Fedigan Surname History

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Ireland

Etymology of Fedigan

What does the name Fedigan mean?

The surname Fedigan is an Anglicization of the Irish "O Feadagain."

Early Origins of the Fedigan family

The surname Fedigan was first found in the Clones area of County Monaghan (Irish: Muineachán) located in the Northern part of the Republic of Ireland in the province of Ulster, where the place names Tiredigan and Ballyviddegan indicate their settlements. In 1425, Neyll O'Fedegan was charged, among others, with abducting the chaplain of Nobber and was threatened with excommunication by the bishop of Clogher.

Early History of the Fedigan family

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Fedigan Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Fedegan, O'Fedegan, Fedigan, Feddigan and others.

Early Notables of the Fedigan family

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Fedigan migration to the United States +

Fedigan Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

James and John Fedigan, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1847
Catherine Fedigan, who landed in New York in 1866
Laurence Fedigan, who arrived in New York in 1867
John Fedigan immigrated to New York in 1880

Contemporary Notables of the name Fedigan (post 1700) +

Linda Marie Fedigan (b. 1949), currently a professor and Canada Research Chair in Primatology and Bioanthropology at the University of Calgary, Alberta