Guckian/Guckeen/Gookin/McWeeny/McQueeney

Jen Hackett · Post by **Jen Hackett** » Wed Mar 18, 1998 9:01 pm

Sketchy info as well as uncertain spelling makes this especially challenging. This is what I do know: John GUCKIAN/GUCKEEN/GOOKIN changed his name to HACKETT upon arrival in US (approx 1915). Married Mary McWEENY/McQUEENEY. Both from Laetrim. Settled and lived in Bronx,NYC.(John had brother who married Mary's sister;they remained in Ireland.)Mary's sister, also in US was Margaret Rita McWEENY/McQUEENEY MONAHAN.John & Mary had 4 sons:John, James, Thomas,Joseph. John had GUCKIAN/HACKETT relatives in Worcester, MA area.
 
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Patricia Lucien · Post by **Patricia Lucien** » Fri Mar 20, 1998 2:34 pm

: Sketchy info as well as uncertain spelling makes this especially challenging. This is what I do know: John GUCKIAN/GUCKEEN/GOOKIN changed his name to HACKETT upon arrival in US (approx 1915). Married Mary McWEENY/McQUEENEY. Both from Laetrim. Settled and lived in Bronx,NYC.(John had brother who married Mary's sister;they remained in Ireland.)Mary's sister, also in US was Margaret Rita McWEENY/McQUEENEY MONAHAN.John & Mary had 4 sons:John, James, Thomas,Joseph. John had GUCKIAN/HACKETT relatives in Worcester, MA area.
 
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Tom Dyer · Post by **Tom Dyer** » Sun Mar 22, 1998 7:43 am

(User Above) wrote: : Sketchy info as well as uncertain spelling makes this especially challenging. This is what I do know: John GUCKIAN/GUCKEEN/GOOKIN changed his name to HACKETT upon arrival in US (approx 1915). Married Mary McWEENY/McQUEENEY. Both from Laetrim. Settled and lived in Bronx,NYC.(John had brother who married Mary's sister;they remained in Ireland.)Mary's sister, also in US was Margaret Rita McWEENY/McQUEENEY MONAHAN.John & Mary had 4 sons:John, James, Thomas,Joseph. John had GUCKIAN/HACKETT relatives in Worcester, MA area.I've seen the name McWeeney and Guckian in the Griffith Valuation of 1857, land records. This was for townland Crummy ,parish Kiltubrid, county Leitrim. I can take another look at it for more info?Also, I just contacted an Eileen McWeeney that lives in Leitrim. Her maiden name is Dyer. The Dyer name is also from townland Crummy.She told me that her mother's maiden name was Guckian.Tom

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Amy Blakeney · Post by **Amy Blakeney** » Mon Mar 30, 1998 12:43 am

(User Above) wrote: : Sketchy info as well as uncertain spelling makes this especially challenging. This is what I do know: John GUCKIAN/GUCKEEN/GOOKIN changed his name to HACKETT upon arrival in US (approx 1915). Married Mary McWEENY/McQUEENEY. Both from Laetrim. Settled and lived in Bronx,NYC.(John had brother who married Mary's sister;they remained in Ireland.)Mary's sister, also in US was Margaret Rita McWEENY/McQUEENEY MONAHAN.John & Mary had 4 sons:John, James, Thomas,Joseph. John had GUCKIAN/HACKETT relatives in Worcester, MA area.

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Amy Blakeney · Post by **Amy Blakeney** » Mon Mar 30, 1998 1:04 am

(User Above) wrote: : Sketchy info as well as uncertain spelling makes this especially challenging. This is what I do know: John GUCKIAN/GUCKEEN/GOOKIN changed his name to HACKETT upon arrival in US (approx 1915). Married Mary McWEENY/McQUEENEY. Both from Laetrim. Settled and lived in Bronx,NYC.(John had brother who married Mary's sister;they remained in Ireland.)Mary's sister, also in US was Margaret Rita McWEENY/McQUEENEY MONAHAN.John & Mary had 4 sons:John, James, Thomas,Joseph. John had GUCKIAN/HACKETT relatives in Worcester, MA area. Please post your e-mail address so we can correspond. I have a relative Bridgit Rowley who married a Patrick Guckian on 12 Feb 1888 at St Patrick chruch Gowel, Kiltoghert. They had a daughter that married a James Mc Weeney and had at least two children Rita and and we believe a Catherine. Please contact me because I also know of a person who does a Guckian news letter. Thanks Amy Blakeney Blblakeney@aol.com P.O. Box 44 Medina, WA 98039 USA

