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![Show Contents]() Gilbride History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 Ireland Scotland
As a Scottish name, Gilbride is derived from the Gaelic "Mac Gille Brighde," meaning "son of the servant of (St.) Brigit." The Scottish Gaelic word for church "cill Bríghde," became a place name (Kilbride, in Lanarkshire) and some bearers of Gilbride may have originally taken their surnames from this. Early Origins of the Gilbride familyThe surname Gilbride was first found in Arran, an island in North Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, in the Firth of Clyde, where the name has long existed, although the name's earliest recorded roots are from County Donegal in Ireland. According to legend, both the Scottish and the Irish branches are descended from the son of the servant of (St.) Brigit, the virgin Abbess of Kildare who died 525 A.D. Early History of the Gilbride familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gilbride research. Another 80 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1150, 1296, 1329, 1370, 1476 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Gilbride History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Gilbride Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: MacBride, McBride, Macbryde, Macbraid, MacBridan, McKillbride, McGillbride, Macilvride, Mackelbreed, McBryde, Bridson, Brydson, Kilbride, Gilbride,MacBridan, MacIlvride, MacBraid and many more. Early Notables of the Gilbride familyMore information is included under the topic Early Gilbride Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.  Migration of the Gilbride family to Ireland
Some of the Gilbride family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 134 words (10 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Gilbride Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Hugh Gilbride, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1873 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Gilbride (post 1700) | + |
- Kevin Gilbride (b. 1951), American football head coach for twenty years in the NFL, spending seven of them as the offensive coordinator for the New York Giants
- Paddy Gilbride (b. 1962), Irish professional footballer
- Eugene Gilbride (1892-1972), Irish Fianna Fáil politician and farmer
- Brigadier William Preston Gilbride (b. 1911), Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General I Canadian Corps (1944-1945) 2
- 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)
- Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, September 15) William Gilbride. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Gilbride/William_Preston/Canada.html
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Gilbride migration to the United States 
