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What I know about my family

Posted By jgogan
Wednesday, December 13 2000

Posted By: jgogan	My father is Alfred J Gogan Jr born in Trenton NJ. His Father was Alfred J Gogan Sr Born in Worcester MA. His father was Joseph A Gogan of New Brunswick Canada he was married to a Sara Gallant (Second wife) of Prince Edward Island. I know a bit more (ie brothers & stuff) and Id love to share. Im trying to figure out where the Ireland came in to all this any info anyone has would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Joseph A Gogan (Trenton NJ) IP address Logged
Posted By: tgogan	Hi jgogan There is a chance your family is French, not Irish at all. The Joseph Gogan from New Brunswick was probably French Acadian. Gallant is also French. My own family was Acadian and originally from New Brunswick. In fact, my grandfather was a Joseph Gogan too-- that name seems to have run in the family. IP address Logged
Posted By: AlexGogan	I there, just a quick note, that the "Gogan" side of the name originally came to Ireland with the Normans in the late 11th century. The fore father was Baron Degogan who was Strongbow's right hand man. Over time the name changed in different regions around Ireland as well to Logan, Wogan etc. I will soon have the bare bones of a family tree dating back to the time of Degogan and hope to have this online (with full editing features) by the end of March 2001. IP address Logged
Posted By: tgogan	I will be looking forward to seeing that info Alex, even if I am not an Irish Gogan! haha Anyway, I still think it is an interesting site for all us Gogan's no matter what our origins. IP address Logged
Posted By: tgogan	okay, I have looked that up. He was Milo deCogan, a Norman in the 1100s-- involved in the Anglo-Norman invasion of approx. 1171 I think. Interesting. TG IP address Logged
Posted By: AlexGogan	Well you are right, and I got the spelling right. I will have to chase up my cousin this week to get the details. I now have most of the family tree (which he did) and will look it up and post here. If you want to email me you can at alex@gogan.com Cause it is going to take me awhile to get the tree fully online. IP address Logged
Posted By: Aimee	I am a French Canadian Gogan, too...Can I still be in your Gogan club?? IP address Logged
Posted By: pamgogan	Hi everyone. Unfortunately I do not know much about my father's side of the family. Now to find out I could possibly be French instead of Irish. Wow. My father's name is Richard Orrin Gogan. Date of birth: 18Feb49. Birthplace: Mass. His father's name was Richard Lewis Gogan. (not sure of his date of birth) My father hasn't seen him since he was 9yrs old. Richard married Majorie Stanley and had 4 children: Beverly, my father, Robert, Gary, and Patricia. I would love to learn more about my heritage. IP address Logged
Posted By: thegreatgogan	My name is thomas gogan and I reside in WV in the USA. My father was Robert Gogan, and his father was Andrew Gogan.They was from NJ.I have for brothers there names are Robert,Keith,Jack, and Timothy Gogan. We are very intresed in your site Alex. I hope some day to meet more of the gogan family. IP address Logged
Posted By: thegreatgogan	My name is thomas gogan and I reside in WV in the USA. My father was Robert Gogan, and his father was Andrew Gogan.They was from NJ.I have for brothers there names are Robert,Keith,Jack, and Timothy Gogan. We are very intresed in your site Alex. I hope some day to meet more of the gogan family. Good luck on tracking down all about the Gogans past. IP address Logged
Posted By: TonyGogan	I live in New Brunswick, Canada - Here is what I know about the family history from an article in the 1984 Moncton Times newspaper: Joseph Gueguen was the first from the Gogan clan to arrive in Canada. He was born in Finistere, France on the Bay of Biscay. When he was eleven was tutored by missionaries, and trained for the priesthood but did not become an official priest. When crossing the Atlantic in the 1750's he was shot in the right hand. He became the founder of the village of Cocagne, NB in 1767. He was a fur trader, magistrate, biblical authority, linguist, professional navigator and justice of the piece and an unordained priest. He had three wives, and twelve children. He studied higher mathematics, spoke French, Celtic, English and MicMac Indian, and wrote the first translation of MicMac to English. He even chased American Privateers during the American Revolution. Cool guy. IP address Logged
Posted By: TonyGogan	One more comment about the Joseph Gueguen. He is known to be the ancestor of the Gogans, Goguens, Goggins and Gogains in eastern Canada and throughout the USA. IP address Logged
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Posted By: RonGogan	Hi all, my family mostly is in Massachusetts but now scattered around the whole USA, I can trace my family back to Patrick Gogan from Cork County Ireland. I now live in Austria and have a son David James Gogan. He is the first Gogan born in Austria. Heheh the invasion continues..... IP address Logged
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