O'Correy History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of O'Correy

The name O'Correy has changed considerably in the time that has passed since its genesis. It originally appeared in Gaelic as Ó Corraidh or Ó Corra. 1

Early Origins of the O'Correy family

Early History of the O'Correy family

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O'Correy Spelling Variations

The recording of names in Ireland in the Middle Ages was an inconsistent endeavor at best. The many regional dialects and the predominate illiteracy would have made common surnames appear unrelated to the scribes of the period. Research into the name O'Correy revealed spelling variations, including Corey, Cory, Coriell and others.

Early Notables of the O'Correy family

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Migration of the O'Correy family

In the late 18th century, Irish families began emigrating to North America in the search of a plot of land to call their own. This pattern of emigration grew steadily until the 1840s when the Great Potato Famine of the 1840s cause thousands of Irish to flee the death and disease that accompanied the disaster. Those that made it alive to the shores of the United States and British North America (later to become Canada) were, however, instrumental in the development of those two powerful nations. Many of these Irish immigrants proudly bore the name of O'Correy: Giles Corey who settled in Salem Mass in 1630; Caleb Corey, who settled in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1823; Daniel Corey, who arrived in Sandusky Ohio in 1820.