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Jen Hackett · Post by **Jen Hackett** » Thu Apr 30, 1998 6:19 pm

Tom Dyer Please e-mail me at PIGnPansy@aol.com ... this certainly sounds promising! I also found out that contrary to my initial info, John Guckian's SISTER (Katie Guckian) married Mary McWeeny's BROTHER (I don't have his name yet) ... I will also have other sibs names soon. Look forward to hearing from you.
 
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Raymond McLoughlin · Post by **Raymond McLoughlin** » Tue May 05, 1998 2:43 pm

(User Above) wrote: : Sketchy info as well as uncertain spelling makes this especially challenging. This is what I do know: John GUCKIAN/GUCKEEN/GOOKIN changed his name to HACKETT upon arrival in US (approx 1915). Married Mary McWEENY/McQUEENEY. Both from Laetrim. Settled and lived in Bronx,NYC.(John had brother who married Mary's sister;they remained in Ireland.)Mary's sister, also in US was Margaret Rita McWEENY/McQUEENEY MONAHAN.John & Mary had 4 sons:John, James, Thomas,Joseph. John had GUCKIAN/HACKETT relatives in Worcester, MA area.My granparents came over from Leitrim, Ireland around that time, met and married and settled in the Bronx. I was always told that the "Gukian" relatives changed their name to Hackett, having something to do with the rebellion in Ireland. I am not sure which side of my father's family they are on, the McLoughlin's or the Geheran's but I always thought, although the pronunciation sounded like "Gookian" the spelling was more like "Geoughan". I have never met any of my Hackett relatives, but the connection here has to be more than a coincidence. I believe some settled up in the New England area. I hope this helps. Please respond and let me know if there is a connection.

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Raymond McLoughlin · Post by **Raymond McLoughlin** » Thu May 07, 1998 7:31 am

(User Above) wrote: : : Sketchy info as well as uncertain spelling makes this especially challenging. This is what I do know: John GUCKIAN/GUCKEEN/GOOKIN changed his name to HACKETT upon arrival in US (approx 1915). Married Mary McWEENY/McQUEENEY. Both from Laetrim. Settled and lived in Bronx,NYC.(John had brother who married Mary's sister;they remained in Ireland.)Mary's sister, also in US was Margaret Rita McWEENY/McQUEENEY MONAHAN.John & Mary had 4 sons:John, James, Thomas,Joseph. John had GUCKIAN/HACKETT relatives in Worcester, MA area.: My granparents came over from Leitrim, Ireland around that time, met and married and settled in the Bronx. : I was always told that the "Gukian" relatives changed their name to Hackett, having something to do with the rebellion in Ireland. : I am not sure which side of my father's family they are on, the McLoughlin's or the Geheran's but I always thought, : although the pronunciation sounded like "Gookian" the spelling was more like "Geoughan". I have never met any of my Hackett relatives, : but the connection here has to be more than a : coincidence. I believe some settled up in the New England area. : I hope this helps. Please respond and let me know if there is a connection.Update to JEN H: I have one known living Irish relative who would have first hand information about the Guckian/Hackett connection. She lives on Long Island. I am trying to get in touch with her and will get you an update shortly

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Andrew McWeeny · Post by **Andrew McWeeny** » Thu May 07, 1998 11:33 am

