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Emigrants from Quin Parish through Ellis Island 1892 – 1924

Last Residence Surname Forename Age DoB Next of Kin Date of Arrival Ship Name Port of Departure Final Destination
Applefort O’Brien Mollie 19 1902 Father, M. O’Brien 17 Oct 1921 Baltic Queenstown Uncle, John O’Brien, 208, Bay Street, Tomkinville, Staten Island, New York
Ardsollus Hehir Christina 16 1904 Grandmother, Mrs Anne Hehir 24 Jul 1920 Baltic Liverpool Aunt, Mrs William Holmes, 50, Falmouth Street, Black Bay, Boston, Massachusetts
Ballyhannon Lyons John 37 1875 Mother, Susan Lyons 12 Jul 1912 Lusitania Queenstown Friend, Michael Clune, 135, Park Place, Brooklyn, New York
Ballyhannon Coffey Annie 18 1888 21 Apr 1906 Oceanic Queenstown Sister, Mary Coffey, 16, Clinton Avenue, Newark, New Jersey
Ballykilty McNamara Thomas 22 1878 28 Apr 1900 Lucania Queenstown Sister, Delia McNamara, 141, Chestnut Street, New Haven, Connecticut
Ballymacloon O’Grady James 24 1885 Mother, Mrs O’Grady 8 Aug 1909 Oceanic Queenstown Sister, Annie O’Grady, ??? Terrace Street, Georgia Statton Island, New York
Ballyquin Moylan John 36 1874 Father, William Moylan 24 Apr 1910 Cedric Queenstown Friend, John Clune, 1927, Johnston Street, Chicago, Illinois
Cahercalla Neylon Bridget 18 1885 26 Jul 1903 Umbria Queenstown Brother, Patrick Neylon, 4, Prospect Place, 41st Street, New York
Carrahan Carroll Bridget 30 1883 Brother, John Carroll 27 Sep 1913 Baltic Queenstown Brother, Patrick Carroll, 14?, Franklin Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey
Carrahan Carroll Mary 38 1875 Brother, John Carroll 27 Sep 1913 Baltic Queenstown Brother, Patrick Carroll, 14?, Franklin Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey
Carrahan O’Grady Emily 27 1883 Mother, Catherine O’Grady 27 Sep 1910 Caronia Queenstown Sister, Annie O’Grady, 561, West Una? Avenue, New York
Carrahan Quigney Martin R. 28 1893 Father, John Quigney 24 Apr 1921 Caronia Queenstown Uncle, Michael Quigney, 213, East 3rd Street, Bethlehem
Carrahan Quigney Martin R. 28 1893 Father, John Quigney 12 May 1921 Carmania Queenstown Uncle, Michael Quigney, 213, East 3rd Street, South Bethlehem
Carrowroe Gilmartin Joseph 22 1876 30 Apr 1898 Lucania Liverpool Bertha I. Gilmartin, Chicago
Clomley Murphy John 21 1890 Father, Michael Murphy 13 Apr 1911 Adriatic Queenstown Brother, Martin Murphy, State Hospital, ???? ????, Long Island, New York
Corbally Blake Fredrick 19 181 Father, James Blake 19 Aug 1910 Adriatic Queenstown Brother, Michael Blake, 5339, 40th Street, Brooklyn, New York
Craggataska Pewter Daniel 26 1881 Father, Mr P. Pewter 1 Nov 1907 Adriatic Queenstown Brother, Michael Pewter, 701, Forest Street, Cleveland, Ohio
Craggataska Pewter Ellen 31 1877 Father, Mr P. Pewter 22 Aug 1908 Celtic Queenstown Brother, Michael, 701, Forest Street, Cleveland, Ohio
Craggataska Pewter Mary 28 1879 Father, Mr P. Pewter 1 Nov 1907 Adriatic Queenstown Brother, Michael Pewter, 701, Forest Street, Cleveland, Ohio
Craggataska Pewter Patrick 22 1888 Father, Mr P. Pewter 27 Sep 1910 Caronia Queenstown Brother, Dan Pewter, 10843, Hampton Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio
Creevagh Bourke Michael 18 1889 Pat McNamara, 8 Oct 1907 Lucania Queenstown Sister, Mrs Conway, 218, South Street, Brooklyn, New York
Creevagh Carmody Margaret L. 23 1899 Mother, Mrs Bridget Carmody 29 May 1922 Celtic Queenstown Sister, Mrs C. P. Kraft, 576, 39th Street, Brooklyn, New York
Creevagh Carmody Mary 17 1896 Father, Thomas Carmody 13 Sep 1913 Campania Queenstown Cousin, P. J. Meaney, State Hospital, Central Islip Road
Creevagh Carmody Mary B. 16 1897 Father, T. Carmody, Creenemont 10 Sep 1913 Olympic Queenstown Cousin, Mr P. J. Meany, State Hospital, Central Islip, Long Island, New York
