Hennegan of County Cork, Ireland

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This profile is part of the Hennegans, Hennigan Name Study.

... ... ... has Irish ancestors.

... ... ... migrated from Ireland to Canada.

... ... ... migrated from Canada to United States of America.

... ... ... lived in St Catherines, Ontario, Canada.

Hennegan: Ancestral Birth Places: Dunmway, County Cork, Ireland, Nedineagh East, County Cork, Ireland, Immigration: England, United Kingdom, Montreal, Canada, St. Catherines, Ont. Canada, Oakville, Halton, Ontario, Canada, Hamilton,Ontario, Canada, Niagara Falls, New York, United States, , Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States, Oakville, Halton, Ontario, Canada.

According to legend, the ancient Irish kings were descendents of King Milesius of Spain, a grandson of the conqueror of Galicia, Andalusia, Murcia, Castile, and Portugal who was known as Brigus or Brian. Milesius sent his uncle Ihe to Ireland and when he heard that Ithe had been killed, he sent an expedition in 1699 BC led by his eight sons. Five of them perished before landing including Ir. The surviving three named the island Scotia after their mother. Later, the name Scotia was transferred to Scotland and Ireland was named as the land of Ir.

The Irish name Hennegan originally appeared in Gaelic as "Ó hÉanáin," or "Ó hÉanacháin' but sometimes is an abbreviated form of the surname Henagahn. The surname Hennegan was first found in County Tipperary (Irish: Contae 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. Pronunciation, rather than spelling, guided scribes and church officials when recording names during the Middle Ages. This practice often resulted in one person's name being recorded under several different spellings.

Variants of the name Hennegan include O'Hannigan and Hanagan. This name in Irish is "Ó hAnnagáin" and the latter variants are the anglicized forms of this. The various spellings of the name that were found include; Hennigan, HENEGHAN, Heenan, Henaghan, Henehan, Heenon, Hanegan, Hannegan, Hanigan, Hannigan, Haneghan and many more.

The 19th century saw a great wave of Irish families leaving Ireland for the distant shores of North America and Australia. These families often left their homeland hungry, penniless, and destitute do to the policies of England. Those Irish immigrants that survived the long sea passage initially settled on the eastern seaboard of the continent. Some, however, moved north to a then infant Canada as United Empire Loyalists after ironically serving with the English in the American War of Independence. Others that remained in America later joined the westward migration in search of land. The greatest influx of Irish immigrants, though, came to North America during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. Thousands left Ireland at this time for North America, and those who arrived were immediately put to work building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. In fact, the foundations of today's powerful nations of the United States and Canada were to a larger degree built by the Irish. Sources: [The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7MG-F5P : accessed 9 June 2017)Obituaries, Find A Grave Memorial, Library of Congress Print & Photographs Division FSA-OWI Collection, http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/e/n/Dennis-S-Hennegan/index.html, Canadian Census Year: 187http://www.bac-ac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871/Pages/results.aspx?k=Hennegan%20AND%20cnsSurname%3A%22Hennegan%22%20AND%20cnsProvinceCode%3A%22ON%22&start1=111, Victoria Lawn, Cemetery, St. Catherines, ONt. Canada

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Goals

This is a One Name Study to collect together in one place everything about the surname Hennegan and its variants. The hope is that other researchers like you will join our study to help make it a valuable reference point for people studying lines that cross or intersect.

Task List

Note; Started Hennegan of County Cork free Space before Name study. However don't know how to incorporate them To trace family orgins To document Family History to link Hennegan/ Hennigan

The Irish name Hennegan originally appeared in Gaelic as “O hEanain”. The surname Hennegan was first found in County Tipperaryin the 13th Centenary and then in south central Ireland, in the province of Muster and Offaly. Several spelling variations of Hennegan were found, Hennigan, Hennegen frequently occurred, even between father and son. Preference for spelling variations usually arose from family divisions, religious reasons and sometimes for patriot reasons. Church and Government officials frequently spelled the names as it sounded several different ways in the life time of the same person. Source: Hall of Names, Blarney, County Cork, Ireland. Certificate 2601620070. The 19th Century saw a great wave of Irish families leaving Ireland for the distant shores of North America. These families often left their homeland hungry and penniless and destitute do to policies of England. The Irish immigrants that survived the long sea passage initially settled on the eastern seaboard of the continent. The great influx of Irish immigrants though came to North America during the great Potato famine of the 1840s. Thousands left Ireland at this time for North America and those who arrived were immediately put to work building railroads, coal mines, bridges and canals. https://www.houseofnames.com/hennegan-family-crest

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https://www.myheritage.com/ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871/Pages/results.aspx?k=Hennegan%20AND%20cnsSurname%3A%22Hennegan%22%20AND%20cnsProvinceCode%3 HENNIGAN - Ó h-ÉANACHÁIN According to the Lebor Gabála Érenn a collection of poems and prose narratives that purports to be a history of Ireland and the Irish from the creation of the world to the Middle Ages and the Míl Espáine (Irish origin legends); the Hennigans are descended from the Milesians the final race to settle in Ireland. The surname is assumed to have been derived from the Gaelic word ‘éan’ meaning ‘bird.’ However, it may well have been derived from ‘eanach’ or ‘aunach’ meaning a ‘fair.’ ‘Eanach’ also refers to a ‘a watery place.’ While the name Hennigan is most common in the Mayo/Sligo area, its presence in Cork dates back at least 800 years. The arrival of the Normans from 1169 AD may well have resulted in a dispersal of the clan. The family origins are in North-East County Tipperary, a sept a branch) of the tribe called Ui Fiachach. O'Hennigan or Hennigan is an Anglicization of the Gaelic Ó h-Éanacháin, Ó h-Éineacháin or Ó h-Éanagáin. Spelling variations include: Hennegan, Henngan Heenan, Henehan, Henaghan, Heenon, Hanegan, Hannegan, Hanigan, Hannigan, Haneghan and some others. While the Hennigan name and spelling is most common in the May/Sigo area, its presence in County Cork dates back at least 800 years. The Cork County Hennigan family came from Gortnamucklagh (from the Gaelic - the fields of the pigs), in the parish of Fanlobbus, two miles east of the town of Dunmanway, County Cork. There were another Hennigan family in the adjacent townland of Acres. Fanlobbus parish had a church as far back as 1199 and the area of the Hennigan homestead was also known as Carrigenia. Finfacts Report/Service- Hennigan-Wall Genealogy Pagehttp://www.finfacts.ie/hennigan.htm

( See Hennigan-372, (Hennegan-60) The goal of this project is to ... Right now this project just has one member, me. I am Lawrence Bailey. Here are some of the tasks that I think need to be done. I'll be working on them, and could use your help.

• Locate and search Canadian and US Immigration Record
• Locate Dunmamway, County Cork, Ireland Ancestry In the 1890 Irish Census, only 5 County Cork householders with the name Hennigan are recorded.*

Will you join me? Please post a comment here on this page, in G2G using the project tag, or send me a private message. Thanks!