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![Show Contents]() Haal History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Ireland
The Gaelic name used by the Haal family in ancient Ireland was Mac Ciele, which is derived from the word ciele, which means companion. Early Origins of the Haal familyThe surname Haal was first found in County Mayo (Irish: Maigh Eo) located on the West coast of the Republic of Ireland in the province of Connacht, from before the 12th century. Early History of the Haal familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Haal research. Another 62 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Haal History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Haal Spelling VariationsDuring the Middle Ages, a standardized literary language known by the general population of Ireland was a thing of fiction. When a person's name was recorded by one of the few literate scribes, it was up that particular scribe to decide how to spell an individual's name. So a person could have several spelling variations of his name recorded during a single lifetime. Research into the name Haal revealed many variations, including MacHale, McHale, MacHail, McHail, McCale, MacCale and others. Early Notables of the Haal familyMore information is included under the topic Early Haal Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Haal migration to the United States | + |
In 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 Haal or a variant listed above, including:
Haal Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- George Haal, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1765 1
- Peter Haal, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1765 1
- 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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Haal migration to the United States 
