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The Gaughan family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Gaughan families were found in USA in 1880. In 1840 there was 1 Gaughan family living in Maryland. This was 100% of all the recorded Gaughan's in USA.
The surname Gaughan was first found in County Londonderry (Irish: Doire), a Northern Irish county also known as Derry, in the province of Ulster, where they held a family seat from very ancient times.
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The Gaughan family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Gaughan families were found in USA in 1880. In 1911 there were 22 Gaughan families living in Ontario. This was about 96% of all the recorded Gaughan's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of Gaughan families in 1911.
The Gaughan family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Gaughan families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 111 Gaughan families living in Lancashire. This was about 37% of all the recorded Gaughan's in United Kingdom.
Anthony Gaughan abt Aug 1869 Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa, United States - 19 Dec 1900 / managed by Sue Picard / last edited 28 Oct 2021
The Gaughans were a chieftain tribe in Kilkenny until the Cromwellian conquest arrived to clear the way for Protestant colonization. Cromwell's transplantation and forced relocation from 1649 to 1680 impelled the Gaughans to flee Kilkenny. Those who survived the massacres were forced to settle in Connacht (County of Mayo).
Mayo born Michael Gaughan (5 October 1949 - 3 June 1974 was a Provisional IRA hunger striker who died in 1974 in Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight, England. Father William Gahan (1730-1804) was an Irish priest and author of devotional works who is also remembered for his trial and conviction in connection with the reconciliation to the ...