(User Above) wrote: : : Sketchy info as well as uncertain spelling makes this especially challenging. This is what I do know: John GUCKIAN/GUCKEEN/GOOKIN changed his name to HACKETT upon arrival in US (approx 1915). Married Mary McWEENY/McQUEENEY. Both from Laetrim. Settled and lived in Bronx,NYC.(John had brother who married Mary's sister;they remained in Ireland.)Mary's sister, also in US was Margaret Rita McWEENY/McQUEENEY MONAHAN.John & Mary had 4 sons:John, James, Thomas,Joseph. John had GUCKIAN/HACKETT relatives in Worcester, MA area.: My granparents came over from Leitrim, Ireland around that time, met and married and settled in the Bronx. : I was always told that the "Gukian" relatives changed their name to Hackett, having something to do with the rebellion in Ireland. : I am not sure which side of my father's family they are on, the McLoughlin's or the Geheran's but I always thought, : although the pronunciation sounded like "Gookian" the spelling was more like "Geoughan". I have never met any of my Hackett relatives, : but the connection here has to be more than a : coincidence. I believe some settled up in the New England area. : I hope this helps. Please respond and let me know if there is a connection.Hi all, I Immigrated to Montreal, Canada in 1966 with my parents Peter McWeeny & Barbara Dalby. My Father, Grandfather, and Great Grandfather lived in Bradford, Yorkshire. My Great Grandfather's parents and ancestors were well-to-do pig farmers and lived in Ballybunion, County Killarney where there is still the remains of the McWeeny Clan Castle. They immigrated to England during the Irish Potato Famine in the 1850s. I am also looking for the 'American connection' as I was totally amazed when I got on the Internet last year and found that there have been Mcweenys in America since the late 1800s. And my folks thought we were the only McWeenys in North America!

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Steve Rowley · Post by **Steve Rowley** » Sun May 24, 1998 1:54 am

(User Above) wrote: : : Sketchy info as well as uncertain spelling makes this especially challenging. This is what I do know: John GUCKIAN/GUCKEEN/GOOKIN changed his name to HACKETT upon arrival in US (approx 1915). Married Mary McWEENY/McQUEENEY. Both from Laetrim. Settled and lived in Bronx,NYC.(John had brother who married Mary's sister;they remained in Ireland.)Mary's sister, also in US was Margaret Rita McWEENY/McQUEENEY MONAHAN.John & Mary had 4 sons:John, James, Thomas,Joseph. John had GUCKIAN/HACKETT relatives in Worcester, MA area. : Please post your e-mail address so we can correspond. I have a relative Bridgit Rowley who married a Patrick Guckian on 12 Feb 1888 at St Patrick chruch Gowel, Kiltoghert. They had a daughter that married a James Mc Weeney and had at least two children Rita and and we believe a Catherine. Please contact me because I also know of a person who does a Guckian news letter. Thanks : Amy Blakeney : Blblakeney@aol.com : P.O. Box 44 : Medina, WA 98039 USA; My Grandfather, William Rowley, born in Leitrim 1867, married Sarah G. Carter from Mohill. They lived in the Bronx.William deceased in 1950. He was the brother of Patrick,Mrs. Daniel Doonan of Chicago and Mrs. John Guckian of Mohill, county Lietrim, Irl.

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Ray McLoughlin · Post by **Ray McLoughlin** » Tue May 26, 1998 9:29 am

(User Above) wrote: : : : Sketchy info as well as uncertain spelling makes this especially challenging. This is what I do know: John GUCKIAN/GUCKEEN/GOOKIN changed his name to HACKETT upon arrival in US (approx 1915). Married Mary McWEENY/McQUEENEY. Both from Laetrim. Settled and lived in Bronx,NYC.(John had brother who married Mary's sister;they remained in Ireland.)Mary's sister, also in US was Margaret Rita McWEENY/McQUEENEY MONAHAN.John & Mary had 4 sons:John, James, Thomas,Joseph. John had GUCKIAN/HACKETT relatives in Worcester, MA area.: : My granparents came over from Leitrim, Ireland around that time, met and married and settled in the Bronx. : : I was always told that the "Gukian" relatives changed their name to Hackett, having something to do with the rebellion in Ireland. : : I am not sure which side of my father's family they are on, the McLoughlin's or the Geheran's but I always thought, : : although the pronunciation sounded like "Gookian" the spelling was more like "Geoughan". I have never met any of my Hackett relatives, : : but the connection here has to be more than a : : coincidence. I believe some settled up in the New England area. : : I hope this helps. Please respond and let me know if there is a connection.: Update to JEN H: I have one known living Irish relative who would have first hand : information about the Guckian/Hackett connection. : She lives on Long Island. I am trying to get in touch with her and will : get you an update shortly

