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From: James W. Green III< >
Subject: Killion Spelling
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 03:39:52 -0400


On Mon, 28 Jul 1997 17:10:52 -0500 "Karen Campbell"
<> writes:
>... To the best of my knowledge, and according to my mother's stories
>of her father's explanations. It was David E. (Indiana) who started
>spelling it llion. But his father Frederick must have assumed the
>llion as well. Frederick was Leonard's grandson thru Mathias, who to
>the best of my knowledge both (Leonard & Mathias) spelled it llian.
> ...

So your lineage from Leonard is not in question like Goodwin's?
If you say your line is not in question & is definite, then I
should have said Killion is a spelling among Andreas' descendants.

My next question would be who did they learn the Killion spelling?
Perhaps from the Killions of (was it Orange Co NC?) that were Irish
(that moved to the same area of Indiana?)? Since the will of
Andreas has the name spelled Killion, one wonders who wrote the
will & where or from whom did he learn to spell Killion with a "o"?

Actually as I listen to myself I hear myself pronouncing it as if
it is an "o" rather than an "a". So maybe it is phonetic. Actually
I think I say Kill-yun mostly then Kill-yon then Kill-y'an least.

Is it ever spelled Killion in Ireland or Scotland? If not, then
Killion must be a phonetic spelling of both Celtic & German
Killians. Any comments?
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