This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Curriden, Gordon Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oRB.2ACI/631.1.1 Message Board Post: That is his son from his second Marriage. Meaning, somewhere back there he is my great-great something-arother Uncle. Thanks for the info. Best idea I have had is to look through ship manifests, and my going theory is that Curriden is an anglicanization of the Scottish name Gordon. Just a theory, and thanks for the info.