This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: gurney, cooke Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FO.2ADI/154 Message Board Post: I have found a few papers in local history books saying that my ggg Elijah Sortor Gurney is a descendant of Francis Cooke but I don't know if this is true. If you know anything I'd appreciate your help. This line has got me stuck. I can't find anything on Elijah Gurney's parents. I do know that Elijah was a state rep. for Missouri in the 1880s. Thanks, Cassie