The ancestors of the McCranie surname are thought to have lived in the ancient Scottish kingdom of Dalriada. The name McCranie was given to someone who lived on the island of Jura in the Inner Hebrides. The name is derived from Gaelic Mac Crain. [1]
The surname McCranie was first found in the islands of Jura and Islay, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our McCranie research. Another 111 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1625, 1649, 1856 and are included under the topic Early McCranie History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
The translation of Gaelic names in the Middle Ages was not a task undertaken with great care. Records from that era show an enormous number of spelling variations, even in names referring to the same person. Over the years McCranie has appeared as MacCraney, Craney, Crainey, MacCrain, McCranie, MacCranny, MacCranne, MacCranney, MacCrayne and many more.
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In the United States, the name McCranie is the 15,128th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [2]
Some of the McCranie family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 69 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Significant portions of the populations of both the United States and Canada are still made up of the ancestors of Dalriadan families. Some of those in Canada originally settled the United States, but went north as United Empire Loyalists in the American War of Independence. The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw the ancestors of many Scots on both sides of the border begin to recover their collective national heritage through Clan societies and highland games. Some of the first North American settlers carried this name or one of its variants: