Veray History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England
Scotland
Ireland

Early Origins of the Veray family

The surname Veray was first found in Lanarkshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig) a former county in the central Strathclyde region of Scotland, now divided into the Council Areas of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and the City of Glasgow, where they held a family seat at Rutherglen from early times, some say before the Norman Conquest in 1066. An ancient couplet says "nae man can tell, nae man has seen, when the Faries Haena in Ruglen been." A rough translation of this couplet: "no man can remember when there hasn't been a family of Faries at Rutherglen." 1

Early History of the Veray family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Veray research. Another 90 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1296, 1766, 1791, 1792, 1826, 1851 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Veray History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Veray Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Fairie, Fairrie, Farie, Fairey, Ferry, Ferrie, Fairy, Faireye and many more.

Early Notables of the Veray family

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Migration of the Veray family to Ireland

Some of the Veray family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 77 words (6 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Veray migration to the United States +

Veray Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Jose Veray, aged 26, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1827 2

Sources +

Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
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)