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From: Myron <>
Subject: [NF-ROOTS] LEYNE/LANE
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 15:02:32 -0230

In my search for LANE from Summerville/Indian Arm and area I came
across LANE spelled as LEYNE. This is the first I've heard of this!
Anyone else?

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>In the early nineteenth century, Duntara was the site of a thriving
>fishing village. In the Census of 1836, as a settlement, Broad Cove
>had 173 inhabitants, all Roman Catholics, engaged in the small-boat
>fishery. By 1845, the population was reported to be 265 in thirty six
>families. Family names included Carroll, Kennefick, Kenney, Leyne (Lane),
>Larkin, Lawton, Murphy, Loughlan, Harvey and Ricketts
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Myron
http://traytown.homestead.com

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