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From: "Brian/Jeff" <>
Subject: Re: [GONYOU] Fw: New member
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:41:18 -0400
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Hello again, My Grandfathers name was Walter Tevis Gonyou, the Gonyou's in
England that I know mostly live in the south london area called Croydon, My
Grandad had 3 kids David lloyd Gonyou, Tevis Gonyou and Sharon Gonyou now
Everett, Tevis had 2 kids Georgina and Tevis> has a son Tevis,

David Gonyou> Kids Brian Gonyou> kids, Alex, Tevis
Paul Gonyou> Amelia
Lynn Gonyou(Ponce) Ethan, Mathew

Will e-mail my grandmother today, she has a report done on the gonyou side
going back to about 1850 I will get her to send me a copy of it and will
forward it on. Well that's all for now, will forward any info I get. You
ever in the Toronto Area look me up in Pickering.

Talk to you soon

Thanks Paul Gonyou
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold Gonyou" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [GONYOU] Fw: New member


> Paul,
> Thanks for your reply. I don't know of any connections to Pt. Colborne
> but
> the Gonyou name is quite unique and I am sure we are related somehow.
> When
> you are able, please send me your grandfather's name, and if possible his
> father's name. Hopefully your grandmother can provide them. What I know
> about the Gonyou name is that it is an anglisized version of a French name
> and that it was probably first used in the Kingston area around 1820-1850.
> There were three brothers, one of whom died without children, one from
> whom
> I am descended, and a third who moved to Hastings county and which we have
> no record of beyond that. You may be a descendent of that line, or of the
> same line as myself. I have a second cousin who has a very good geneology
> prepared and once we have your grandfather or great-grandfather's name we
> should have agood idea of your family history.
> What area in England does your family live in? My great uncle served in
> WWI
> in the Dover area.
> Looking forward to hearing from you.
> Harold
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian/Jeff" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 5:56 AM
> Subject: [GONYOU] Fw: New member
>
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Brian/Jeff" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 7:47 AM
>> Subject: Re: [GONYOU] New member
>>
>>
>>> My grandad as far as I know was from Pt. Colborne Ont., moved to England
>>> after the war and married my Grandmother. He had a sister Alice, sister
>>> Mary
>>> and brother Len.He is buried in Port Colborne, he had three kids, Dave
>>> (Welland, Ont), Tevis (England) and Sharon (England). There is about a
>>> 100
>>> of us directly related to me in England. As far as I know there is about
>>> 20
>>> of us here in the area. I am looking up my family tree my grandmother in
>>> England is sending me more info. Will let you know what I find.
>>>
>>> Take care
>>> Will e-mail you soon
>>> Paul Gonyou
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Harold Gonyou" <>
>>> To: <>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 7:18 PM
>>> Subject: [GONYOU] New member
>>>
>>>
>>>>I am Harold Winfield Gonyou. My descent from the earliest Gonyous is as
>>>>follows:
>>>> Richard Gonyou (died in Kingston in 1821)
>>>> Joseph Gonyou (born about 1816 and lived near Erinsville/Tamworth,
>>>> Ontario)
>>>> John Gonyou (moved to Wallaceburg from Erinsville)
>>>> Arthur Gonyou
>>>> Fred Gonyou
>>>> myself
>>>>
>>>> I am just getting back into tracking the family. I am particularly
>>>> interested in identifying any descendents of John Gonyou, born about
>>>> 1818,
>>>> to Richard and Margarette, and who moved to Hastings County in about
>>>> 1860.
>>>> I am also interested in descendents of Alexander Gonyou, born about
>>>> 1846,
>>>> who moved to Michigan (probably Detroit). He had a line of descendents
>>>> in
>>>> Thunderbay, Ont., but also a couple of children who moved with him or
>>>> were
>>>> born in Detroit, but I have no record of any descendents of those.
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward to hearing fromyou.
>>>>
>>>> Harold
>>>>
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