Cooling History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Ireland

Irish names tend to vary widely in their spelling and overall form. The original Gaelic form of the name Cooling 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 Cooling family

The surname Cooling was first found in Ulster (Irish: Ulaidh), where they held a family seat from very ancient times.

Early History of the Cooling family

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Cooling Spelling Variations

In the many years before the invention of the printing press and the first dictionaries, names and other words were spelled according to sound, often differently with each person who wrote them. Spelling variations of Cooling include 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 Cooling family (pre 1700)

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Cooling migration to the United States +

In many cases, the ancestors of many of these Boernician-Scottish people are just now learning of their Scottish heritage. Since the trip was so arduous, and many were fleeing from poverty itself, settlers brought little with them and often had nothing of their personal history to hand down to their children. Clan societies and highland games have helped to correct this problem in the 20th century. Early immigration records have shown some of the first Coolings to arrive on North American shores:

Cooling Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Edgar N. Cooling, aged 25, arrived in New York City, New York, N.Y. in 1919 aboard the ship "Tennyson" from London, England [1]
John Cooling, aged 15, arrived in New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Dacre Castle" from Newcastle-on-Tyne, England [2]
Edward Cooling, aged 26, arrived in New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Tennyson" from Santos, Brazil [3]
John Cooling, aged 22, originally from Dublin, Ireland, arrived in New York, New York in 1920 from Antwerp, Belgium [4]

Cooling migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Cooling Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

James Cooling, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1749

Cooling migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Cooling Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Elmer Cooling, English convict who was convicted in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England for life, transported aboard the "Eden" on 8th July 1840, arriving in New South Wales, Australia [5]

Citations +

"New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6Q4-TZG : 6 December 2014), Edgar N. Cooling, 03 Jan 1919; citing departure port London, England, arrival port New York City, New York, N.Y., ship name Tennyson, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J67S-NZS : 6 December 2014), John Cooling, 10 Apr 1919; citing departure port Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, arrival port New York, ship name Dacre Castle, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6WM-23X : 6 December 2014), Edward Cooling, 28 Jun 1919; citing departure port Santos, Brazil, arrival port New York, ship name Tennyson, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6XP-2JX : 6 December 2014), John Cooling, 11 Nov 1920; citing departure port Antwerp, arrival port New York, New York, ship name , NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 20th October 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/eden