Doulin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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 Doulin or a variant listed above, including:

Doulin Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Nick Doulin, aged 3, who landed in New York, NY in 1850 3
• Ann Doulin, aged 20, who arrived in New York, NY in 1850 3

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Doulin Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

• Margaret Doulin, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1750
• Bryan Doulin, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1750
• Mary Doulin, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1750

• William E. Doulin, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1964 (alternate), 1972