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George Wilkie Gahan (October 1871 - 22 December 1956) was a Scottish artist.

Life
His father was Thomas Gahan (born 1841), a joiner from Montrose, Angus.

His mother was Ann Harris (7 February 1840 - 6 December 1904) from Fordoun, Kincardineshire. Thomas and Ann married on 31 March 1862 in Montrose.

George Wilkie Gahan was born around October - December 1871 in Newcastle on Tyne, while his father was working there. George was the only one of their 6 children not born in Angus.

The family moved back to Scotland when Gahan was still an infant - his younger brother by 2 years was born in Dundee - and George was brought up in Dundee.

George married Margaret Auchte Millar (died 29 December 1971) in 1904 in Lochee, Angus.

Gahan Bros, 57 Hilltown, Dundee; painters, hiring a shop girl.

Death
He died on 22 December 1956 in Dundee.

He is buried in Balgay cemetery in Dundee.