Posted By:	Tom Murphy
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	Subject:	Gahan/Geheen Family near Ferns, Co. Wexford
	Post Date:	December 22, 2001 at 22:01:03
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	Forum:	Gahan Family Genealogy Forum
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Family report just completed by the Research Centre in Co. Wexford. JOHN GAHAN and MARY SUMMERS(from Crownyhorn) were married 11, Jan 1820, Roman Catholic parish of Ferns register. Wit: John Murphy and Dorothy Gahan. Couple lived in Ferns, Ballyfoley and then Ballyregan. Children: DENIS GEHEEN, bap. 16, Febr 1824. Sponsors DANIEL GEHEEN & Majory Hore. He died 17 March 1847, buried in Ferns. DOROTHY GEHEEN bap 19, Dec. 1825. Sponsors JAMES and ANNE GEHEEN. Married JOSEPH COGLEY Sept 1845, mother of 6 children. She's my gg grandmother. JAMES GAHAN bap 17, Jan 1826. Sponsors Lough Doyle and ELLEN GAHAN. 1901 census, a widower living in Ballyregan. JOHN GAHAN bap 29 April 1929. Sponsors James Larkin and Anne Dempsy. Leaves abt 1849-1851 for NY State, in 1852 marries an Mary Ellen Murphy, 1860 they move on to Ill. DANIEL GEEHEN bap 29 Dec. 1831 sponsors John Murphy and Julia Dempsey MICHAEL GAHAN bap 18 Oct 1833. Sponsors Thomas Murphy and Anne Berney. 1901 census living in Ballyregan with his brother James. John Sr. died at the age of 49 years on 24, Jan 1846 and was buried in Ferns. Looking for help identifying the sponsors and/or gravestone inscriptions in Ferns for John Sr., Denis, Daniel and Michael. Dorothy Geheen Cogley died abt 1854/55 and don't know if she is buried with Gahans in Ferns or with the Cogleys in Ballyregan or Ballyfoley. Tom Murphy Kennebunk, Me. USA murphy@cybertours.com