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Origins Available: French, Irish Where did the Irish Geon family come from? What is the Irish Geon family crest and coat of arms? When did the Geon family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Geon family history? Hundreds of years ago, the Gaelic name used by the Geon family in Ireland was Mac Eogain in Connacht, and Mac Eoin in east Ulster. Both of these names connote a son of John, or a son of Owen.Within the archives researched, many different spelling variations of the surname Geon were found. These included One reason for the many variations is that scribes and church officials often spelled an individual's name as it sounded. This imprecise method often led to many versions. Keon, MacKeon, MacKeown, MacKewan, MacKoun, MacWing, Hone, MacOwen, Mageown and many more. First found in County Sligo, where the first people to use this surname are thought to have originated. Soon thereafter, the name was also found in neighboring Leitrim. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Geon research. Another 167 words(12 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Geon History in all our PDF Extended History products. More information is included under the topic Early Geon Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. To escape the religious and political discrimination they experienced primarily at the hands of the English, thousands of Irish left their homeland in the 19th century. These migrants typically settled in communities throughout the East Coast of North America, but also joined the wagon trains moving out to the Midwest. Ironically, when the American War of Independence began, many Irish settlers took the side of England, and at the war's conclusion moved north to Canada. These United Empire Loyalists, were granted land along the St. Lawrence River and the Niagara Peninsula. Other Irish immigrants settled in Newfoundland, the Ottawa Valley, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The greatest influx of Irish immigrants, however, came to North America during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. Thousands left Ireland at this time for North America and Australia. Many of those numbers, however, did not live through the long sea passage. These Irish settlers to North America were immediately put to work building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. Irish settlers made an inestimable contribution to the building of the New World. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Irish name Geon or a variant listed above, including: Geon Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
The Geon Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Geon Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname. This page was last modified on 20 December 2011 at 14:03. ©2000-2012 Swyrich Corporation. See Terms of Use for details. houseofnames.com is an internet property owned by Swyrich Corporation. Tools
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