Sheila and all, I emailed Jan Hornick this morning asking if she has any documentation for John George Hornigh being in Wexford County, Ireland after 1711. If she has a citation showing J.G. Hornigh there after that date, that makes the George Kornegay connection pretty thin. A thing that has always bothered me about the Hornigh connection is that most of the various early spellings of George Kornegay's last name in the eighteenth century do not include a "r". I don't know of any occassions where the German "r" is silent. When I lived in Winston-Salem about 25 years ago, many of the North Carolina Kornegays I met pronounced the name without an "r". Wonder how Ruth and the other folks there pronounce the name today. We'll see what I get from Jan. I'll forward it to the group as soon as she responds. Joe _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/
My mama's family pronounced it the same way. ----- Original Message ----- From: "joe kornegay" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 24 May, 2001 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [KORNEGAY-L] Well, We have a problem > Sheila and all, > > I emailed Jan Hornick this morning asking if she has any documentation for > John George Hornigh being in Wexford County, Ireland after 1711. If she has > a citation showing J.G. Hornigh there after that date, that makes the George > Kornegay connection pretty thin. > > A thing that has always bothered me about the Hornigh connection is that > most of the various early spellings of George Kornegay's last name in the > eighteenth century do not include a "r". I don't know of any occassions > where the German "r" is silent. When I lived in Winston-Salem about 25 > years ago, many of the North Carolina Kornegays I met pronounced the name > without an "r". Wonder how Ruth and the other folks there pronounce the > name today. > > We'll see what I get from Jan. I'll forward it to the group as soon as she > responds. > > Joe > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Send a cool gift with your E-Card > http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ > > > > ==== KORNEGAY Mailing List ==== > To post messages to this list send To: [email protected]; > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this listsend to > [email protected] >