| ![Show Contents]() Coony History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Ireland
Etymology of CoonyWhat does the name Coony mean? Today's Irish surnames are underpinned by a multitude of rich histories. The name Coony originally appeared in Gaelic as Ó Cuana, probably derived from "cuan," which means elegant. 1 Early Origins of the Coony familyThe surname Coony was first found in Tyrone (Irish:Tír Eoghain), the ancient territory of the O'Neills, now in the Province of Ulster, central Northern Ireland, and later migrated to north Connacht. Early History of the Coony familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Coony research. Another 126 words (9 lines of text) covering the year 1172 is included under the topic Early Coony History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Coony Spelling VariationsPeople who were accounted for by scribes and church officials often had their name recorded many different ways because pronunciation was the only guide those scribes and church officials had to go by. This resulted in the problem of one person's name being recorded under several different variations, creating the illusion of more than one person. Among the many spelling variations of the surname Coony that are preserved in archival documents are Cooney, O'Cooney, Counihan and others. Early Notables of the Coony familyAnother 41 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Coony Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Coony migration to the United States | + |
Ireland became inhospitable for many native Irish families in the 19th centuries. Poverty, lack of opportunities, high rents, and discrimination forced thousands to leave the island for North America. The largest exodus of Irish settlers occurred with the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. For these immigrants the journey to British North America and the United States was long and dangerous and many did not live to see the shores of those new lands. Those who did make it were essential to the development of what would become two of the wealthiest and most powerful nations of the world. These Irish immigrants were not only important for peopling the new settlements and cities, they also provided the manpower needed for the many industrial and agricultural projects so essential to these growing nations. Immigration and passenger lists have documented the arrival of various people bearing the name Coony to North America:
Coony Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- John Coony, who arrived in Mississippi in 1851 2
| Coony migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Coony Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- Daniel Coony, aged 28, a tanner, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1834 aboard the brig "Charity" from Kinsale, Ireland
| Coony migration to New Zealand | + |
Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include: Coony Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- Miss Mary Coony, (b. 1860), aged 18, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Western Monarch" arriving in New Zealand in 1879 3
- MacLysaght, Edward, The Surnames of Ireland. Ireland: Irish Academic Press, sixth edition, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2366-3)
- 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)
- New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
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