Hi Chris I'm not saying your Greys didn't come from Russia but when I looked for Corner I found "James Corner" given as the name of a ship arriving at Boston. I doubt there was a ship sailing from Russia with that name, but there were shipping agents in Baltimore at that time called "James Corner and Company" (hence the name?). There are Corners in some of the other records but suspect they may have to be looked at carefully. Interesting set of records nevertheless. Ann McDonald Corner ONS On 9 December 2014 at 06:10, Christopher Gray via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Now I really do know that I need to study the GRAY name in Germany. I knew > there were a significant number there, but looking at the AAD entries > relating to the Immigration of Germans to the United States (1850 - 1897) I > found 55 mentions of the name GRAY - most of which relate to people with > that surname. Ireland (1846-1851) was less of a surprise, but then I noted > three from Russia (1834-1897) - now where on earth did they spring from? > Anyone know where the Russian BMDs can be found? > > Germany Ireland Russia > GRAY 55 494 > GREY 76 131 3 > > Chris > >> From: Gordon Adshead <gordon@adshead.com> >> >>Following a pointer from Eastman I looked again at the US Access >>to Archival Databases site (AAD) >> >><http://www.archives.gov/aad> >> > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Hi - there seems to be some confusion as the family came from Aberdeen. Maybe the ship came from Russia via Aberdeen. One day I'll have a look. Chris -----Original Message----- From: Ann McDonald [mailto:annmcd399@gmail.com] Sent: 09 December 2014 02:18 To: Christopher Gray; goons@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [G] GRAY name in Germany [RE: US Access to Archival Databases - AAD] Hi Chris I'm not saying your Greys didn't come from Russia but when I looked for Corner I found "James Corner" given as the name of a ship arriving at Boston. I doubt there was a ship sailing from Russia with that name, but there were shipping agents in Baltimore at that time called "James Corner and Company" (hence the name?). There are Corners in some of the other records but suspect they may have to be looked at carefully. Interesting set of records nevertheless. Ann McDonald Corner ONS On 9 December 2014 at 06:10, Christopher Gray via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Now I really do know that I need to study the GRAY name in Germany. I > knew there were a significant number there, but looking at the AAD > entries relating to the Immigration of Germans to the United States > (1850 - 1897) I found 55 mentions of the name GRAY - most of which > relate to people with that surname. Ireland (1846-1851) was less of a > surprise, but then I noted three from Russia (1834-1897) - now where on earth did they spring from? > Anyone know where the Russian BMDs can be found? > > Germany Ireland Russia > GRAY 55 494 > GREY 76 131 3 > > Chris > >> From: Gordon Adshead <gordon@adshead.com> >> >>Following a pointer from Eastman I looked again at the US Access to >>Archival Databases site (AAD) >> >><http://www.archives.gov/aad> >> > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message