| ![Show Contents]() Shant History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Ireland
Etymology of ShantWhat does the name Shant mean? All Irish surnames have a unique and often romantic meaning. The name Shant originally appeared in Gaelic as Mac Seain, which translates as son of John. Early Origins of the Shant familyThe surname Shant was first found in County Kerry (Irish:Ciarraí) part of the former County Desmond (14th-17th centuries), located in Southwestern Ireland, in Munster province, where they were granted lands by Strongbow when he invaded Ireland in 1172. Early History of the Shant familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Shant research. Another 97 words (7 lines of text) covering the year 1750 is included under the topic Early Shant History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Shant Spelling VariationsIn the Middle Ages many people were recorded under different spellings each time their name was written down. Research on the Shant family name revealed numerous spelling variations, including McShane, McShain, McShaen, MacShane, MacShain, MacShaen, MacCheyne, McCheyne, McSheyne, MacSheyne, McCheine, McChain, MacCheine, MacChain, McChein, McShaney, McShanie and many more. Early Notables of the Shant familyMore information is included under the topic Early Shant Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Shant migration to the United States | + |
Ireland saw an enormous decrease in its population in the 19th century due to immigration and death. This pattern of immigration began slowly in the late 18th century and gradually grew throughout the early portion of the 19th century. However, a dramatic increase in the country's immigration numbers occurred when the Great Potato Famine struck in the 1840s. The early immigrants to North America were primarily destined to be farmers tending to their own plot of land, those that came later initially settled within pre-established urban centers. These urban immigrants provided the cheap labor that the fast developing United States and soon to be Canada required. Regardless of their new lifestyle in North America, the Irish immigrants to the United States and Canada made invaluable contributions to their newly adopted societies. An investigation of immigrant and passenger lists revealed many Shants:
Shant Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- E Shant, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1856 1
- 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)
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