseph Walsh (1873-1952), 1st Catholic Archbishop of Newark (1937-1952)
William Ernest "Bill" Walsh (b. 1931), American professional (NFL) football coach
Joe Walsh (b. 1947), American guitarist and rock musician
Thomas James Walsh (1859-1933), American politician, US Senator from Montana
M Emmet Walsh (b. 1935), American actor
Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Ambrose Walsh (1946-1998), fourth ranking United States Marine Corps fighter ace in World War II, awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1943
Gunnery Sergeant William Gary Walsh (1922-1945), United States Marine awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1945 for throwing himself onto a live grenade, thus saving the lives of his fellow Marines
Dr. William Bertalan Walsh M.D. (1920-1996), Founder of Project HOPE (USA) and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Mary Cynthia Walsh (b. 1952), Canadian actress and comedian

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Motto

The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.

Motto: Transfixus sed non mortuus
Motto Translation: Transfixed but not dead.

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References

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Bowman, George Ernest. The Mayflower Reader A Selection of Articales from The Mayflower Descendent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
Leyburn, James Graham. The Scotch-Irish A Social History. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1962. Print. (ISBN 0807842591).
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
Rasmussen, Louis J. . San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists 4 Volumes Colma, California 1965 Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1978. Print.
Skordas, Guest. Ed. The Early Settlers of Maryland an Index to Names or Immigrants Complied from Records of Land Patents 1633-1680 in the Hall of Records Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. Print.
Donovan, George Francis. The Pre-Revolutionary Irish in Massachusetts 1620-1775. Menasha, WI: Geroge Banta Publsihing Co., 1932. Print.
Chadwick, Nora Kershaw and J.X.W.P Corcoran. The Celts. London: Penguin, 1970. Print. (ISBN 0140212116).
Fairbairn. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
Fitzgerald, Thomas W. Ireland and Her People A Library of Irish Biography 5 Volumes. Chicago: Fitzgerald. Print.
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The Walsh Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Walsh 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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