Manson clan
Hi there
Tom Manson asked a question on whether there are any Mansons still in Cork / from there. Did anyone have any info on this? Many thanks
Handri Botha
1 reply
The Tom Manson message was back in May 2018. One of our volunteers (Elwyn) provided the response below. I don't see any additional comments.
You can use this site to see where the surname was prevalent in Ireland in the mid 1800s.
https://www.johngrenham.com/surnames/
Mostly around the counties of Ulster which fits with them being of Scottish origins more than if they came from Cork.
Manson is not a native Irish name. Looking at the 1901 census of Ireland there were 186 people named Manson. Again mostly in the counties of Ulster, and most Presbyterian. Presbyterianism was brought to Ireland by Scots settlers so that’s a strong pointer to Scottish origins too. The fact that your family left Ireland in the 1700s is also a pointer to them not being native Irish. Native Irish didn't start leaving in big numbers till the 1800s, whereas the Scots settlers started to leave from the early 1700s onwards. Most emigrants from Ireland in the 1700s were Scots (if that makes sense). Some 200,000 of them left ireland in the 1700s.
Elwyn
Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer