Covian History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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• Scotland

Covian was first used as a surname in the Scottish/English Borderlands by the Strathclyde-Briton. The first Covian family lived in the Scottish-English border region. The Covian family lived in Ayrshire.

Early Origins of the Covian family

The surname Covian was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, 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.

Important Dates for the Covian family

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Covian Spelling Variations

Medieval Scottish names are rife with spelling variations. This is due to the fact that scribes in that era spelled according to the sound of words, rather than any set of rules. Covian has been spelled Cowan, Cowans, Cowen, Cowens, MacCowan, MacCowden and many more.

Early Notables of the Covian family (pre 1700)

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Migration of the Covian family to Ireland

Some of the Covian family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 60 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Covian migration to the United States

Many Scots were left with few options other than to leave their homeland for the colonies across the Atlantic. Some of these families fought to defend their newfound freedom in the American War of Independence. Others went north to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. The ancestors of all of these families have recently been able to rediscover their roots through Clan societies and other Scottish organizations. Among them:

Covian Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Juan Yola Covian, aged 38, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1841 ^[1]

Contemporary Notables of the name Covian (post 1700)

• Miguel Rolando Covian (1913-1992), Argentine-Brazilian physiologist, medical educator and writer

Citations

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)