Creevagh McNamara Margaret 23 1884 Father, Pat Mcnamara 8 Oct 1907 Lucania Queenstown Brother, Patrick McNamara, 1105, Third Avenue, New York
Dangan Littleton Patrick 23 1894 Father, Mr Littleton 15 Oct 1917 Philadelphia Liverpool Uncle, Father Hagan, St Paul’s College, St Pauls, Minnesota
Dangan O’Shea Matthew 20 1901 Mother, Mrs B. O’Shea 24 Apr 1921 Caronia Queenstown Aunt, Miss Annie O’Shea, 79, Lowell Street, Lowell, Massachusetts
Feaghquin Moylan William 22 1893 Father, William Moylan 16 May 1915 Saint Paul Liverpool Brother, Mr Moylan, 711, ?iffle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Gurteen Clune Michael 21 1894 Father, Thomas Clune 30 Sep 1915 Saint Paul Liverpool Sister, Mrs Foley, 165, Fuques? Street, Brooklyn, New York
Gurteen Clune Thomas 24 1897 Father, Thomas Clune 10 Oct 1921 Celtic Queenstown Sister, Mrs Foley, 45, Alexis Street, Detroit, Michigan
Kilnacrandy OGrady Minnie 19 1894 Father, Martin O’Grady 14 Nov 1913 Cedric Queenstown Sister, Kate O’Grady, 713, West Madison Street, Bronx?, New York
Knappogue Butler Fitz Walter 36 1877 Blanche Butler 11 Mar 1913 Minnehaha Southampton Arlington Avenue Hotel, New York in transit to Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
Knappogue Butler Robert 30 1883 Blanche Butler 11 Mar 1913 Minnehaha Southampton Arlington Avenue Hotel, New York in transit to Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
Manse O’Grady Francis 25 1890 Father, Francis O’Grady 30 Sep 1915 Saint Paul Liverpool Brother, Joseph O’Grady, 154, East 50th Street, New York
Manse O’Grady Katie 20 1890 Father, Frank O’Grady 3 May 1910 Arabic Queenstown Uncle and Aunt, Mr & Mrs Michael O’Grady, 197, East Street, New Haven, Connecticut
Monanoe Hehir Christina 18 1902 Mother, Mrs P. Hehir 3 Dec 1920 Celtic Queenstown Aunt, Mrs W. Holmes, 89, Falmouth Street, Boston, Massachusetts
Ouin Murphy Katie 22 1878 11 Oct 1900 Germanic Queenstown Sister, Mrs McKenna, Rock Rapid, Iowa
Quin Bridgeman Thos 19 1880 19 Feb 1899 Campania Queenstown Cousin, Thomas McGrath, 101, G???????, New York
Quin Clune Kate 25 1882 Mother, Mrs Andrew Clune 17 Aug 1907 Lucania Liverpool US Resident returning to 209, Rook Street, Marquede?, Michigan
Quin Clune Patrick 23 1887 Father, John Clune 17 Oct 1910 Arabic Queenstown Cousin, Maggie Whelan, ??????, Bronx, New York
Quin Considine Annie 21 1901 Incorrect Manifest displayed 8 Mar 1922 Cameronia Queenstown Incorrect Manifest displayed
Quin Corbett Kathleen 18 1903 Mother, Mrs Corbett 17 Oct 1921 Baltic Queenstown Sister, Miss Corbett, 206, West Miller Street, Elmira, New York
Quin Corbett Mary 17 1896 Father, Patrick Corbett 24 Sep 1913 Oceanic Queenstown Going to Franciscan Convent, Peoria, Illinois
Quin Corbett Patrick 29 1868 9 Jun 1897 Teutonic Queenstown Brooklyn
Quin Corbett Teresa 17 1904 Mother, Mrs Corbett 17 Oct 1921 Baltic Queenstown Sister, Miss Corbett, 206, West Miller Street, Elmira, New York
Quin Corbett Vincent 29 1879 Mother, Mrs Corbett 11 Jun 1908 Umbria Queenstown Brother, J. J. Corbett, Casper, Wyoming
Quin Cullman Wm. 21 1878 6 Oct 1899 Germanic Queenstown Brother, Thomas, 494, Hicks Street, Brooklyn
Quin Dillon Mary 28 1871 19 Feb 1899 Campania Queenstown Cousin, Thomas O’Brien, 241, Rutledge Street, Brooklyn
Quin Donahue Maggie 18 1881 4 May 1899 Aurania Queenstown Aunt, Mrs Moloney, Peekskill, New York
Quin Donohue Fanny 16 1890 24 May 1906 Teutonic Queenstown Sister (Maggie) – Mrs J. Torpey, 1453, Madison Avenue, New York
Quin Gallagher Edward A. 23 1884 25 May 1907 Lucania Queenstown Brother, Dane? Gallagher, 307, West 125th Street, New York
Quin Halloran Brid 21 1878 27 Apr 1899 Majestic Queenstown Manifest would not display
Quin Halpin Annie 25 1879 8 May 1904 Umbria Queenstown No address, New York
Quin Hassett Mary A. 25 1881 19 Jul 1906 Teutonic Queenstown Cousin, Mrs Bridget Gallagher, 11, Pleasant Street, Chicago, Illinois
