Dear Dot, no, like Steve Davis I'm not connected with anyone interesting. Just intrigues by rare names - though these turned out to be not so rare. In view of the etymology and the Census taker's confusion, it looks as thought the 'G' was soft. Regards, David

There was a GURD family living just outside of Fawley, Len GURD was a friend of mine who worked with me with British Rail Parcels, he died about 12 years ago so not sure if any of the family are still living in the area. His name was pronounced with a hard "G". Chris David DOWD wrote: > Dear Dot, > no, like Steve Davis I'm not connected with anyone interesting. Just > intrigues by rare names - though these turned out to be not so rare. > In view of the etymology and the Census taker's confusion, it looks as > thought the 'G' was soft. > Regards, David > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.2 - Release Date: 04/06/2005