Tina, I have a Farrel Gordon (b. ca 1811), his wife Bridget (Rooney, b. ca 1812), their 9 children: Barclay, Pat, Mary, Bridget, Denis, Martin, Ann, Farrel and Catherine, and Farrel's older brother Patrick (b. ca 1806, apparently married and widowed before 1851), who were all born in Ireland (with the possible exception of the youngest two children) and moved to Scotland (Renfrew, then Govan) in about 1850. I don't have an exact location in Ireland, but several other branches of my family have been traced back to Co. Antrim (Glenwhirry and Larne), and I suspect they may have come from that area as well. There is a strong possibility that Bridget (the wife) died between 1851 and 1855, as there is a marriage record for a Farrel Gordon and Mary Creaton, which led to the birth of another Farrel Gordon in 1857. Un- fortunately there are not other details in the marriage record (no parent's names, etc.) Please let me know if any of these names ring a bell. Cliff [email protected]