Heinle 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 Heinle originally appeared in Gaelic as Ó hEighnigh. 1

Early Origins of the Heinle family

The surname Heinle 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 Heinle family

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Heinle Spelling Variations

The search for the origins of the name Heinle family name revealed numerous spelling variations. These variants can be somewhat accounted for when it is realized that before widespread literacy people only recognized their name by pronunciation; it was up to scribes to decide how it was to be formally recorded. Variations found include Heaney, Heany, Hegney, Hegeany, Heagney, Heeney and others.

Early Notables of the Heinle family

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Heinle 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 Heinle:

Heinle Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Michael Heinle, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1750 2

Heinle Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Gottlieb Heinle, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1868 2
John Heinle, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1869 2
Gottleib Heinle, who arrived in Arkansas in 1881 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Heinle (post 1700) +

Amelia Heinle Luckinbill (b. 1973), born Amelia March Heinle, an American actress, nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award in 1994
William C. Heinle, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Pennsylvania State Senate 34th District, 1899-1902 3

Citations +

MacLysaght, Edward, The Surnames of Ireland. Ireland: Irish Academic Press, sixth edition, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2366-3)
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