Furnia History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Furnia family

Early History of the Furnia family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Furnia research. Another 94 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1390, 1475 and 1516 are included under the topic Early Furnia History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Furnia Spelling Variations

The appearance of the printing press and the first dictionaries in the last few hundred years did much to standardize spelling. Prior to that time scribes spelled according to sound, a practice that resulted in many spelling variations. Furnia has been spelled Fernie, Ferny, Fearny, Fearney, Ferney, Firnie, Firney and many more.

Early Notables of the Furnia family

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Migration of the Furnia family

The expense of the crossing to the North American colonies seemed small beside the difficulties of remaining in Scotland. It was a long and hard trip, but at its end lay the reward of freedom. Some Scots remained faithful to England and called themselves United Empire Loyalists, while others fought in the American War of Independence. Much of this lost Scottish heritage has been recovered in the last century through Clan societies and other patriotic Scottish organizations. A search of immigration and passenger lists revealed many important, early immigrants to North America bearing the name of Furnia: John Fernie made his home in Virginia in 1623. William Fernie landed in New England in 1654. Many of the Fernie name purchased land in Pennsylvania in the mid-1800's..