Person:John Degnen (2)

birth parents: Thomas Degnan and Ellen Unknown (1)

JOHN DEGNEN ENTERED THE U.S. IN 1822. SEE THE 1860 EMIGRANT SAVINGS BANK RECORDS. HE BEGAN USING THE SPELLING DEGNEN WHEN HE CAME TO THE U.S. IN CAVEN CO IRELAND THE SPELLING WAS DEGNAN. IN THE EMIGRANT BANK RECORD JOHN DEGNEN MENTIONED HIS GRANDSON JOHN FRANCIS DEGNEN. HE ALSO MENTIONED A RELATIVE NAMED CHARLES DEGNAN, WHOSE WIDOW LIVES IN TRENTON N.J. THIS LENDS EVIDENCE TO THE FACT THAT OTHER MEMBERS OF JOHN DEGNEN'S FAMILY SPELLED THE NAME DEGNAN AND THAT ONLY JOHN AND HIS DESCENDANTS USED THE SPELLING DEGNEN. ON THE 1821 CAVAN CO IRELAND CENSUS IN LOUGHTREE BARRONY, KILLMORE PARISH, AND PROBABLY THE TOWN OF DERRYLANE (4 MILES FROM KILLESHANDRA) JOHN IS AGE 26,LIVING WITH HIS PARENTS AND THE SURNAME IS SPELLED DEGNAN.