This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: stevebibby1 Surnames: Alker, Balshaw, Bilsborrow, Brown, Carr, Charnock, Coly, Cook, Cooper, Corfe, Cruumbleholm, Fletcher, Gray, Gill, Hesketh, Hulme, Holland, Homes, Jones (son), Leyland, Melling, Molyneux, Lunt, Otty, Pembleton, Penketh, Pennington, Prescott, Rigby, Risley, Rimmer, Roby, Scarisbrick, Sephton, Serjent, Swarbrick, Thomasson, Walsh, Webster, Westhead. Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bibby/262.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, Thanks for your interest and reply. I have a John Gorstage Bibby born 1894 in Liverpool. Would you be a descendent of his then? It appears that his father was John Gorsuch Bibby and his grandmother was Ellen Gorsuch. So it looks like there is a name corruption somewhere. Also the Gorsuch or Gostage came from the maternal side so it will have nothing to do with whether Bibbys were of Viking descent. However, there are many surnames which appear to be of Viking descent, for example, Alker, Balshaw, Bilsborrow, Brown, Carr, Charnock, Coly, Cook, Cooper, Corfe, Cruumbleholm, Fletcher, Gray, Gill, Hesketh, Hulme, Holland, Homes, Jones (son), Leyland, Melling, Molyneux, Lunt, Otty, Pembleton, Penketh, Pennington, Prescott, Rigby, Risley, Rimmer, Roby, Scarisbrick, Sephton, Serjent, Swarbrick, Thomasson, Walsh, Webster, Westhead. It could be that Gostage is another one. I have this Bibby family going back to 1807. Contact me again and we can compare notes. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.