Egan Aegon Agen McEgan

GEDCOM Note

[Egan-Wyatt.FTW]

This founder of the American branch of the Egan family was born in France. Records in the possession of Margaret Curran nee Egan indicate that his name was spelled "AEGON", and may have been spelled "Egon". One record shows the name as 'AEGON-MOORE". It is possible that the family originally had a French name which sounded like "Egan" or had a similar meaning to the Irish meaning of "fire". The name "Egan" is a classic Irish name of distinguished history, and the French pronunciation of it would have been "Egon". Or possibly they were an Irish family temporarily living on the Continent and just returning home. However, when Rosemary Garon nee Egan was in elementary school, she had a teacher whose name was Mrs. Aegon, and this teacher was very proud of being French.

As a child, our family founder emigrated (or returned?) with his parents to County Cork, Ireland, where he became very Irish in outlook. He married a young Irish lass, possibly surnamed "Moore", and together they emigrated to the United States. They settled in the Chicago area sometime after 1830, and probably in their later years of life when their children were full grown.

From records belonging to Margaret Curran nee Egan and from oral information given to Susan Wyatt nee Egan by Rosemary Garon nee Egan, Oct 16, 1997.

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James Egan, Jr. told this author that the family arrived in Chicago when the old wooden Fort Dearborn was still standing and there were still Indians in the area. He also told how the family lived through the Great Chicago Fire, and that the family lived only a couple of blocks from Mrs. O'Leary. [Egan Ancestry.FTW]

This founder of the American branch of the Egan family is thought to have been born in France. Records in the possession of Margaret (Egan) Curran indicate that his name was spelled "AEGON", and may have been spelled "Egon". One record shows the name as 'AEGON-MOORE". It is possible that the family originally had a French name which sounded like "Egan" or had a similar meaning to the Irish meaning of "fire". The name "Egan" is a classic Irish name of distinguished history, and the French pronunciation of it would have been "Egon". Or possibly they were an Irish family temporarily living on the Continent and just returning home. However, when Rosemary (Egan) Garon was in elementary school, she had a teacher whose name was Mrs. Aegon, and this teacher was very proud of being French.

As a child, our family founder emigrated (or returned?) with his parents to County Cork, Ireland, where he became very Irish in outlook. He married a young Irish lass, possibly surnamed "Moore", and together they emigrated to the United States. They settled in the Chicago area sometime after 1830, and were probably in their later years of life when their children were full grown.

From records belonging to Margaret (Egan) Curran and from oral information given to Susan (Egan) Wyatt by Rosemary (Egan) Garon, Oct 16, 1997.

• * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * James Egan, Jr. told this author that the family arrived in Chicago when the old wooden Fort Dearborn was still standing and there were still Indians in the area. He also told how the family lived through the Great Chicago Fire, and that the family lived only a couple of blocks from Mrs. O'Leary.

James also said that our ancestor was an "officer in the French Army." According to James' information, only nobility were officers, which implies a noble background for our ancestor. It is a very strong possiblity that our ancestor was indeed one of the "Wild Geese" of Ireland who fled their own country and served in the armies of other nations. Whether or not he was an officer or of noble blood remains to be seen.