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![Show Contents]() Fanny History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The name Fanny originally appeared in Gaelic as Ó Fiannaidhe. This name, which was Ó Feinneadha in its earlier form, refers to a soldier. 1 Early Origins of the Fanny familyThe surname Fanny 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, and where their territories were Ballyfeeney and in Roscommon. Moving north into Ulster the name became Finney. This branch also moved into southwest Scotland from about the 15th century. Early History of the Fanny familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Fanny research. Another 98 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1509, 1541, 1551, 1640 and 1678 are included under the topic Early Fanny History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Fanny Spelling VariationsThe search for the origins of the name Fanny family name revealed numerous spelling variations. These variants can be somewhat accounted for when it is realized that before widespread literacy people only recognized their name by pronunciation; it was up to scribes to decide how it was to be formally recorded. Variations found include Finney, Feeney, Finnay, Finny, Fynnie, Fynney, Feenay, Feeny, Feaney, Feanay, Feany and many more. Early Notables of the Fanny familyMore information is included under the topic Early Fanny Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Fanny familyIn the 18th and 19th centuries, thousands of Irish families fled an Ireland that was forcibly held through by England through its imperialistic policies. A large portion of these families crossed the Atlantic to the shores of North America. The fate of these families depended on when they immigrated and the political allegiances they showed after they arrived. Settlers that arrived before the American War of Independence may have moved north to Canada at the war's conclusion as United Empire Loyalists. Such Loyalists were granted land along the St. Lawrence River and the Niagara Peninsula. Those that fought for the revolution occasionally gained the land that the fleeing Loyalist vacated. After this period, free land and an agrarian lifestyle were not so easy to come by in the East. So when seemingly innumerable Irish immigrants arrived during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s, free land for all was out of the question. These settlers were instead put to work building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. Whenever they came, Irish settlers made an inestimable contribution to the building of the New World. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Irish name Fanny or a variant listed above, including: Robert Finney, who purchased land in Virginia in 1716; John Finney landed in Maryland in 1774; Robert Finney settled in Virginia in 1716; Ellen Finney settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1840.
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- Kate Fanny Loder (1825-1904), English composer and pianist
- Fanny Bullock Workman (1859-1925), American geographer, cartographer, explorer, and mountaineer, one of the first female professional mountaineers who set several women's altitude records, published eight travel books with her husband
- Fanny Bastien (b. 1961), French actress
- Fanny Durack (1894-1960), Australian swimmer and holder of eleven world records and won an Olympic gold medal in 1912
- Fanny Jackson Coppin (1837-1913), American educator and missionary
- Fanny Carrión de Fierro (b. 1936), Ecuadorian poet, literary critic, essayist and university professor
- Dame Fanny Waterman DBE (1920-2020), British pianist, academic piano teacher, and the founder, chair and artistic director of the Leeds International Piano Competition
- Fanny Borach (1891-1951), birth name of Fanny Brice, American comedienne, singer, theatre and film actress
- Fanny M. Harrington, American politician, Candidate in primary for Mayor of River Rouge, Michigan, 2001 2
- Fanny Fleury (1848-1920), French painter from Paris; she showed works at the Paris Salon from 1869 to 1882
- MacLysaght, Edward, The Surnames of Ireland. Ireland: Irish Academic Press, sixth edition, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2366-3)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 2) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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