The history of PIDGEON, PIGEON or PIDGEN
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Pidgeons of England spread throughout the UK and to the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Most Pidgeons in Australia came from either England or Ireland, although a few may have come from New Zealand.
Pidgeons emigrated to Canada from England and Ireland. Two PIGEONs came from France.
Pidgeons from different parts of Ireland have spread to England, the USA, Canada and Australia.
Most, if not all, Pidgeons came to New Zealand from England.
Most Pidgeons in the USA came from England or Ireland, but some migrated south from Canada.
Two small Pigeon families appeared on Jersey, in 1795 and about 1830. They probably came from Normandy on the nearby mainland of France.
How they are shown and what they tell.
