This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gorham Lucky Silva Nelson Shannon Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BiZ.2ACIB/262 Message Board Post: George R. Gorham, who married my ggg grandmother, a Wiyot Indian named Susan Lucky, in Humboldt County, California in 1869 was born 1819 in Massachusetts. I'd like to find out if he was: 1) a sailor (which seems likely based on the time period, where he was from and the fact that he had tattoos on both of his wrists). 2) a 49er (when did he come to America)?