Mccabe Family Tree Ireland

The mccabe family s roots in ireland stretch back to the year 1350 when they were imported to ireland as mercenaries or gallowglasses from scotland by the irish chiefs of the o rourkes and the o reillys of leitrim and cavan.

Mccabe family tree ireland.

The surname can be written in modern scottish gaelic as maccàba and maccaibe patrick woulfe considered that the surname was possibly derived from a nickname meaning a cap or. This was about 30 of all the recorded mccabe s in the usa. Ronald mccabe james patrick patrick was born 29 dec 1938 in maternity hospital dundee angus bcs. The more specific haplogroup of r1b1b2a1b5 suggests an origin of this owen mccabe family in northern ireland.

The surnames mccabe and maccabe are irish and scottish surnames. The mccabes were said to have been descended from king sitric. Showing that an american man who could not trace his mccabe ancestry back further than his g. The quote is from the r1b1b2 section of wikipedia the free encyclopedia.

Kits 9586 40344 99404. Link to tinley family tree children of james mccabe and june tinley are. The name mccabe comes from the gaelic word caba meaning hat or cap. The mccabe family name was found in the usa the uk canada and scotland between 1840 and 1920.

While the medieval irish genealogists appear to have forged pedigress for the mcsweeneys and mcdonnells linking them to the o neills of tyrone and a native mcdonnell family from fermanagh respectively one galloglass family the mccabes were given a much more realistic genealogy. The most mccabe families were found in the usa in 1880. Please join us in collaborating on mccabe family trees. The genealogy results preview is free to access.

Group b the r1b1b2a1b5b mecabe mccabe family study. 21 feb 1963 dundee angus. William mccabe 1848 belfast. New york had the highest population of mccabe families in 1840.

Grandfather definitely descends from james mccabe 1767 irish immigrant to nova scotia canada originally to philadelphia usa in the 1740 s and in fact has the deduced ancestral haplotype at 67 markers of this mccabe family group c 3 kit. 09 nov 1966 dundee angus. Laurie june mccabe b. This family was named for the peculiar headgear it wore.

The gaelic surname which was anglicized mccabe is maccaba. We need the help of good genealogists to grow a completely free shared family tree to connect us all. Ramsay james mccabe b. Caba is the irish world for cap hood helmet.

James mccabe abt 1839 ireland 05 may 1884 managed by shannon birdwell last edited 10 oct 2019. The name thus means the son of the helmeted one the maccabes came from the western isles of scotland about the year 1350 as gallowglasses to the o reillys and the o rourkes the principal septs of breffny. They are anglicisations of the gaelic mac cába a patronymic name meaning son of cába the nickname or personal name cába is of uncertain origin.