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From: "Brian/Jeff" <>
Subject: [GONYOU] Fw: Fw: New member
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:58:45 -0400


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian/Jeff" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: [GONYOU] Fw: New member


> 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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