Dear Pat, It may be a week or two before I can get to it, but I will try. Any idea where they're from? Also, was there a marital relationship between the Dineens (very well-known and important Gaelic literary family) and the Cushings? If so, when and where? Also, in your own family tradition (not outside sources), do you have the spellings CUSHION, CUSSEN, and QUISHING? These look like English phonetic attempts for Irish Gaelic sounds, and can help get us back to the reality of the original Irish Gaelic name. - Jerry Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Seger" <seger001@gold.tc.umn.edu> To: <IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 1:45 PM Subject: [Irish-American] origin of CUSHING > Jerry, > > Do you have anything on the history of CUSHING (variations I have seen > include CUSHION, CUSSEN, and even QUISHING) > > thanks in advance > > Pat Seger > Researching: CUSHING, DINEEN, SEGER, REASONER, MARX and DEBUS > > ---- > Pat Seger > seger001@gold.tc.umn.edu > > > > ==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== > The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc. >