Farnan History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Ireland

As a native Irish surname, Farnan is an Anglicization of the Gaelic name "Ó Forannáin;" however there are also bearers of this name who came to Ireland from Britian in the waves of successive emigration. Some of the latter would come to be known as the Scotch-Irish.

Early Origins of the Farnan family

The surname Farnan was first found in Ulster (Irish: Ulaidh), where both those of native Irish stock, as well as those who came from Britain lived and held land.

Early History of the Farnan family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Farnan research. Another 65 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1810 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Farnan History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Farnan Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Farnan, O'Farnan, Farnon, O'Farnon, and Farnham and others.

Early Notables of the Farnan family

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Farnan migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Farnan Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John Farnan, who landed in New York in 1822 1
Eugene Farnan, who arrived in New York in 1828 1
Christopher Farnan, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1860 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Farnan (post 1700) +

Joseph James Farnan Jr. (b. 1945), United States former federal judge from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Robert E. Farnan (1877-1939), American gold medalist rower at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Thomas A. Farnan, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from New York County 20th District, 1906 2
Joseph James Farnan Jr. (b. 1945), American politician, U.S. District Judge for Delaware, 1985-2010; Retired 2010 2
Robert P. Farnan (1898-1962), Irish gynaecologist, farmer, and senator from County Kildare, President of the National Aberdeen Angus Association (1946 to 1960)
Thomas Farnan (1914-1977), New Zealand association football player
James Thomas “Jim” Farnan (1875-1916), Australian rules footballer
Michael Liam Farnan (b. 1941), Irish-born, Canadian former politician in Ontario

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 2015, December 1) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html