Lunnie History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

Etymology of Lunnie

What does the name Lunnie mean?

The Irish surnames in use today are underpinned by a multitude of rich histories. The name Lunnie originally appeared in Gaelic as Ó Luinigh.

Early Origins of the Lunnie family

The surname Lunnie 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.

Early History of the Lunnie family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lunnie research. Another 61 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Lunnie History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Lunnie Spelling Variations

Individual scribes in the Ireland during the Middle Ages would often record a person's name various ways. How the name was recorded depended on what that particular scribe believed the proper spelling for the name pronounced to him was. Spelling variations revealed in the search for the origin of the Lunnie family name include Lunney, Lunnie, Looney, Loney, Lunny and many more.

Early Notables of the Lunnie family

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Lunnie migration to the United States +

Irish families began to immigrate to British North America and the United States in the 18th century, but the greatest influx of Irish immigrants came during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. The earlier settlers came to North America after a great deal of consideration and by paying relatively high fees for their passage. These settlers were primarily drawn by the promise of land. Those later settlers that came during the 1840's were trying to escape the conditions of poverty, starvation, disease, and death that had stricken Ireland. Due to the enormity of their numbers and the late date of their arrival, these immigrants primarily became hired laborers instead of homesteading settlers like their predecessors. An exhaustive search of immigration and passenger lists has revealed many Irish immigrants North America bearing the name Lunnie:

Lunnie Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Peter Lunnie, who landed in Indiana in 1852 1
Robert Lunnie, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1876

The Lunnie Motto +

The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.

Motto: Patriae infelici fidelis
Motto Translation: Faithful to an unhappy country.

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)