Carié History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

To escape the religious and political discrimination they experienced primarily at the hands of the English, thousands of Irish left their homeland in the 19th century. These migrants typically settled in communities throughout the East Coast of North America, but also joined the wagon trains moving out to the Midwest. Ironically, when the American War of Independence began, many Irish settlers took the side of England, and at the war's conclusion moved north to Canada. These United Empire Loyalists, were granted land along the St. Lawrence River and the Niagara Peninsula. Other Irish immigrants settled in Newfoundland, the Ottawa Valley, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The greatest influx of Irish immigrants, however, came to North America during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. Thousands left Ireland at this time for North America and Australia. Many of those numbers, however, did not live through the long sea passage. These Irish settlers to North America were immediately put to work building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. 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 Carié or a variant listed above, including:

Carié Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

• Christian Carie, who arrived in New Jersey in 1685 2

Carié Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

• Dorbie Carie, aged 21, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1734 2

Carié Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Jules Carie, aged 25, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1850 2
• Victoria Carie, aged 23, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1850 2

• Carie Brand Graves (1953-2021), American rower and collegiate rowing coach from Madison, Wisconsin, winner of a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics and a bronze in 1976