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![Show Contents]() Nilland History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The surname Nilland was derived from the Gaelic "O Niallain," which means "descendant of Niall." Early Origins of the Nilland familyThe surname Nilland was first found in County Clare (Irish: An Clár) located on the west coast of Ireland in the province of Munster. Early History of the Nilland familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Nilland research. Another 82 words (6 lines of text) covering the year 1570 is included under the topic Early Nilland History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Nilland Spelling VariationsNames from the Middle Ages demonstrate many spelling variations. This is because the recording scribe or church official often decided as to how a person's name was spelt and in what language. Research into the name Nilland revealed many variations, including O'Neilan, O'Neylan, Neilan, Neylan, O'Nelan and others. Early Notables of the Nilland familyMore information is included under the topic Early Nilland Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Nilland migration to the United States | + |
To escape the religious and political discrimination they experienced primarily at the hands of the English, thousands of Irish left their homeland in the 19th century. These migrants typically settled in communities throughout the East Coast of North America, but also joined the wagon trains moving out to the Midwest. Ironically, when the American War of Independence began, many Irish settlers took the side of England, and at the war's conclusion moved north to Canada. These United Empire Loyalists, were granted land along the St. Lawrence River and the Niagara Peninsula. Other Irish immigrants settled in Newfoundland, the Ottawa Valley, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The greatest influx of Irish immigrants, however, came to North America during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. Thousands left Ireland at this time for North America and Australia. Many of those numbers, however, did not live through the long sea passage. These Irish settlers to North America were immediately put to work building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. Irish settlers made an inestimable contribution to the building of the New World. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Irish name Nilland or a variant listed above, including:
Nilland Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Gottfried Nilland, who landed in New York, NY in 1782 1
- 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)
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Nilland migration to the United States 
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