| ![Show Contents]() Gunney History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The Irish name Gunney was originally written in a Gaelic form as Ó Coinne, which means descendant of Coinneach. The personal name Coinneach was often Anglicized to Canice or Kenny. Early Origins of the Gunney familyThe surname Gunney was first found in County Tyrone (Irish:Tír Eoghain), the ancient territory of the O'Neills, now in the Province of Ulster, central Northern Ireland, where they held a family seat from ancient times. They were directly descended from King Colla da Crioch, the Irish King of Ulster, who was banished to Scotland with 350 Clann chiefs in the year 327. Early History of the Gunney familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gunney research. Another 114 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1585, 1589, 1662, 1663 and 1682 are included under the topic Early Gunney History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Gunney 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 Gunney are preserved in these old documents. The various spellings of the name that were found include Quinney, Guinney, Guiney, Gunny, Gunie, Gunney, O'Quinney, O'Guinney and many more. Early Notables of the Gunney familyAnother 44 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Gunney Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Gunney migration to the United States | + |
The 19th century saw a great wave of Irish families leaving Ireland for the distant shores of North America and Australia. These families often left their homeland hungry, penniless, and destitute due to the policies of England. Those Irish immigrants that survived the long sea passage initially settled on the eastern seaboard of the continent. Some, however, moved north to a then infant Canada as United Empire Loyalists after ironically serving with the English in the American War of Independence. Others that remained in America later joined the westward migration in search of land. The greatest influx of Irish immigrants, though, came to North America during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. Thousands left Ireland at this time for North America, and those who arrived were immediately put to work building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. In fact, the foundations of today's powerful nations of the United States and Canada were to a larger degree built by the Irish. Archival documents indicate that members of the Gunney family relocated to North American shores quite early:
Gunney Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Sarah Gunney, who landed in Virginia in 1653 1
Gunney Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- James Gunney, aged 52, who settled in America from Kilworth, in 1904
- Reuben Gunney, aged 17, who immigrated to the United States from Kilworth, in 1904
- Winnie Gunney, aged 22, who settled in America from Swinford, in 1905
- Howard W. Gunney, aged 30, who landed in America, in 1914
- John P. Gunney, aged 34, who landed in America, in 1918
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| Contemporary Notables of the name Gunney (post 1700) | + |
- Geoffrey "Geoff" Gunney MBE (1933-2018), nicknamed "Mr. Hunslet," an English former professional rugby league footballer who played for Great Britain (1954-1965)
- 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)
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Gunney migration to the United States 
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