| ![Show Contents]() Dicey History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Scotland Ireland The ancestors of the Dicey family come from the ancient Scottish kingdom of Dalriada. Their surname comes from the name Dick, which is a diminutive of Richard. [1] Early Origins of the Dicey familyThe surname Dicey was first found in Renfrewshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Rinn Friù), a historic county of Scotland, today encompassing the Council Areas of Renfrew, East Renfrewshire, and Iverclyde, in the Strathclyde region of southwestern Scotland. Early records of the family are very rare, so we must look to the 16th century for the first few entries: "Robert Dikky is recorded in Glasgow in 1504. Money was given 'Sir' Archibald Dikkie, 'for rowelling and gyding of the knok and for lying nychtlie in the tolbuth to rewll and keip the samyne and for helping and support of him to bed clais,' 1583. David Dickie was burgess of Montrose in 1627. " [2] Early History of the Dicey familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dicey research. Another 274 words (20 lines of text) covering the years 1627, 1775, 1798, 1812, 1830, 1839, 1849, 1860, 1877, 1882 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Dicey History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Dicey Spelling VariationsMedieval spelling was at best an intuitive process, and translation between Gaelic and English was no more effective. These factors caused an enormous number of spelling variations in Dalriadan names. In fact, it was not uncommon to see a father and son who spelled their name differently. Over the years, Dicey has been spelled Dickie, Dickey, Dikkie and others. Early Notables of the Dicey familyNotable amongst the Clan from early times was Dr. George Dickie (1812-1882), Scottish botanist, born at Aberdeen 23 Nov. 1812, was educated at Marischal College in that city, where he graduated A.M. in 1830, and prosecuted the study of medicine in the universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh. From 1839 he lectured on botany for ten years in King's College, Aberdeen...
Another 59 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Dicey Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.  Migration of the Dicey family to Ireland
Some of the Dicey family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 176 words (13 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Settlers from Scotland put down roots in communities all along the east coast of North America. Some moved north from the American colonies to Canada as United Empire Loyalists during the American War of Independence. As Clan societies and highland games started in North America in the 20th century many Scots rediscovered parts of their heritage. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Dicey were among those contributors:
Dicey Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- John Dicey, who arrived in New York in 1827 [3]
| Contemporary Notables of the name Dicey (post 1700) | + |
- Albert Venn Dicey (1835-1922), English jurist
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
- 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)
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Dicey migration to the United States 
