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![Show Contents]() Fées History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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The surname Fées originally appeared in Gaelic as "O Fiaich," derived from the word "fiach," which means "raven." Early Origins of the Fées familyThe surname Fées was first found in County Cavan, north Connacht, and Fermanagh, where they held a family seat from very ancient times. Early History of the Fées familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Fées research. Another 77 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1172 and 1707 are included under the topic Early Fées History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Fées Spelling VariationsPronunciation, rather than spelling, guided scribes and church officials when recording names during the Middle Ages. This practice often resulted in one person's name being recorded under several different spellings. Numerous spelling variations of the surname Fées are preserved in these old documents. The various spellings of the name that were found include Foy, Fee, Fye, Fey and others. Early Notables of the Fées familyAnother 37 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Fées Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Fées 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 Fées or a variant listed above:
Fées Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Johan David Fees, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1753 1
- Henderick Fees, aged 67, who arrived in New York in 1762 1
Fées Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- J Fi Fees, aged 18, who landed in New York in 1854 1
- Anna Fees, who landed in America in 1884 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Fées (post 1700) | + |
- John "Jack" Fees (1867-1913), American professional baseball player
- Ben Fees (b. 1908), Chinese American writer and labor organizer
- Melinda O. Fees (b. 1942), American actress
- Gordon Donald Fees (b. 1934), American-Canadian Christian theologian
- James Fees (1949-2006), American photographer
- Alex Fees (b. 1964), American television anchor and news correspondent
- Raymond "Ray" John Fees (1903-1983), American Olympic boxer
- Walter Scott Fees (1887-1964), American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1936 (alternate), 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952; Kansas Republican State Chair, 1941, 1946-48 2
- John Fitzgerald Fees (1963-2007), Irish nationalist politician
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 20) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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Fées migration to the United States 
