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Of the four names of the grands, Berniers have alot of hits during random serching on the internets, and seem to have been really important in Canada. There's mention of Algonquin marriages and relatives, so maybe that myth is actually truth? I can't seem to find any names that I know, but I've only got a few generations to work on, and no money to buy info off the pay sites just now...

Holcombs are all over New England, and seem to have drifted westward fairly recently; my grandpa is from Missouri, and there's a good portion of hits there, but none of the few names I know. Lots of Native American connections in this part of the family, too, so that's cool. Maybe we're more NA than we thought?

Bouza: Galician: habitational name from any of various places in Galicia named Bouza, from bouza‘fenced plantation of trees’ or ‘infertile land’.

It seems all Holcombs come down from William the Conquerer: "Jan: You can buy the Holcombs, Nation Builders at Barnes Surname Facts

Barnes Surname Board

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Variations on GAIN:

(Mac) GEANEY (O) GEANEY, Gaine

The prefix 0 has been almost complete dropped from (O) Geane. the Gaelic-Irish form of is Ó Geibheannaigh ( Keaveney): this Geaney has been found mainly in counties Cork and Kerry, where the abbreviated variant Geane or Gaine is found. Early anglicized forms of the name were O'Giany etc. - Father Roger O'Giana was captured by the English in 1599 and thrown into Cork prison from where he managed to escape. The Mac prefix has been usually retained. MacGeany, much less numerous than (0) Geany, and distinct from it, belongs today to south Ulster.

Also, Ancestry.com taunts me by having good-looking info that I can't access until I can pony up 20$ a month for it. Jeeze.