Henninger History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Henninger

What does the name Henninger mean?

The Irish name Henninger originally appeared in Gaelic as "O hEanain," but sometimes is an abbreviated form of the surname Henagahn.

Early Origins of the Henninger family

The surname Henninger was first found in County Tipperary (Irish: Thiobraid Árann), established in the 13th century in South-central Ireland, in the province of Munster, and Offaly where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Henninger family

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Henninger Spelling Variations

The Middle Ages saw a great number of spelling variations for surnames common to the Irish landscape. One reason for these variations is the fact that surnames were not rigidly fixed by this period because the general population had to rely on local official's understanding of how their name should be spelt, hence spellings in records often changed through a person's lifetime. The following variations for the name Henninger were encountered in the archives: Heenan, Henaghan, Henehan, Heenon, Hanegan, Hannegan, Hanigan, Hannigan, Haneghan and many more.

Early Notables of the Henninger family

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Henninger Ranking

In the United States, the name Henninger is the 6,487^th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1

Henninger 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 Henninger to North America:

Henninger Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Conrat Henninger, aged 9, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1731 2
Hans Michell Henninger, aged 32, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1731 2
Simon Henninger, aged 26, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1737 2
Hans Henninger, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1752 2
Johann Georg Henninger, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1763 2
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Henninger Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Frederic Henninger, aged 29, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1804 2
Frederick Henninger, aged 29, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1804 2
Lewis Casper Henninger, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1834 2
Matias Henninger, who landed in Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "York" 2
Franz Joseph Henninger, who landed in Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "York" 2
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Contemporary Notables of the name Henninger (post 1700) +

Joseph Morgan Henninger (1906-1999), American artist and illustrator, the first president of the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles (1953)
Daniel Henninger, American Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Deputy Editorial Page Director of The Wall Street Journal
Brian Hatfield Henninger (b. 1962), American professional PGA golfer
Brigadier-General Guy Nelson Henninger (1895-1977), American Director of Selective Service Nebraska (1940) 3
Milton C. Henninger, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Pennsylvania State Senate 16th District, 1883-94 4
John R. Henninger, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924 4
E. J. Henninger, American politician, Mayor of Tuscumbia, Alabama, 1959 4
Alexander Henninger, American politician, Representative from New York 7th District, 1880 4
A. A. Henninger, American Republican politician, Mayor of Syracuse, New York, 1959 4
John Henninger Reagan (1818-1905), American politician, United States Senator from Texas (1887-1891)

Sources +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2012, March 12) Guy Henninger. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Henninger/Guy_Nelson/USA.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html