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If I'd had to guess, I'd have guessed Gans was from German "ganse," goose. But I'd have been wrong. It's either a plural or a possessive (apostrophe removed) of the surname Gan. Without the "s," the surname Gan could have any of a dozen derivations. Gans is covered by this website: http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=15768 Gans is a town in Sequoyah County, in the Fort Smith metro area. The community was named for brothers Charles and Swimmer Gan.
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