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Etymology of Cadens

What does the name Cadens mean?

The original Gaelic form of the Irish name Cadens was written as Mac Cadain, derived from the ancient Irish forename Cadan.

Early Origins of the Cadens family

The surname Cadens was first found in County Armagh (Irish: Ard Mhacha) located in the province of Ulster in present day Northern Ireland, where they held a family seat from early times.

Early History of the Cadens family

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Cadens Spelling Variations

In the Middle Ages many people were recorded under different spellings each time their name was written down. Research on the Cadens family name revealed numerous spelling variations, including Cadden, Caden, Caddin, McCadden, McWadden and others.

Early Notables of the Cadens family

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Cadens migration to the United States +

Ireland saw an enormous decrease in its population in the 19th century due to immigration and death. This pattern of immigration began slowly in the late 18th century and gradually grew throughout the early portion of the 19th century. However, a dramatic increase in the country's immigration numbers occurred when the Great Potato Famine struck in the 1840s. The early immigrants to North America were primarily destined to be farmers tending to their own plot of land, those that came later initially settled within pre-established urban centers. These urban immigrants provided the cheap labor that the fast developing United States and soon to be Canada required. Regardless of their new lifestyle in North America, the Irish immigrants to the United States and Canada made invaluable contributions to their newly adopted societies. An investigation of immigrant and passenger lists revealed many Cadenss:

Cadens Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Antonio Cadens, who landed in Puerta Rico in 1876 1


  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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