| ![Show Contents]() Collee History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Ireland
Etymology of ColleeWhat does the name Collee mean? Irish names tend to vary widely in their spelling and overall form. The original Gaelic form of the name Collee is Mac Giolla Chuille. Cuille has been suggested to be an abbreviation of Mochuille, the name of a saint. However, other origins also exist for this name. Early Origins of the Collee familyThe surname Collee was first found in Ulster (Irish: Ulaidh), where they held a family seat from very ancient times. Early History of the Collee familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Collee research. Another 119 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1618, 1667, 1743 and 1809 are included under the topic Early Collee History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Collee Spelling VariationsIn various documents Collee has been spelled Since medieval scribes still spelled according to sound, records from that era contain an enormous number of spelling variations. Cooley, Cooling, Cowley, Cully, Colly, McCooley, Coaley, Coolyng, Couley, Colley, McCowley, Cooleng, McCoolay, Coolay, Collay, Cullay, Cowleigh, Culleigh and many more. Early Notables of the Collee familyMore information is included under the topic Early Collee Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Collee migration to the United States | + |
Numerous Scottish settlers settled along the east coast of the colonies that would become the United States and Canada. Others traveled to the open country of the west. At the time of the American War of Independence, some remained in the United States, while those who remained loyal to the crown went north to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. The highland games and Clan societies that sprang up across North America in the 20th century have helped many Scots to recover parts of their lost traditions. Research into passenger and immigration lists has revealed some of the very first Collees to arrive in North America:
Collee Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Mr. Collee, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 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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