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From: Thistle <>
Subject: [PERTH] Geen
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 16:48:15 -0400
In-Reply-To: <200308140302.h7E32bVt005971@lists2.rootsweb.com>


Actually you could be both right. It is most likely an Irish name. In my
family the name was changed (only some of them to make it interesting!)
when they emigrated from Gahagan to Gheen. There are numerous spellings of
Ghahagan (Geoghagan, etc) and there are numerous spellings on the "changes"
- Geen, Gean Gheen, Ghean, Ghene, etc. Now there is a chance that it was a
typo of Green but you seem to discount that. So I would look in this
direction for the source of the family. Now, Glenn Bernardo has put up a
web site of his family lines that mine links into in the Gheen/Gahagan
part. His web site doesn't seem to be coming up right now but you could
also do a
search.
http://www.ultimatefamilytree.com/UFT/WebPages/guldpersians/ANCESTOR/index.htm
You will have to do your searches with all/most of the different spellings.
Geen isn't one used as much as others (like Gheen). If you have these
ancestors in PA (or close to) email me for the lineage.
Good luck,
Peggy
(in NH)


>I saw a reference in some family papers recently to a Geen tree (Not
>Green)
>I believe this was a type of Plum or Cherry tree. Is this a Scottish
>name or is it a recognized tree?
>
>Ken Stearn
>
>
>I think you mean gean
>
>Ian H Grant

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