Dymond History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

During the 19th century thousands of impoverished Irish families made the long journey to British North America and the United States. These people were leaving a land that had become beset with poverty, lack of opportunity, and hunger. In North America, they hoped to find land, work, and political and religious freedoms. Although the majority of the immigrants that survived the long sea passage did make these discoveries, it was not without much perseverance and hard work: by the mid-19th century land suitable for agriculture was short supply, especially in British North America, in the east; the work available was generally low paying and physically taxing construction or factory work; and the English stereotypes concerning the Irish, although less frequent and vehement, were, nevertheless, present in the land of freedom, liberty, and equality for all men. The largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with Great Potato Famine during the late 1840s. Research into passenger and immigration lists has brought forth evidence of the early members of the Dymond family in North America:

Dymond Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Thomas Dymond, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1869 2

Dymond Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

• Mr. James Dymond, (b. 1879), aged 21, Cornish miner travelling aboard the ship "New York" arriving at Ellis Island, New York on 5th May 1900 en route to Rockland, Michigan, USA 3
• Mr. Richard Dymond, (b. 1869), aged 33, Cornish miner travelling aboard the ship "Celtic" arriving at Ellis Island, New York on 17th October 1902 en route to Utah, USA 3
• Mr. James Dymond, (b. 1878), aged 25, Cornish miner travelling aboard the ship "Aurania" arriving at Ellis Island, New York on 8th October 1903 en route to Hancock, Michigan, USA 3
• Mr. William Dymond, (b. 1883), aged 21, Cornish clerk travelling aboard the ship "St Paul" arriving at Ellis Island, New York on 13th March 1904 en route to Cleveland, Ohio, USA 3
• Mr. Percy Dymond, (b. 1884), aged 21, Cornish miner travelling aboard the ship "Oceanic" arriving at Ellis Island, New York on 3rd May 1905 en route to Greenland, Michigan, USA 3
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Dymond Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

• Robert Dymond brought his family to Barbados in 1634
• Mr. Robert Dymond, (b. 1605), aged 29, British settler travelling from Gravesend, UK aboard the ship "Hopewell" arriving in Barbados on 17th February 1634 2
• Tho Dymond, aged 21, who arrived in Barbados in 1683 2

• John Dymond, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1888 5
• Johnathan Dymond (1796-1828), English moralist, born 19 Dec. 1796, the fourth of five sons of John and Olive Dymond of Exeter 6
• Dr. Matthew Bulloch Dymond CM (1911-1996), Scottish-born, Canadian physician and politician, Ontario Minister of Health (1958-1969), Minister of Transportation (1958) and Minister of Reform Institutions (1957-1958)
• George Dymond (1797-1835), British architect who worked mainly in Bristol area
• Charles William Dymond (1832-1915), English physician
• Mark Dymond (b. 1974), English actor of Irish descent
• Alfred Hutchinson Dymond (1827-1903), Canadian writer and politician