Aree History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland
Ireland

Etymology of Aree

What does the name Aree mean?

The ancestors of the Aree family come from the ancient Scottish kingdom of Dalriada. The family name comes from the name Macara, which is the Gaelic word for son of the young, manly one.

Early Origins of the Aree family

The surname Aree was first found in Perthshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Pheairt) former county in the present day Council Area of Perth and Kinross, located in central Scotland, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Aree family

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Aree Spelling Variations

Historical recordings of the name Aree include many spelling variations. They are the result of repeated translations of the name from Gaelic to English and inconsistencies in spelling rules. They include McAree, MacAree, McAra, MacAra, McArra, MacArra, McCarra, MacCarra, McCarry, MacCarry, McCarrie and many more.

Early Notables of the Aree family

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Migration of the Aree family to Ireland

Some of the Aree family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 106 words (8 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Aree migration to the United States +

Dalriadan families proliferated in North America. Their descendants still populate many communities in the eastern parts of both the United States and Canada. Some settled in Canada as United Empire Loyalists, in the wake of the American War of Independence. Families on both sides of the border have recovered much of their heritage in the 20th century through Clan societies and highland games. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Aree or a variant listed above:

Aree Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Lope De Aree, who landed in America in 1827 1
Eugenio Aree, who arrived in Texas in 1850 1
Geronimo De Aree, who arrived in Peru in 1883 1
Juan De Aree, who landed in Peru in 1892 1

Sources +

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)