Dear Pat, Wow! 103 years of age was pretty sporting in 1900. I wonder whether Philip's longevity is down to the oysters of his early life? Born in September 1796, but whether in Ireland or Canada? His parents must surely have been of Irish Stock. There is a contemporary brewery and pub on PEI which is called Gahan House . Most of the Irish Gahans seem centred around Carlow and Kilkenny. John > From: irl-carlow-request@rootsweb.com > Subject: IRL-CARLOW Digest, Vol 8, Issue 237 > To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 01:00:37 -0600 > > > > Before you send an email to this List you must first of all subscribe to the List. > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: IRL-CARLOW Digest, Vol 8, Issue 235 (Pat Zipf) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 18:33:25 -0400 > From: "Pat Zipf" <patzipf@verizon.net> > Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] IRL-CARLOW Digest, Vol 8, Issue 235 > To: <irl-carlow@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <5348BE0A41D2460FB68EBD36A4EEDCD1@PKZDell> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; > reply-type=original > > Dear John and the List..... > > I just happened to come upon a reference to the surname GAHAN today on the > PEI Island Register for this week. I had just seen this reference to Rev > John Gahan....and was surprised to see the unusual name twice in one day. > So I'm sending along the information found on the PEI website just in case > it might be useful to someone on our list. > > Found in a Prince Edward Island newspaper...... > > Daily Examiner Thurs., 15 Feb., 1900, p 2 - DIED At Lot 11 on the 31st ult., > Philip Gahan, aged 103 years and 4 months, The deceased was a native of > Malpeque, but spent the greater part of his long life at Lot 11, and was > highly esteemed by all who knew him. In the early days of the Island's > history, when the traveling was done by foot or boat, and later by driving, > Mr. Gahan's home was often filled with travellers whom he delighted to > entertain., and from whom he would never accept any recompense. His remains > were interred in St. Bridget's Cemetery, Lot 11. > > > Hope it will help someone.... > All the very best, > Pat Zipf > Jamesburg NJ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Shepperd" <johnshepperd@hotmail.com> > To: <irl-carlow@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 4:33 AM > Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] IRL-CARLOW Digest, Vol 8, Issue 235 > > > > Interesting to see reports of the Rev John Gahan. Pardon my ignorance, but > > what is PP an abbreviation for? Protestant Priest or public prosecutor? > > What were they agitating about? > > > > > > > > There is a Gahan who was deported to Australia for sheep rustling in about > > 1815, together with several other villains. He was involved in building > > the road from Sydney to the Blue mountains, and made a reasonable amount > > of money. Also a Dorothy Gahan who married a James Oliver of > > Leighlinbridge, and allegedly died in 1845. Anyone know more about this > > family? Maybe the sheep rustlers were actually agitating, or just > > deperate? > > > > > >>>> > >> > >> > >> Before you send an email to this List you must first of all subscribe to > >> the List. > >> > >> Today's Topics: > >> > >> 1. Re: Myshall Parish. and name Mahah (Turtle Bunbury) > >> 2. Re: 1835,Clowry,Cummins,Cornwall.Gahan,Prendergast. > >> (Friend of Carlow) > >> 3. Re: 1835,Clowry,Cummins,Cornwall.Gahan,Prendergast. (Sue Clement) > >> > >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the IRL-CARLOW list administrator, send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list, send an email to IRL-CARLOW@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of IRL-CARLOW Digest, Vol 8, Issue 237 > ******************************************