Cusker History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

Irish surnames are all based on the Gaelic language native to Ireland. The original Gaelic form of the name Cusker is Mag Uidhir, which is derived from the word odhar, meaning dun-colored; in the genitive case, the word is uidhir.

Early Origins of the Cusker family

The surname Cusker was first found in County Fermanagh (Irish: Fear Manach) in the southwestern part of Northern Ireland, Province of Ulster.

Early History of the Cusker family

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Cusker Spelling Variations

Irish names were rarely spelled consistently in the Middle Ages. Spelling variations of the name Cusker dating from that time include MacCosker, MacCusker, MacOsker, MacOscar and many more.

Early Notables of the Cusker family

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Cusker migration to the United States +

A massive amount of Ireland's native population left the island in the 19th century for North America and Australia in hopes of finding more opportunities and an escape from discrimination and oppression. A great portion of these migrants arrived on the eastern shores of the North American continent. Although they were generally poor and destitute, and, therefore, again discriminated against, these Irish people were heartily welcomed for the hard labor involved in the construction of railroads, canals, roadways, and buildings. Many others were put to work in the newly established factories or agricultural projects that were so essential to the development of what would become two of the wealthiest nations in the world. The Great Potato Famine during the late 1840s initiated the largest wave of Iris immigration. Early North American immigration and passenger lists have revealed a number of people bearing the name Cusker or a variant listed above:

Cusker Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

T Cusker, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1822 1

Citations +

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)