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Re: Keown family migration from Ireland to England
Posted by: Elsie Keown Date: December 30, 2001 at 21:26:41
In Reply to: Keown family migration from Ireland to England by ALISON DE FLEURIOT of 761

It would appear to me that the name change was more like
a public records goof-up where they spell a name the way it's being pronounced. In Georgia they always pronounce
Keown (cowan) so no doubt that's what happened to your name.
Could have been on arrival in America. They say the way
so many names were spelled wrong and even changed when they
arrived was a mess. Can you imagine what they did with some of the Polish names !


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