I forgot to mention that, while in Scotland and Ireland, we were also told that the name Kilgour could have originated from a place/locality. The spelling likely changed, but it was apparently common to establish names from towns and villages which had also been named based on Gaelic terms for local landmarks. In Gaelic "Kill/Kil/Gil" is commonly used to refer to a church. The Irish city of Kilkenny was named when St. Canice established a church there, thus the city name means "church of Canice." Jennifer

Well that gibes with the foundlng story about the child given the name Kilgore after the Church whose doorstep he (presumedly he) was found on-no proof this was the ancestor of any living Kilgore today. No proof he was a Douglas either-at least not a legitimate one. Vickie ----- Original Message ----- From: J Jerome<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [KILGORE] Kilgore-Douglas I forgot to mention that, while in Scotland and Ireland, we were also told that the name Kilgour could have originated from a place/locality. The spelling likely changed, but it was apparently common to establish names from towns and villages which had also been named based on Gaelic terms for local landmarks. In Gaelic "Kill/Kil/Gil" is commonly used to refer to a church. The Irish city of Kilkenny was named when St. Canice established a church there, thus the city name means "church of Canice." Jennifer ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message