Gasan History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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• England
• Ireland

Etymology of Gasan

The name Gasan is of Anglo-Saxon origin and came from when a family lived in the area referred to as the gearstun, which was the Old English word identifying someone who lived by a grass enclosure.

Early Origins of the Gasan family

Early History of the Gasan family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gasan research. Another 81 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1210, 1327, 1332, 1379 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Gasan History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Gasan Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Gasan family name include Gaston, Gastone and others.

Early Notables of the Gasan family

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Migration of the Gasan family to Ireland

Some of the Gasan family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 60 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Gasan family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Gasan surname or a spelling variation of the name include : William Gaston who landed in South Carolina in 1767; David, Hugh, James, John Gaston all settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between 1798 and 1860; John Gaston settled in New Orleans in 1821.