Re: McGurn's in Canada and America
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In reply to:
Re: McGurn's in Canada and America
phyllis mcgurn 9/04/03
Hello Phyllis
As the name PHILIP is quite unusual in McGurn irish names is is quite possible you are related. Also there is the giving of two names to family members, from this I have found 2 generations of my branch. The name of Philip figures quite strongly in my branch lines.
I now have found 5 siblings in grandfathers family.
7 siblings in g grandfathers family and 8 siblings in g g grandfathers family and just g g g grandparents Christopher and Mary McGurn who were born in Ireland in c1814 & c1820 respectively.
For the name Philip I have Philip born 1846 married Jane Annie Owens (my g g grandparents)he had a son called Philip George born 1882. The name Philip has carried on down via Charles Ernest (son of Philip and Jane Annie)who also had a son called Philip. His (Charles)daughter Frances Mary had a son called Philip Donald who is my cousin and lives in Australia. I also have a nephew whose name is Roy Philip.
So you see Philip appears right down my branch lines to today. Incidently when I started out looking for Philip and Jane Annie I had been told he had been born in Ireland but eventually found via the 1861 census that he had been born in Liverpool. I also only last week finally obtained a copy of his birth certificate not in the name of McGurn but McGORRIN although the 1837online.com site shows his name as being registered as McGOURIN!!
If interested e-mail me your e-mail address and I will send you all the names I have confirmed as being on my branch.