Hederman Surname History

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Ireland

Etymology of Hederman

What does the name Hederman mean?

The surname Hederman comes from the original Irish Ó hEadroman.

Early Origins of the Hederman family

The surname Hederman was first found in the barony of Moyarta, County Clare (Irish: An Clár) located on the west coast of Ireland in the province of Munster, where family tradition has it that bearers of the name are descendents of the ferrymen and fishermen of Saint Seanan. Saint Seanan is said to have given them the privilege that no one bearing the name Hederman should drown in the region between Inis-Cathaigh and Kilcardin. And it is still maintained that none ever have, though almost all are boatmen. Another family tradition states that Saint Seanan appeared before a husbandman by the name of Senanimus O'Hettromain.

Early History of the Hederman family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hederman research. The years 1629 and 1657 are included under the topic Early Hederman History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Hederman Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Hederman, O'Hederman, O'Hedroman and many more.

Early Notables of the Hederman family

Dermot Hederman (b. c.1629), an Irish scholar who studied in Paris in 1657, who was proposed as bishop of Limerick and became vicar general of the diocese...

Hederman migration to the United States +

Hederman Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Margaret Hederman and her family, who immigrated to Boston in 1849
J P Hederman, aged 35, who landed in New York, NY in 1850 1
Ellen and Eliza Hederman, who sailed for New York in 1851
John Hederman, who arrived in New York in 1859
Edward Hederman, who was naturalized in Philadelphia in 1860
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Contemporary Notables of the name Hederman (post 1700) +

Carmencita Hederman (1939-2025), née Callaghan, former Independent Irish politician who served on Dublin City Council from 1974-1999, Lord Mayor of Dublin (1987-1988)
Anthony James Hederman (1921-2014), Irish jurist from Naas, County Kildare,, Attorney General of Ireland from 1977 to 1981
Lucy Hederman, Irish lecturer in the department of Computer Science (2001), Trinity College, Dublin
Mark Patrick Hederman, non-fiction author
Miriam Hederman O'Brien (b. 1932), Irish barrister and academic, Chancellor of the University of Limerick and Director of the University of Limerick Foundation

Sources +

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)