Heine History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The Irish surnames in use today are underpinned by a multitude of rich histories. The name Heine originally appeared in Gaelic as Ó hEighnigh. 1

Early Origins of the Heine family

The surname Heine was first found in County Londonderry (Irish: Doire), a Northern Irish county also known as Derry, in the province of Ulster, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Heine family

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Heine Spelling Variations

Scribes and church officials, lacking today's standardized spelling rules, recorded names by how they were pronounced. This imprecise guide often led to the misleading result of one person's name being recorded under several different spellings. Numerous spelling variations of the surname Heine are preserved in documents of the family history. The various spellings of the name that were found include Heaney, Heany, Hegney, Hegeany, Heagney, Heeney and others.

Early Notables of the Heine family

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Heine Ranking

In the United States, the name Heine is the 6,540^th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 2

Heine migration to the United States +

A massive wave of Irish immigrants hit North America during the 19th century. Although many early Irish immigrants made a carefully planned decision to leave left Ireland for the promise of free land, by the 1840s immigrants were fleeing a famine stricken land in desperation. The condition of Ireland during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s can be attributed to a rapidly expanding population and English imperial policies. Those Irish families that arrived in North America were essential to its rapid social, industrial, and economic development. Passenger and immigration lists have revealed a number of early Irish immigrants bearing the name Heine:

Heine Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Christoffel Heine, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1741 3
Joh Christoph Heine, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1742 3
Johan Henrich Heine, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1751 3
Christoph Heine, who landed in America in 1778 3
Valentin Heine, who arrived in Charles Town, South Carolina in 1782 3
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Heine Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Heinrich Heine, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1804 3
George Heine, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1808 3
Wilhelm Heine, aged 22, who landed in Missouri in 1840 3
M Adelheid Heine, who arrived in America in 1842 3
Heinrich Heine, who landed in Texas in 1844 aboard the ship "Ferdinand" 3
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Contemporary Notables of the name Heine (post 1700) +

Alice Heine (1858-1925), HSH The Princess of Monaco, The Duchess of Richelieu, American-born second wife of Prince Albert I of Monaco
Randy Heine, American politician, Representative from Florida 10th District, 2000 4
R. Heine, American politician, Delegate to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment from Talladega County, 1933 4
Ernst C. Heine, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Michigan State House of Representatives, 1950, 1972 4
Austin W. Heine, American politician, Delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Macomb County, 1933 4
Albert O. Heine, American politician, Member of Michigan State Senate 24th District, 1905-06 4
Ben Heine (b. 1983), Belgian multidisciplinary artist
Jakob Heine (1800-1879), German orthopaedist
Peter Samuel Heine (1928-2005), South African cricketer
Werner Heine (b. 1935), German former footballer
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Historic Events for the Heine family +

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Arthur Heine (1921-1941), German Matrosengefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 5

Citations +

MacLysaght, Edward, The Surnames of Ireland. Ireland: Irish Academic Press, sixth edition, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2366-3)
"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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 26) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details