Doheny History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

Early Origins of the Doheny family

The surname Doheny was first found in Cork (Irish: Corcaigh) the ancient Kingdom of Deis Muin (Desmond), located on the southwest coast of Ireland in the province of Munster, and neighboring counties.

Early History of the Doheny family

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Doheny Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Doheny, Doheney, Dohany and others.

Early Notables of the Doheny family

Notable among the family name at this time was

Doheny of Cork

Doheny migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Doheny Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Phillp Doheny went to New York in 1844
Phillip Doheny, who arrived in New York in 1844 1
Ml Doheny, who arrived in New York, New York in 1868 when he or she was 19
Edward J. Doheny who went to Philadelphia in 1880
James Doheny, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1883
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Doheny migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Doheny Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Miss. Jane Doheny, aged 7 who immigrated to Canada, arriving at the Grosse Isle Quarantine Station in Quebec aboard the ship "Naparina" departing from the port of Dublin, Ireland but died on Grosse Isle in August 1847 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Doheny (post 1700) +

Edward Laurence Doheny (1856-1935), American oil tycoon who drilled the first successful oil well in the Los Angeles City Oil Field, eponym of the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library, after the tragic shooting of his son
Carrie Estelle Doheny, wife of Edward Doheny, American founder of Doheny Eye Institute (Doheny Eye or DEI) in 1947, a basic and clinical research center, among the top 5 ophthalmology institutes in the United States
Ned Doheny (b. 1948), born Patrick Anson Doheny, an American singer, songwriter and guitarist
Edwin Richard "Ed" Doheny (1874-1916), American Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1895 to 1903, but he violently attacked several people, was declared insane and committed to an asylum where he died on December 29, 1916
John Steven "Pip" Doheny (b. 1953), American jazz musician from Seattle, Washington
Michael Doheny (1805-1806), Irish writer from Fethard, Co. Tipperary, one of the prime movers for confederacy in Ireland in 1840 as well as one of the founders of the Fenian Movement in the United States
Jer Doheny (1874-1929), Irish hurler for the Kilkenny senior team (1893-1905)

Sources +

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)
Charbonneau, André, and Doris Drolet-Dubé. A Register of Deceased Persons at Sea and on Grosse Île in 1847. The Minister of Canadian Heritage, 1997. ISBN: 0-660-198/1-1997E (p. 24)