This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lewis, Lear, Garrett Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lMB.2ACI/1720.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Elsie, I don't think the two Gorman families are the same. My father- in-law, William Gorman, and his 2 brothers, John and Edward Gorman came from Morehouse, MO to Poplar Bluff, MO. I never knew Ed, He passed away before I got in the family. Sorry I couldn't help you. Sally