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From: "Lynne Mee" <>
Subject: Re: [Mon] GAUT
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 16:18:04 +1200
References: <B7DFA5DA.20E6%glyn@hatherall.org.uk>

Thanks Glyn for Puffing over my GAUT's

GANT GOUT GAULT GAUNT are all legitimate surnames, which makes it a real
pain when trying to figure out if any of my GAUT rellies are mixed up with
these. It makes me wanna cry.

Would it be unheard of for them to have come from Scotland to Shropshire?

Lynne Mee
New Zealand


> > My GAUT rellies lived in Blaenavon and before that they came from
> > Shropshire. I am at present trying to find where they came from prior
to
> > Shropshire (Wombridge/Wrockwardine/Wrockwardine Wood). Their first
presence
> > there is a marriage in 1789. I have details of the children from the
> > marriage, but no details of the groom's siblings or parents. He just
seems
> > to have teleported himself there. He and his offspring were miners,
does
> > anyone have any suggestions on where anyone migrating to Shropshire
could
> > have come from if mining was their occupation?
> >
> Anywhere, really. There are minerals of various kinds, if not always coal,
> to be dug all over Britain.
>
> I dipped into the IGI for the fun of it to find out about the distribution
> of your GAUT name. For GALT, GAULT etc. the IGI has the following nos. of
> records: Wales 1, Ireland 364, England 619, and Scotland 4145 (most of
these
> in Ayrshire). For GAUT, GOUT etc. the figures are Wales 2, Ireland 4,
> Scotland 72, England 326. I was going to do GANT, GAUNT etc., too, but ran
> out of puff...
>
> Glyn Hatherall

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