Corrs History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Corrs

The ancestors of the Corrs family lived among the Strathclyde-Briton people of the Scottish/English Borderlands. Corrs is a name for someone who lived in the parish of Hutton Corrie in the county of Dumfriesshire. 1

It should be noted that the name is now both a Scottish 1 and Northern Irish 2 surname as the name is frequently derived from the root Celtic word "corr" which means "spear," as in "strong as a spear."

Early Origins of the Corrs family

Early History of the Corrs family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Corrs research. Another 177 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1194, 1296, 1379, 1398, 1449, 1526, 1547, 1777, 1793, 1797, 1837, 1857 and 1885 are included under the topic Early Corrs History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Corrs Spelling Variations

Spelling and translation were hardly exact sciences in Medieval Scotland. Sound, rather than any set of rules, was the basis for spellings, so one name was often spelled different ways even within a single document. Spelling variations are thus an extremely common occurrence in Medieval Scottish names. Corrs has been spelled Corrie, Corry, Corey, Correy, Corrye, Corie, Cory, Cawrie, Cawrey and many more.

Early Notables of the Corrs family

Notable amongst the family at this time was Archibald Corrie (1777-1857), Scottish agriculturist, a native of Perthshire, where he was born in 1777. In 1797 he obtained a situation in a nursery near Edinburgh, which he held for some years. Afterwards he became manager of the estate of Annat, Perthshire, farming also on his own account. For many years his agricultural reports contributed to the Scottish newspapers were read with interest in all parts of the kingdom. 3Daniel Corrie (1777-1837), was Bishop of Madras and...
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Migration of the Corrs family to Ireland

Some of the Corrs family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the Corrs family

Such hard times forced many to leave their homeland in search of opportunity across the Atlantic. Many of these families settled along the east coast of North America in communities that would become the backbones of the young nations of the United States and Canada. The ancestors of many of these families have rediscovered their roots in the 20th century through the establishment of Clan societies and other patriotic Scottish organizations. Among them: Ann Correy settled in Pennsylvania in 1771; followed by Martha in 1772; and Michael in 1868; Alexander, Jane, Margaret, Nicholas, Robert and William Corrie arrived in Charles Town [Charleston], South Carolina in the 18th century.