| ![Show Contents]() Durack History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Ireland
Etymology of DurackWhat does the name Durack mean? The surname Durack is an Anglicization of the Irish Gaelic name Ó Dubhraic. 1 Early Origins of the Durack familyThe surname Durack was first found in County Clare (Irish: An Clár) located on the west coast of Ireland in the province of Munster, where the O Dubhraic family were a sept of the great O' Briens who were kings of Thomond and who claimed descent from Brian Boru, High King of Ireland. Early History of the Durack familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Durack research. More information is included under the topic Early Durack History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Durack Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Durack, Durach, O Dubhraic and others. Early Notables of the Durack familyMore information is included under the topic Early Durack Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Durack migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Durack Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- John Durack, who became a citizen in Missouri in 1839
- John Durack, aged 37, who arrived in Missouri in 1839 2
- Frank Durack, who was naturalized in Texas between 1850 and 1906
- Frank Durack, who landed in Texas in 1850-1906 2
- Walter Durack, who landed in New York in 1881
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Durack Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- John Durack, aged 30, who settled in America from Scauff, Ireland, in 1910
- Dan Durack, aged 20, who immigrated to the United States from Mt. Shannon, Ireland, in 1915
- Dan Durack, aged 20, who landed in America from Scarriff, Ireland, in 1915
| Contemporary Notables of the name Durack (post 1700) | + |
- Walter L. Durack, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1893 3
- Fanny Durack (1894-1960), Australian swimmer and holder of eleven world records and won an Olympic gold medal in 1912
- Peter Drew Durack (1926-2008), Australian Rhodes Scholar, politician, and Attorney-General of Australia from 1977 to 1983
- Lucy Durack (b. 1982), Australian musical theatre performer
- Elizabeth Durack (1915-2000), Australian artist and writer
- MacLysaght, Edward, Supplement to Irish Families. Baltimore: Genealogical Book Company, 1964. Print.
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 28) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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