Carrie History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Thousands of Irish families left for North American shores in the 19th century. These people were searching for a life unencumbered with poverty, hunger, and racial discrimination. Many arrived to eventually find such conditions, but many others simply did not arrive: victims of the diseased, overcrowded ships in which they traveled to the New World. Those who lived to see North American shores were instrumental in the development of the growing nations of Canada and the United States. A thorough examination of passenger and immigration lists has disclosed evidence of many early immigrants of the name Carrie:

Carrie Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

• John Carrie, who arrived in South Carolina in 1755 3
• Clare Carrie who settled in Georgia in 1794 with her husband John

Carrie Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Lewis Carrie, who settled in New Orleans in 1823

Carrie Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

• William Carrie, aged 18, a labourer, who arrived in South Australia in 1850 aboard the ship "Agincourt" 4
• William Carrie, aged 18, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Agincourt" in 1850 4

Carrie Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

• Alexander Carrie, who landed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1843

• Jean Augustin Carrié de Boissy, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 5
• Carrie Best OC ONS (1903-2001), Canadian journalist and social activist, from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, the first black owner and publisher of a Nova Scotia newspaper
• Carrie Clinton Chapman Catt (1859-1947), American women's suffrage leader who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave U.S. women the right to vote, President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association from 1900 to 1904 and again from 1915 to 1920.
• Carrie Amelia Moore Nation (1846-1911), née Moore, American activist, member of the temperance movement which opposed alcohol before the advent of Prohibition
• Carrie White (1943-2022), American hairdresser, author, and spokesperson, known as the "First Lady of Hairdressing," who styled Jennifer Jones, Betsy Bloomingdale, Elizabeth Taylor, Goldie Hawn, Camille Cosby, Ann-Margret, Elvis Presley, Sharon Tate, Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock and many more
• Carrie Mae Pittman Meek (1926-2021), American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003, representing Florida's 17th congressional district
• Carrie Allen McCray (1913-2008), American writer
• Carrie Farnsworth Fowle (1854-1917), born Caroline Palmer Farnsworth, an American missionary born in Turkey
• Carrie Olver (b. 1967), Canadian TV personality from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
• Carrie McGowan Bethel (1898-1974), born Carrie McGowan, an American basketmaker associated with Yosemite National Park, one of her baskets fetched 216,250 US dollars in 2006