The Beverly L. Sloan Family Home Page

I know very little about my own surname SLOAN. My grandfather Thomas Sloan came to the US (Hyde Park, MA) in the 1910's from County Down, Ireland. He had a brother David who also came to the US and his mother's maiden name was McMurray. My father's mother's surname is Leonard and her father was born in Sweden with the surname SHAGEN,Gustave Leonard (1858). He changed it when he came to the US in the 1890's. Her mother's surname was Hutt and she was born in England (12-18-1871). My mother's surname is Nielsen. My greatgrandfather, Anton Nielsen, was born in Denmark and came to the US (Massachusetts) in the 1880's. My maturnal grandmother's surname was Sargent and her family come from the western part of MA (Otis,MA and Springfield,MA). His name was Gilber Lester Sargent and he married Nellie Wilcox.