Leaneagh Family History |
www.leaneagh.com |
||
|
|||
| Surname | Variation | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Leaneagh | Lenagh |
used by Peter in St Charles, MO 1870-80 and in Ireland |
US |
Leneaugh |
used in Mission, SD 1880's to present. |
| Leneagh | Spelling used for marriage of George and Kittie May 24, 1893, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
| Leaneagh | first used by George and Kittie, 1900 census, Valentine, NB | |
Lenard |
used by Peter for marriage in St. Charles, MO 1870 | |
Ireland |
Leana | from the book "The Origins and History of Irish Names and Places", means in general a wet or swampy meadow/grassy land with a soft spongy bottom. Used in Ulster province, In Derry it is used to signify any green field, meadow, or pasture land. Found on page 401 of the chapter on Quagmires and Watery Places. |
Lynagh, Lynaugh, Linagh (view map) |
used in these Ireland counties in 1824 Griffiths and 1860 Tithes (rent): Donegal, Down, Galway, Kildare, Kilkenny, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Offlay, Roscommon, Westmeath, Waterford and Wexford. | |
| Lynaugh, Leynagh, Linagh Lynagh, O'Lynam | Spellings found in Irish books and census | |
| Laighneach | original Irish spelling of Leynagh and Lynagh, it means "the Leinsterman", Leinster is a province of Ireland. It implies that is was acquired by a Leinsterman outside the province. | |
| Leanagh | I can't believe after over 20 years of searching, I just came across this spelling, one letter different from ours. I found a reference to a will in Rathcarbery (town), Loughgilly Parish, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland in 1814 for John Leanagh. I found another in Racarbery (town) in Keady Parish of Co. Armagh in 1824 for Loughlin Leanagh. There are Leanagh's living in Ireland and England today, and in Ireland as early as 1617. I'm calling them cousins. | |
| Lenagh | used in Northern Ireland, Co. Armagh from early 1800's to today. Found Owen Lenagh & Terence Lenagh as Freeholders, renting farm land from Mr. Henry in Ballinaray (town), Fews Upper, Co. Armagh 1821 | |
| Leneagh | found in Cashil, Fews Lower (Barony), Co. Armagh, No. Ireland, 1815, Freeholder's name: Philip Leneagh, rented from Earl of Charlemont | |
listed as towns in Ireland |
Leyny, Lehenagh, Leynellagh, Lyannagh, Leana, Lenagh, Limnagh, Linnanagh, Lynaghstown, Leamaneigh | |
(O) Lynagh or (O) Lynam |
The name Lynam, which is now chiefly associated with Offaly and other Leinster counties, appears in its Gaelic form (O Laigheanain) very early as that of the erenaghs of Ferns (Erenagh denotes a custodian of church lands. Originally an ecclesiastical office, in later times it evolved into an hereditary position held primarily by laymen). There are eight references to them in the Four Masters, all prior to 1100 AD. | |
| Leanach | near Culloden, Scotland, there is a historical site called the "Old Leanach Cottage" | |
| These people have been found through history with similar names to Leaneagh | ||
Janis |
Janisse, Janese, Janist, Gany |
found mostly in French records of Canada and early America. |
Iott |
Ayotte, Huit, Jott, Yot |
used in early 1800's Missouri, St. Louis and St. Charles. Found in Michigan and Missouri, orginally probably Ayotte, (French). |
| Iott | used in St. Charles, MO, South Dakota, and Michigan | |
| Iyotte | currently used in South Dakota and beyond | |
| Shaddle | Shadel, Shadle, Scheddle, Schaedel, Scheidel, Sheddel | Spellings used in New York and New Jersey in the 1700's |
| Shaddle | Used in New York, New Jersey, Illinois after 1800 | |
| Shadle | There is a Shadle Park High School in Spokane, Washington | |
| Elwell | always spelled the same | English: habitational name, most probably from a place in Dorset, named from Old English h?l ‘omen’ + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’; the reference is presumably to pagan river worship. Two minor places with this name in Devon are probably named as ‘elder-tree spring’, from Old English ellern ‘elder tree’ + well(a). The surname is now found chiefly in the West Midlands. |
