GREGORY Carol, As you say that your Eleanor arrived in VDL from N.I., assuming that’s Northern Ireland, I wonder whether there is any connection between your Gregory family and Lady Augusta Gregory (nee Persse) who was a major figure in Ireland’s literary life during the nationalist struggle for independence in Ireland. You can read about her here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta,_Lady_Gregory and if you follow the links from that page to her husband and their son you can find out a bit more. With William Butler Yeats and others, she founded Ireland’s most famous theatre the Abbey Theatre – and for one glorious year in 1927 my father, performed small parts in first performances of plays written by them both, George Bernard Shaw and others. Dad used the stage name Edward Raymond (his full given name was Edward Raymond Joseph Napier Charles Curling – I think this was his parents’ attempt to put his family history in writing as all except one of the names (insofar as I can discover) were the names of antecedents!!), The Abbey Theatre website has a very good archive section which lists all the plays in which actors participated. Lady Gregory and Yeats were themselves very active in the campaign for Ireland’s independence. LucyAnn