My very Irish Boyles crossed the ditch and lived & worked in Ayrshire before emigrating to New Zealand where they too wore the kilt. Apparently Boyles went to Ireland from Scotland a century before (1700s) because of their stonemasonry skills. I think our ancestors travelled more widely than we appreciate! Cheers Marlene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen" <familytree@tinfoil.cotse.net> To: "kbibb" <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 8:44 AM Subject: Re: [B'ham] Brickwall: William Gumbley, son of Charlotte,born c1840? > Thursday, June 18, 2009, 2:22:41 AM, you wrote: > >> According to a friend who is a direct decendent of Gumbley says that >> where >> her name originated from Market Harborough & Ireland the name is spelt >> Gumley. > > Hello again, > > To answer your earlier question: > Charles and Charlotte Styles (nee Gumbley) had two children, Caroline > b.1853 and Richard b.1854. > > Are you referring to Matt Gumbley? His web site was mentioned on this > list in the past. I have dropped him e-mails a couple of times, but > never received any replies. His web site mentions the Market > Harborough link. The problem is all the Gumbleys (six generations) > that I have found are in Birmingham, yet the family boasted Scottish > connections and wore the kilts to prove it! > > I wonder whether hey were Irish kilts rather than Scottish ones? But > why were they so adamant they were Scots in that case? Or could the > link be maternal (even so, all the wives appear to have been > "Brummies")? > > The mystery continues... > > _____________________________________________ > _____________________________________________ > > Research in Birmingham: http://www.bham.de/ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message