Quin Heffeman Lizzie 33 1876 Brother, Michael Heffernan 2 May 1909 Celtic Queenstown Cousin, John Hegarty, 271, Bergin Street, Brooklyn, New York
Quin Hegarty Annie 20 1889 Father, Michael Hegarty 2 May 1909 Celtic Queenstown Brother, John Hegarty, 271, Bergin Street, Brooklyn, New York
Quin Hurley Patrick 18 1888 3 Jun 1906 Lucania Queenstown Sister, Mary Hurley, 1903, Madison Avenue, New York
Quin Hurley Susan 16 1891 Patrick Hurley, Moynuska 5 Oct 1907 Etruria Queenstown Sister, Mary Hurley, 98, Maudinside? Avenue, New York
Quin Lynch Margaret 19 1887 14 Oct 1906 Cedric Queenstown Aunt, Delia Casey, 78, Grand Street, New York
Quin Lynch Maria 20 1887 Father, Patrick Walsh 18 Sep 1907 Oceanic Queenstown Sister, Margaret Lynch, 406, Bellevue Avenue, Newark, New Jersey
Quin Mc….. Susan 30 1868 5 Nov 1898 Campania Queenstown Returning home to Chicago, Illinois
Quin McGrath Patrick 24 1897 Mother, Ellen McGrath 28 Feb 1921 Carmania Queenstown Uncle, Michael Clune, 31, St John’s Place, Brooklyn
Quin McGrath Thomas P. 36 1863 19 Feb 1899 Campania Queenstown US Citizen going home to New York
Quin McNamara Mary 18 1892 Father, John McNamara 27 Sep 1910 Caronia Queenstown Sister, Maggie McNamara, 10843, Hampton Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio
Quin Moylan Thomas 21 1901 Father, William Moylan 10 Sep 1922 Adriatic Queenstown Brother, Michael Moylan, 1357, West Harrison Street, Chicago, Illinois
Quin Nihill Michael 28 1885 Friend, Michael White 27 Sep 1913 Baltic Queenstown Sister, Mrs Quinlivan, 198, Abbot? Road, Buffalo, New York
Quin Nihill Patrick 21 1873 25 Apr 1894 Teutonic Liverpool & Queenstown Buffalo
Quin Nihill Thomas 21 1873 25 Apr 1894 Teutonic Liverpool & Queenstown Buffalo
Quin OHalloran Agnes 16 1897 Mother, Mrs O’Halloraan 24 Sep 1913 Oceanic Queenstown Going to Franciscan Convent, Peoria, Illinois
Quin Pewter Mary 23 1878 11 Sep 1901 Oceanic Queenstown Sister, Delia Pewter, 779, ??? Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio
Quin Reynolds Edmond 25 1881 24 May 1906 Teutonic Queenstown Brother, Patrick Reynolds, 447, West 16th Street, New York
Quin Roe Mary 26 1866 18 Jun 1892 City of Chicago Liverpool New York
Quin Nihil Ellen 24 1885 Father, Michael Nihil 2 May 1909 Celtic Queenstown Cousin, John Hegarty, 271, Bergin Street, Brooklyn, New York
Quin Gallagher Danl 19 1885 22 May 1904 Etruria Queenstown Brother, Thomas Gallagher, 414, Washington Street, New York
Quin Donahue Mary 19 1881 26 May 1900 Lucania Queenstown Sister, Mary Donohue, 319, Malden Avenue, Peekskill, New York
Quin Carmody Patrick 23 1876 21 May 1899 Umbria Queenstown Cousin, D. ?. Moloney, Bloomingdale Farm, White Plains
Quin Duffy Julia 30 1877 5 May 1907 Baltic Queenstown Sister, Mrs Rose Blake, 238, West 46th Street, New York
Quin Fay Bridgt. 17 1876 2 Mar 1893 Teutonic Liverpool & Queenstown New York
Quin Follagher Thomas 26 1873 21 May 1899 Umbria Queenstown ???, 23, West 52nd Street, New York
Quin Murphy Michael 23 1876 2 Jun 1899 Britannic Liverpool Brother, Thomas, 256, Union Street, Brooklyn
Rathclooney McCormack Susaan 20 1904 Mother, Mrs Mary McCormack 13 Oct 1924 Celtic Queenstown Brother, James McCormack, c/o James Doggett, 136, East 84th Street, New York
Rathclooney Rogers Patrick 47 1873 Sister, Mrs Whelan 21 May 1920 Adriatic Southampton Brother, Mr Rogers, 14, Victoria Street, Boston, Massachusetts
Rineen Talty Joseph 20 1885 27 May 1905 Campania Queenstown Brother, Michael Talty, 43, Van Ranasclair Street, Buffalo, New York
Rineen Talty Bridget 17 1890 17 Jun 1907 Etruria Queenstown Brother, Joseph Talty, 43, Van Ranasclair Street, Buffalo, New York
Toonagh Hennessy James P. 26 1896 Father, John Hennessey 8 Oct 1922 Adriatic Queenstown Friend, Doctor O’Reilly, Bishop’s House, Lincoln, Nebraska

