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Profiles

  • Amy Louise Warner (1873 - 1950)
    Source: Newspaper Name Index, USA, Canada, and Australia MyHeritage.com [online database], MyHeritage Ltd. Record: Amy Phelan
  • Edward Phelan (1884 - 1915)
    Private in CIR, file number 6/120. Son of Ellen Guerin (formerly Phelan), of Palmerston St., Westport, and the late Edward Phelan. Native of Charleston== Sources ==# New Zealand and World War One Roll ...
  • James D. Phelan, U.S. Senator (1861 - 1930)
    James Duval Phelan was born in San Francisco, April 20, 1861. He was educated at St. Ignatius High School and graduated with an A.B. degree from the University of San Francisco in 1881, followed by a l...
  • John Phelan
    John Phelan (born 1964), is an American businessman and art collector. In November 2024, president-elect Donald Trump named Phelan as his nominee for United States Secretary of the Navy. (Wikipedia, CC...

About the Phelan surname

The Phelan surname comes from the Gaelic surname O Faolain, which can mean either, "of the Seagull", or "of the mountain wolf".