Carrin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Ireland

The original Gaelic form of Carrin was Mac Carrghamhna, which is derived from the word "gamhan," which means "calf," and "carr," which has many meanings.

Early Origins of the Carrin family

The surname Carrin was first found in County Monaghan (Irish: Muineachán) located in the Northern part of the Republic of Ireland in the province of Ulster, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Carrin family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Carrin research. Another 89 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1605 and 1666 are included under the topic Early Carrin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Carrin Spelling Variations

Names written in official documents were generally spelt as they sounded, leading to the problem of one name being recorded under several different variations, creating the illusion in records of more than one person. Among the many spelling variations of the surname Carrin that are preserved in documents of the family history are MacCarron, MacCarroon, MacCarren and others.

Early Notables of the Carrin family

Notable amongst the family name at this time was Redmond Caron (1605?-1666), Irish friar and author, born of a good family near Athlone, Westmeath. "He embraced the order of St. Francis in the convent...
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Carrin migration to the United States +

Irish families began to immigrate to British North America and the United States in the 18th century, but the greatest influx of Irish immigrants came during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. The earlier settlers came to North America after a great deal of consideration and by paying relatively high fees for their passage. These settlers were primarily drawn by the promise of land. Those later settlers that came during the 1840's were trying to escape the conditions of poverty, starvation, disease, and death that had stricken Ireland. Due to the enormity of their numbers and the late date of their arrival, these immigrants primarily became hired laborers instead of homesteading settlers like their predecessors. An exhaustive search of immigration and passenger lists has revealed many Irish immigrants North America bearing the name Carrin:

Carrin Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Andres Carrin, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1860 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Carrin (post 1700) +

Carrin Patman, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1972, 1980; Candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Texas 25th District, 1994 2

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 14) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html