Hi Elaine, I don't have any proof where this family came from but the little I do have says the name was spelt GOURLEY. They lived in Nova Scotia for a time. Actually I had better look out my info as I think he may have been a seaman! cheers. Hilary. ----- Original Message ----- From: Elaine Mattsen <mattsen@paradise.net.nz> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:39 AM Subject: [IRL-ANTRIM] GOURLAY in NZ as well > Re name search query from Hilary > > I know therewas a family of 6 Gourlay sisters in NAPIER up to the mid 1980's.The eldest daughter would have been born about 1937 and their story goes that their ggfather was a seaman and met a Maori Princess in the Upper part of the South Island and from memory his name was Robert GOURLAY but I though he was a Scot? > > Elaine > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.17.6/646 - Release Date: 23/01/07 > >