Maginness History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Often leaving from racial discrimination and colonial oppression, thousands of families left Ireland in the 19th century for North America aboard passenger ships. Many early immigrants found a plot of land to call their own, something unimaginable for most Irish families. Those that arrived later were often accommodated as laborers since there was a large demand for cheap labor. This was the fate for many of the families that arrived in North America during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. Whether they became agrarian settlers or industrial workers, the Irish that came to North America were invaluable for rapid development of the infant nations of the United States and Canada. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Irish name Maginness or a variant listed above:accommodated

Maginness Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• James Maginness, who landed in New York in 1814 2
• Samuel Maginness, who arrived in New York in 1814 2
• Agnes Maginness, aged 25, who landed in New York in 1849 2
• Edward Maginness, aged 28, who arrived in New York in 1849 2

Maginness Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

• Mr. James Maginness, Irish convict who was convicted in Ireland, transported aboard the "Blenheim" on 19th May 1839, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), he died in 1839 aboard the ship 3