Lunday History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Lunday arrived in North America very early:

Lunday Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Hugh Lunday, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1840 1

• David Lunday, American director and actor, known for The Maestro (2016)
• Russel Lunday (b. 1939), American actor from Billings, Montana, known for his roles in Jerry Maguire (1996), Say Anything... (1989) and Quantum Leap (1989)
• James Lunday, American actor, known for Ugliest House on the Block (2008), HGTV Showdown (2008) and In a Fix (2004)
• Brian J. Lunday, American Associate Professor of Operations Research, Air Force Institute of Technology
• Ed Lunday, American homesteader and first postmaster in what would later become known as Cleora, Oklahoma, founded in 1900, named after his sister Cleora Ann Lunday
• Lewis Kenneth "Kayo" Lunday (1912-2005), American football offensive lineman for the New York Giants from Cleora, Oklahoma (1937–1941, 1946–1947)
• McLin Lunday (1792-1834), American politician, Member of Georgia State House of Representatives, 1834