Wednesday, April 30, 2008

ABC Wednesday O is for O'Laughlin


One of the things I acquired when I married was the ability to tell people I am "IBM"....Irish by Marriage! I am American and there you have it.....anyway....It's ABC Wednesday...O is for O'Laughlin ...Americanized from Ireland from O'Loughlin to O'Laughlin at Ellis Island. The crest stands for the anchor of salvation and the O'Loughlin's come from the County Clare. I think this means they were archers when they were fighting or whatever they were doing! Please stop by Mrs Nesbitts and see what wonderful things others came up with for the letter "O"!

39 comments:

  1. Oh now that is cool! What great history...

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  2. Wonderful O. Isn't family history fascinating?

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  3. Great blog and what great family history.. even if it is IBM... thanks for sharing

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  4. Way cool, Neva. Did you make this yourself?

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  5. Original O post!
    Good idea.
    One of a kind.

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  6. What a good O!
    Very original...

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  7. watch out for that comment from fenrisar - it's a nasty one - don't just shoot it with your arrows - eradicate it before someone clicks on it.

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  8. Great History Post.

    I have just returned from Ireland and my photos are on my blog.

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  9. You have given us all a lesson in genealogy and history and heraldry.

    Interesting post.

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  10. An interesting post; I like family history.

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  11. Great idea for the 'o' theme! Interesting too how the name changed. Great post Neva.

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  12. This is a fantastic O. Great idea you have here!!

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  13. I good "O" for ABC day.

    I covered up my plants last night because of the frost. Hope it doesn't frost again. Yikes!

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  14. I love family history. Good O post.

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  15. Great story and Crest.

    Sorry about the frost.

    My "O" is up,
    Come visit

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  16. Be happy that they didn't gave another name to old O'Loughlin ! Those who didn't speak english were all named Tony the only thing they could say : To New York, lol !

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  17. This I didn´t know ... that my friend Neva was an Irish O' Laughlin from the O' Laughlin of County Clare ... fantastic Crest!

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  18. Louis always likes to read these historical posts wherever he finds them. The family of Louis's mother originated in Normandie. They have the family traced back to about the 10th century.

    Louis thanks you for visiting "San Francisco Bay Daily Photo".

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  19. Stunning post.. a great O and history to.

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  20. Great and intersting post...And lovely tapestry!
    Miss Yves

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  21. Love that IBM! The closest I come to being Irish is my stepfather. ;-)

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  22. Wonderful family history - lovely to see.

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  23. Interesting history and tapestry.
    Thanks for sharing!

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  24. How wonderful .. Original and clever! Daryl

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  25. Top o' the morning to ya! ANYWAY... its interesting to see how names change through history. My family surname is the same. My dad discovered it researching our family history.

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  26. Wow, how cool it is to have a crest and know your family history.

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  27. How cool to have archers in the family history and crest. The English (and by extension Irish) archers were quite the elite fighters back in the middle ages and hundred years war.

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  28. Great 'O' post. Ellis Island was responsible for a lot of changes.

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  29. thanks for sharing, a nice badge (am I right here?, lol).

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  30. Very orginal and good "O" post.

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  31. Last week was Neva (with nephews, but still Neva), this week was O'laughlin... what's next week going to be... i don't think you have any P's in your name, and you're running out of names, so it looks like you're going to have to think hard now!

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  32. Lucky you to have your own crest!

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  33. Oh this is great! I like your version of IBM too :)

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