O'Loan History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Ireland

The surname O'Loan is an Anglicization of O Luain. Lambe is a very popular variant of Loane, especially among the scattered O Luain sept of Limerick. The name Lambe also came to Ireland through Cromwellian and other settlers from England.

Early Origins of the O'Loan family

The surname O'Loan was first found in County Limerick, and in the ancient territory of Oriel, the two places in which two separate septs of the same name existed. The chiefs of the O Luain sept of Limerick were lords of Deisbeg, but were dispersed throughout Munster after the Anglo-Norman invasion. The O Luain sept of Oriel in the north were scattered as well.

Early History of the O'Loan family

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O'Loan Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Loane, Loan, O'Loane, O'Loan, O'Lowan, O'Luan, Lambe and many more.

Early Notables of the O'Loan family (pre 1700)

Notable among the family name at this time was Lieutenant George H. Lamb, who left a diary of his exploits during his service with the army in Ireland...
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O'Loan migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

O'Loan Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Daniel Oloan, aged 35, who arrived in Missouri in 1848 [1]

Contemporary Notables of the name O'Loan (post 1700) +

Jack O'Loan, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1944, 1948 [2]

Citations +

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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html