Carreen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Carreen

Native Irish surnames such as Carreen have a long, ancient Gaelic history behind them. The original Gaelic form of the name Carreen is Ó Corrain or the older form Ó Currain. 1

Early Origins of the Carreen family

Early History of the Carreen family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Carreen research. Another 145 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1302, 1411, 1526, 1546, 1750 and 1817 are included under the topic Early Carreen History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Carreen Spelling Variations

In the Middle Ages many people were recorded under different spellings each time their name was written down. Research on the Carreen family name revealed numerous spelling variations, including Curran, Currans, O'Curren, Curren, Corren, Corrane, O'Curran, Currens, Currin, Corraine, Courrane, Courran, Courren and many more.

Early Notables of the Carreen family

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Migration of the Carreen family

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 Carreens: David Curran who settled in Maryland in 1699; Andrew, Bernard, Daniel, David, Edward, Elizabeth, George, James, John, Michael, Patrick, Peter, Richard, Thomas and William Curran all settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between 1820 and 1872.