Fallan History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

The spelling and overall form of Irish names often vary considerably. The original Gaelic form of the name Fallan is Ó Fallamhain. 1

Early Origins of the Fallan family

The surname Fallan was first found in Galway (Irish: Gaillimh) part of the province of Connacht, located on the west coast of the Island, where they held a family seat from very ancient times.

Early History of the Fallan family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Fallan research. Another 120 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1443, 1458, 1464 and 1466 are included under the topic Early Fallan History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Fallan Spelling Variations

The recording of names in Ireland in the Middle Ages was an inconsistent endeavor at best. The many regional dialects and the predominate illiteracy would have made common surnames appear unrelated to the scribes of the period. Research into the name Fallan revealed spelling variations, including Fallon, O'Fallon, Fallone, Falloone, Folan, Follan, Vollan and many more.

Early Notables of the Fallan family

Notable amongst the family name at this time was

William Fallan, Proctors of God's House, Christ's College, Cambridge (1458-1464), Archdeacon of London (1443-1466.)...

Fallan migration to the United States +

Many destitute Irish families in the 18th and 19th centuries decided to leave their homeland, which had in many ways been scarred by English colonial rule. One of the most frequent destinations for these families was North America where it was possible for an Irish family to own their own parcel of land. Many of the early settlers did find land awaiting them in British North America, or even later in America, but for the majority of immigrants that arrived as a result of the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s the ownership of land was often a long way off. These Irish people were initially put to work on such industrial projects as the building of bridges, canals, and railroads, or they worked at manufacturing positions within factories. Whenever they arrived, the Irish made enormous contributions to the infant nations of Canada and the United States. Some of the earliest immigrants to bearer the name of Fallan were found through extensive research of immigration and passenger lists:

Fallan Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

William Fallan, who landed in New York, NY in 1816 2

Fallan migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fallan Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Biddy Fallan, aged 25, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1834 aboard the ship "Britannia" from Sligo, Ireland

Citations +

MacLysaght, Edward, The Surnames of Ireland. Ireland: Irish Academic Press, sixth edition, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2366-3)
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)