Hello, I don't know how I happen to get your email, but I have a question for you. My gg grandmother was a Gwinn. As far as I know no one has ever been able to trace the Gwinns back to Ireland. I was in Ireland in November, and I saw the name Quinn everywhere. I was wondering then if it could be a variation of Gwinn. Thanks, April Bethel -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 11:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Gwin Family there were Quinns in Slater, Saline Co., Missouri ==Halifax, Va. and Quinn Island in Va. This is were my line run and menytimes the family(brothers and cousins, etc) would follow and live with one another until the house was build. So sometimes the record did not pick them up as a family my themself. Virginia ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Hi: Quinn could have been Gwin but don't think so. What I have seen say the name was at one time Gwydir in Wales.. Harris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bethel, April D, NEO" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 1:06 AM Subject: RE: Gwin Family > Hello, > I don't know how I happen to get your email, but I have a question > for you. My gg grandmother was a Gwinn. As far as I know no one has > ever been able to trace the Gwinns back to Ireland. I was in Ireland in > November, and I saw the name Quinn everywhere. I was wondering then if > it could be a variation of Gwinn. > Thanks, > April Bethel > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 11:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Gwin Family > > > there were Quinns in Slater, Saline Co., Missouri ==Halifax, Va. and > Quinn > Island in Va. > > This is were my line run and menytimes the family(brothers and cousins, > etc) > would follow and live with one another until the house was build. So > sometimes the record did not pick them up as a family my themself. > > Virginia > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >

Absolutely! Davine Roberts Jacksonville, FL -----Original Message----- From: Bethel, April D, NEO <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 01:06:48 -0500 Subject: RE: Gwin Family Hello, I don't know how I happen to get your email, but I have a question for you. My gg grandmother was a Gwinn. As far as I know no one has ever been able to trace the Gwinns back to Ireland. I was in Ireland in November, and I saw the name Quinn everywhere. I was wondering then if it could be a variation of Gwinn. Thanks, April Bethel -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 11:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Gwin Family there were Quinns in Slater, Saline Co., Missouri ==Halifax, Va. and Quinn Island in Va. This is were my line run and menytimes the family(brothers and cousins, etc) would follow and live with one another until the house was build. So sometimes the record did not pick them up as a family my themself. Virginia ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

As a general rule, the Gwinn name has an entirely separate origin from the Irish (Gaelic) name Quinn. The Gwinns are Welsh and the surname is derived from the Welsh word "gwyn" which literally means "white." Depending on the context in which it is used, it can also mean "light-colored, fair, bright, shining, blessed, virginal, etc." The name started out as a descriptive nickname which in some cases evolved into a family surname. For example, an early historical ancestor of one Gwyn family was Dafydd goch-gwyn which literally means David "red-white". This David reportedly had red hair and very fair skin---thus the nickname "red-white." He never bore Gwyn as a surname but some of his descendents did. The Irish cognate of the Welsh "gwyn" is "fionn" as in Huckleberry Finn. I always like to joke that if Mark Twain had made Huck of Welsh instead of Irish descent, his name would have been Huckleberry Gwinn. Best wishes! Ron Gwinn -----Original Message----- From: Bethel, April D, NEO <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 01:06:48 -0500 Subject: RE: Gwin Family Hello, I don't know how I happen to get your email, but I have a question for you. My gg grandmother was a Gwinn. As far as I know no one has ever been able to trace the Gwinns back to Ireland. I was in Ireland in November, and I saw the name Quinn everywhere. I was wondering then if it could be a variation of Gwinn. Thanks, April Bethel