What did the Anglo Normans ever do for us?

We are well aware of the impact of the Anglo-Norman invasion on our history, the undermining of Gaelic society and the replacement of our native structures. Poor old Diarmuid MacMurrough takes a lot of blame for all of this, despite the fact that Henry II in England had already sought and had been given approval by Pope Adrian to invade and civilise us. Henry was just waiting to finish his war in France before sorting us out!

Anyway, in they came, conquered, settled, married and eventually becoming more Irish than even ourselves, ‘níos gaelaí ná na Gaeil féin’! But besides building towns and castles, robbing our women (and probably taking our jobs!), what did the Anglo-Normans do for us – if anything?

Well, for one, they gave us a whole new suite of names, both forename and surname, to choose from.

The Norman influence on Irish surnames

Following the invasion of 1169, a large number of Anglo-French first and last names entered into Ireland. Many, such as Power, Browne, Fleming, Joyce, Burke, Barry, Costello, Nagle, Nugent, D’arcy, Roche and Walsh/Welsh/Wallace, are nowadays considered Irish and are commonly found in Clare. So, too, are those with the Fitz prefix such as Fitzmaurice, Fitzgerald, Fitzgibbon and Fitzpatrick which most people would regard as Irish as the shamrock. Fitz, meaning ‘son of’, can be considered the Norman version of Mac (it derives from the Latin/French ‘fils de’, meaning ‘son of’). Burke came from de Burgh, Roche from de Roiste, Power from de Paor.

In 1366, a law was passed that “Every Englishman do use the English language, and be named by an English name, leaving off entirely the manner of naming used by the Irish.” This was introduced to dissuade the settlers from adopting Celtic prefixes or forms of surname. It didn’t have much affect as many settler families added Mac or ‘O’ and Norman names evolved into an Irish form (eg McHenry, McArthur).

In 1465 a law was passed enacting “that every Irishman that dwells betwixt or amongst Englishmen in the County of Dublin, Myeth, Vriell, and Kildare … shall take to him an English Surname of one town, as Sutton, Chester, Trym, Skryne, Corke, Kinsale; or colour, as white, blacke, browne; or arte or science, as smith or carpenter; or office, as cooke, butler ….”

Many of the trades of the early medieval period such as Archer, Butler, Cooper, Carpenter, Draper, Skinner, Tanner found their way into our surnames. Other introductions from this period came from the mercenary soldiers who accompanied the Norman invasion: Walsh (meaning Welsh), Joyce and Fleming (from Flemish mercenaries) are examples.

Incidentally, the Normans usually took their surnames from the place of their family origins. So, D’arcy originates in Arcy in Normandy. De Clare originates in Clare in Suffolk where the Anglo-Norman family were based. While De indicated their place of origin, Le was used to describe them, eg Le Poer meant ‘a poor person’.

De Burgh – Burke – from a placename in Suffolk, France

Le Botilier – Butler – Occupation bottle steward

De Barra – Barry – from an estate in Wales

Le Waleys – Walsh – the Welshmen

De Angulo – Costello/Nangle – from Nangle Pembrokeshire

What of their influence on forenames?

 Many of the Normans forenames introduced here were of a biblical or European saintly origin.