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Randy Guckeen · Post by **Randy Guckeen** » Sat Jun 06, 1998 7:26 pm

Jen, There is a site on GeoCities that is Hackett and Guckian/Hackett. I am also looking for information concerning the name change to Hackett and Guckeen. My Grandfather mentioned something about that years ago. But I was way to young to comprehend. The first arrivals here in the States where in 1849 aboard the Phildelphia that arrived in NYC Dec 31, 1849. The names Patrick Guckeen and his wife Bridget Carter. You can contact me direct to my E-mail address if you would like. Good Luck Randy 
 
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Ray McLoughlin · Post by **Ray McLoughlin** » Mon Jun 08, 1998 12:38 pm

(User Above) wrote: : Jen, : There is a site on GeoCities that is Hackett and Guckian/Hackett. I am also looking for information concerning the name change to Hackett and Guckeen. My Grandfather mentioned something about that years ago. But I was way to young to comprehend. The first arrivals here in the States where in 1849 aboard the Phildelphia that arrived in NYC Dec 31, 1849. The names Patrick Guckeen and his wife Bridget Carter. You can contact me direct to my E-mail address if you would like. : Good Luck : RandyMy connection here in the US starts around 1915 to 1920. The Gukian/Hackett connection. Related family names are McLoughlin, Regan, Geheran, Early. The families originally settled in the Bronx, NYC but the Hacketts eventually moved to New England.

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Elise Brennan · Post by **Elise Brennan** » Mon Jun 15, 1998 3:20 pm

My maternal grandfather was James Louis McWeeny. I believe his family was from Michigan or Indiana. I bvelive he grew up on a farm in Michigan. He had two brothers, one named Francis or Frank, the other's name I dont recall, but could find out.I understand the McWeenys were from Sligo or Leitrim. My grandfather's mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Ganey. I think.His father's and grandfather's names were also James Louis McWeeny.His father was one of the early football coaches at Notre Dame and we have a family heirloom watch presented to him from the University.His father was also at one time the chief of police in Mishawaka Indiana.His father or grandfather was also world's champion catch-as-catch-can wrestler for five years, beating "The Turk" in Madison Square Garden even though he had a broken collar bone.The family name came from some one from Scotland who was named McQueen who came over to IReland as a gallowglass and stayed and married in Ireland. THis was during the reformation, the time of Queen Mary.This is some of the family lore I have. My grandfather said I looked like his side of the family (his brother Frank, to be exact) and had hair just like his mother (long thick curly brunette hair). When I visited Ireland people said I looked like I came from the lake counties. If you have questions or similar family stories, I would be happy to hear from you.
 
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Ray McWeeny · Post by **Ray McWeeny** » Tue Jun 22, 1999 3:39 pm

(User Above) wrote: : My maternal grandfather was James Louis McWeeny. I believe his family was from Michigan or Indiana. I bvelive he grew up on a farm in Michigan. He had two brothers, one named Francis or Frank, the other's name I dont recall, but could find out.: I understand the McWeenys were from Sligo or Leitrim. : My grandfather's mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Ganey. I think.: His father's and grandfather's names were also James Louis McWeeny.: His father was one of the early football coaches at Notre Dame and we have a family heirloom watch presented to him from the University.: His father was also at one time the chief of police in Mishawaka Indiana.: His father or grandfather was also world's champion catch-as-catch-can wrestler for five years, beating "The Turk" in Madison Square Garden even though he had a broken collar bone.: The family name came from some one from Scotland who was named McQueen who came over to IReland as a gallowglass and stayed and married in Ireland. THis was during the reformation, the time of Queen Mary.: This is some of the family lore I have. My grandfather said I looked like his side of the family (his brother Frank, to be exact) and had hair just like his mother (long thick curly brunette hair). When I visited Ireland people said I looked like I came from the lake counties. : If you have questions or similar family stories, I would be happy to hear from you.

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