By coincidence, there's a Scottish family with our same name. They are apparently totally unrelated to the Swiss family. They typically spell the name, even now, as Hourie or Haurie. I have a few odd notes on that family but nothing definite. A daughter of Magnus Haurie sold the farm on island of Stenness (?) in the Orkneys from which they take their name (Haurie?) in the 1500s. A few members of the family immigrated to Ireland in the 1600s and 1700s. The Andrew Howry, born in Ireland and died in Chester Co, Pennsylvania in the early 1700s might have been a member of this family. -----Original Message----- From: Phil Howry [mailto:phil@texas.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 1998 5:55 AM To: jhowery@tde.com Subject: Re: [HOWERY-L] FW: Hourie Families from Manitoba C.S. I don't have specific info. on your request, but Leonard Howry in College Station, Texas may be able to offer some assistance. To my understanding, the Hourie spelling, or something similar was the original old country spelling. Hans and Urich Hourie came to America and settled in and around Penn. Over the years, the clan split up going north and south. It seems the Howry spelling went south and the Howery, Howrey went north. There is Bob Howery in Oceanside, CA. who came the northern route. He has a wealth of information as well. I have a book he sent me on his clan. Both Bob and Leonard have worked hard to get their info in electronic form. phil howry ---------- > From: Justin C.S. Howery <jhowery@tde.com> > To: HOWERY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [HOWERY-L] FW: Hourie Families from Manitoba > Date: Monday, October 05, 1998 11:37 PM > > Can anyone help Judy? Many years ago I corresponded with an Iain Hourie in > Dallas, Texas who had a lot of information on the Manitoba bunch. They > descend, if I remember correctly, from a Scottish (Orkneys) immigrant who > married an Indian woman, Margaret Bird. Unfortunately that's all I remember. > I no longer have his original letter or address, so I'm at a loss for more > information. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judy Adams [mailto:jadams@yknet.yk.ca] > Sent: Monday, October 05, 1998 9:28 PM > To: HOWERY-L-request@rootsweb.com > Subject: Hourie Families from Manitoba > > > Looking for info on the Hourie families from the High Bluff, Manitoba, > Canada area. > > Judy > > >