 In 1922, Reverend Patrick Woulfe wrote extensively on the topic of Irish name origins as follows:

In the same manner Norman and English names became current in Irish families during the thirteenth and subsequent centuries. These have now almost completely supplanted the old Gaelic names. The names borne by the Normans and by them introduced into Ireland, were of three kinds :

 (1) names of Scandinavian origin which their ancestors had carried with them to Normandy ;

(2) names of Germanic origin which the Frankish conquerors had brought across the Rhine and which had ousted the old Celtic and Latin names from France ; and

(3) Biblical names and Latin and Greek names of saints,, which the Normans began to adopt about the beginning of the eleventh century.

Together with these came in a few Celtic names from Brittany, a small number of Anglo-Saxon names, some Danish and Norse names from England, and one or two British or Welsh names. These were nearly all very rare and most of them soon died out. Of the Anglo-Saxon names, only two, Edmund and Edward, survived. Alfred has been revived in recent times. At the period of the Invasion, Frankish names were by far the most popular among the Normans, but Biblical and saintly names were coming rapidly into favour.

The following is a list, in order of frequency, of the more common names borne by the early Anglo- Norman invaders, the Biblical and saintly names of Latin and Greek origin being printed in italics :

William, Robert, Richard, John, Walter, Roger, Ralph, Adam, Hugh, Henry, Thomas, Nicholas, Gilbert, Geoffrey, Elias, Peter (Piers), Osbert, Reginald, Jordan, Simon, Alan, Stephen, Philip, David, Arnold, Alexander, Laurence, Baldwin, Herbert, Martin, Maurice, Godfrey, Andrew, Alfred, James, Samson, Turstein, Warin, Ailward, Daniel, Edward, Gregory, Bernard, Benedict, Hamon, Matthias, Michael, Gerard, Gervase, Lambert, Wilkin, Patrick, Edmund, Edwin, Hubert, Ivor, Joseph, Oliver, Mark.

 The following in alphabetical order were rare :

 Abraham, Adelard, Ailmer, Antony, Augustine, Brian, Clement, Constantine, Estmund, Eustace, Everard, Gocelin, Isaac, Leonard, Luke, Matthew, Miles, Milo, Odo, Osbern, Osmund, Pagan, Ponce, Randulf, Redmund, Rodulf, Silvester, Turold, Ulf, Vincent.

 The following names only came in, or at least became popular, at a later period :

Bartholomew, Christopher, Francis, Gerald, George, Paul, Roland, Theobald.

 Women’s names among the Normans were nearly all of the Biblical or saintly class:

 Agnes, Alice, Amelina, Anastasia, Annabella, Catherine, Cecily, Christina, Dorothy, Egidia, Eleanor, Evelyn, Frances, Honora, Isabella, Johanna, Matilda, Margaret, Susanna.

 The name Mary does not seem to have come into use in Ireland before the end of the16th century. Brigid only began to be used about the same period.

 

Extracted from ‘Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall’, Patrick Woulfe 1922

Out with the old, in with the new

The Anglo-Normans also brought with them new animal species such as the rabbit and fallow deer, new foods such as wheat, orchard fruits, mutton and farming practices such as hay-making. They introduced us to continental European religious saints and practices of the Roman Church. European religious orders soon followed such as the Franciscans, Augustinians, Cistercians, Dominicans etc. These replaced the structures of the native Irish Christian Church.

Up to then, the Irish natives did not adopt the name of saints as they considered this to be placing themselves on a par with the saint. Such naming convention was reserved for those of higher status in the monasteries. This was circumvented by use of the prefix Maol or Giolla meaning follower or servant. The Normans changed all of that and it was now acceptable to be called Peter, James, Michael, John, Mary, Brigid or Margaret.

Very few of us to this day do not have either a forename or surname that is not of Norman origin. Eventually, arising from the Gaelic Revival in the late 19th century, new Irish language versions of these forenames appeared such as Séan, Seamus, Peadar, Máire, Bríd, Mícheál, Cathal and many more appeared.

The Irish Church did not condemn the practice of slave-trading by the Irish until the invasion by the Anglo-Normans and the encroachment of the Roman Church. The story of Patrick (Patricius, son of a Roman administrator), which was introduced here after the Norman conquest, presents the native Irish as uncivilised pagan slavers who needed to be brought to heel. So the Normans inadvertently gave us our native saint and a forename for a good chunk of our population for generations following.

Out with the new, in with the old

Children are rarely given these European saint names today. Authentic Gaelic forenames are much more popular. We are nevertheless, unlikely to see the demise of the Anglo-Normans surnames that were introduced here. But all of us Mikes, Jimmies, Johnnys, Paddys, Kittys, Cathys, Maggies and Bridies can thank the Normans for what they brought us!