GOUDY HOGAN from NORWAY to UTAH, DIED 104 yrs ago
TODAY MARKS THE 104 TH.YR. OF THE PASSING OF MY GREAT,GREAT GRANDFATHER GOUDY HOGAN.GOUDY WAS BORN THE FIRST SON OF ERIC GOUDYSON MIBBEN HOGAN ON THE 16TH DAY OF SEPT., 1829 IN HAUGEN,TINN,NORWAY.THEY LEFT NORWAY IN 1837 HEADING WEST. BY THE TIME THET REACHED ILLINOIS THE MORMONS GOT TO THEM AND THE REST IS HISTORY.GOUDY HAD 25 KIDS FROM THREE DIFFERENT WIVES AND ENDED UP ON SEVERAL HOMESTEADS THROUGHOUT UTAH. IF ANY OF YOU HOGANS OUT THERE HAD ANCESTORS ON THE TRAIL WITH GOWDY, OR HIS SON IRA, OR HIS SON WALTER,OR HIS DAUGHTER GLADYS HOGAN, (MY MOM), DROP ME A LINE.THE ESTATE IN NORWAY THAT OVER THREE GENERATIONS OF HOGANS LIVED AND WORKED ON WAS CALLED THE SURGAARDEN ESTATE. I KNOW THERE IS A REAL SMART HOGAN OUT THERE. I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU?
SWEET HOGAN