Menin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The original Gaelic form of Menin was Ó Mainnin.

Early Origins of the Menin family

The surname Menin was first found in County Galway (Irish: Gaillimh) part of the province of Connacht, located on the west coast of the Island.

Early History of the Menin family

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Menin Spelling Variations

The spelling of names in Ireland during the Middle Ages was rarely consistent. This inconsistency was due to the scribes and church officials' attempts to record orally defined names in writing. The common practice of recording names as they sounded resulted in spelling variations such as Mannion, O'Mannin, O'Mannion, Mannyan, Mennon and many more.

Early Notables of the Menin family

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Menin migration to the United States +

The English-ruled Ireland of the late 18th and 19th centuries featured a rapidly increasing population and an agricultural-based economy. This combination proved to be disastrous in the 1840s after a couple of failed potato harvests. Thousands died of disease and starvation, and thousands more left the country, often bound for North America. Those that survived the journey to North America were put to work building the bridges, canals, roadways, and railways needed for the development of an industrial society. Those Irish, although often despised by those already established in North American cities and towns, played an instrumental role in making Canada and the United States the powerful and wealthy nations that they are today. An examination of early immigration and passenger lists has shown many immigrants bearing the name Menin:

Menin Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Johan Menin, who arrived in New York in 1709 1

Menin Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

James Menin, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1839 1

Menin migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Menin Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Christopher Menin, who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1853

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)