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Eadie History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

Ireland United States Australia New Zealand

Contemporary Notables Related Stories Citations

Eadie History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

Early Origins of the Eadie family

The surname Eadie was first found in the county of Berwickshire, Scotland, where "Ade Rede, William Ade of Inverkeithin rendered homage [to King Edward I] in 1296." 1

Early History of the Eadie family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Eadie research. Another 80 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1296 and 1500 are included under the topic Early Eadie History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Eadie Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Ade, Addie, Addy, Addey, Eadie, Eddie, Edie, Edey, Aidie, Aidy, Aiddye, Adie and many more.

Early Notables of the Eadie family

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Eadie Ranking

In the United States, the name Eadie is the 18,249^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2

Migration of the Eadie family to Ireland

Some of the Eadie family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 48 words (3 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Eadie migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Eadie Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

James Eadie, who arrived in New York in 1789 3

Eadie Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

M Eadie, who landed in Mobile, Ala in 1822 3
W Eadie, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1822 3
James Eadie, who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1863

Eadie migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Eadie Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Robert Eadie, Scottish convict who was convicted in Glasgow, Scotland for 7 years, transported aboard the "Egyptian" on 5th April 1839, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 4

Eadie migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Eadie Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Miss Ann H. Eadie, (b. 1862), aged 7 months, British settler travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Lancashire Witch" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 13th October 1863 5
Mrs. Janet Eadie, (b. 1833), aged 30, British settler travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Lancashire Witch" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 13th October 1863 5
Mr. William Eadie, (b. 1836), aged 27, British mason travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Lancashire Witch" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 13th October 1863 5
Miss Mary T. Eadie, (b. 1861), aged 2, British settler travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Lancashire Witch" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 13th October 1863 5
Mr. George Eadie, Scottish settler travelling from Glasgow aboard the ship "Oamaru" arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 16th December 1876, for Invercargill 6
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Eadie (post 1700) +

James S. Eadie, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Queens County 4th District, 1914 7
Bertram G. Eadie, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916 7
Thomas Wardrope Eadie (1898-1986), Canadian businessman, President of Bell Canada from July 1, 1953, to July 31, 1963, eponym of the Thomas W. Eadie Medal
John Eadie (1810-1876), Scottish theological author, born at Alva, Stirlingshire, 9 May 1810 whose father, when on the verge of seventy, married a second wife, and Eadie was the only child of the marriage who survived infancy 8
Sir James Raymond Eadie Q.C. (b. 1962), born in Kensington, London, British barrister, severing as First Treasury Counsel from 2009, was appointed a Knight Bachelor on 8th June 2018, for services to Law and to Government 9
Cindy Eadie (b. 1982), Canadian softball third baseman and hockey goaltender at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Kenneth William Eadie (b. 1961), retired Scottish footballer
James Eadie (1827-1904), Scottish brewer who founded James Eadie Brewing Company (1854) and operated for 90 years
Helen Eadie (1947-2013), Scottish Labour Co-operative politician, Deputy Convener of the Scottish Parliament Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee (2011-2013)
Alexander "Alex" Mark Hughes Eadie (1920-2012), Scottish Labour politician
... (Another 7 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

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)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 26th January 2022). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/egyptian
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 29) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 30 June 2020
"Birthday and New Year Honours Lists (1940 to 2019)." Issue 62310, 4 July 2019 | London Gazette, The Gazette, June 2018, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62310/supplement/B1