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From: Pat Traynor <>
Subject: [RHEA] Rea and Dunnrea
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 07:45:18 -0700

>"mary eubanks" <> wrote.................
>
>Has anyone on this list been checking to see if our Rea surname was
>originally Dunrea. I just remembered that one of the Rea men in Illinois
>(1800's) was called Gatewood Dunn Rea. Could that be because that was an
>earlier spelling?
>
>Mary Rea Eubanks
>

Dunn means doctor in Irish. Dun means a fort.
It could just be a surname used as a middle name. Named that in honor of
a respected relative maybe.

Patrick Traynor

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