<br> I've recently found some documentation that refers to my<p> Great grandfather as "Red" William Greene. Why would the name<p> "Red" be given as a nickname. As far as I know, red hair doesn't<br> <br> run in the family. Researching Greene/Gurren/Gurrin/Guerin<p> variations as well as Loughnane and Craven/Creavin in <p> Moore Parish and Taughmaconnell Parish in Southern Roscommon.
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peter.greene@snet.net
"Red" as a nickname
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Anne
Re: "Red" as a nickname
(User Above) wrote: : I've no information about the nickname, but I'm curious. Does your Gurren/Gurrin/Guerin line include a Molly G. (correct spelling of maiden name unknown to me) Lynn? Of course, Molly could be a nickname. She was a Roscommon woman who lived between the turn of the century and maybe 1980. She emigrated to America.<br>Anne<br>: I've recently found some documentation that refers to my<p>: Great grandfather as "Red" William Greene. Why would the name<p>: "Red" be given as a nickname. As far as I know, red hair doesn't<br>: <br>: run in the family. Researching Greene/Gurren/Gurrin/Guerin<p>: variations as well as Loughnane and Craven/Creavin in <p>: Moore Parish and Taughmaconnell Parish in Southern Roscommon.<p>
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murphnpop@juno.com
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Seamus
Re:Redmond-Red
(User Above) wrote: : : I've no information about the nickname, but I'm curious. Does your Gurren/Gurrin/Guerin line include a Molly G. (correct spelling of maiden name unknown to me) Lynn? Of course, Molly could be a nickname. She was a Roscommon woman who lived between the turn of the century and maybe 1980. She emigrated to America.<br>: Anne<br>: : I've recently found some documentation that refers to my<p>: : Great grandfather as "Red" William Greene. Why would the name<p>: : "Red" be given as a nickname. As far as I know, red hair doesn't<br>: : <br>: : run in the family. Researching Greene/Gurren/Gurrin/Guerin<p>: : variations as well as Loughnane and Craven/Creavin in <p>: : Moore Parish and Taughmaconnell Parish in Southern Roscommon.<p>Could Red be short for Redmond which is a name common to that parish area? Twas a Redmond Fallon in the old geneologies and up to the 1800"s. Seamus<br>
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jim irvine
Re: "Red" as a nickname
(User Above) wrote: : <br>: I've recently found some documentation that refers to my<p>: Great grandfather as "Red" William Greene. Why would the name<p>: "Red" be given as a nickname. As far as I know, red hair doesn't<br>: <br>: run in the family. <p>I've only come across a couple and both referred to red hair. As to red hair being 'in the family' one of the examples I have is of two cousins being known as 'Red' and 'Black' as they had the same first name and surname but one had red hair and one black.<br>
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