My mother, Euphemia MacGilivray, was born in Mull and many years later when visited by a friend who knew her in her childhood she was called "Eric" (phonetic spelling) which I am now told is the gaelic for Euphemia. Could this be a possible answer to the mystery name Eary? Bill (Willie) ---- Please note that I am no longer using my camb1@tinyworld.co.uk email address. Please instead add this one to your address books as my other has will ceased to be active.

Re: Effie - or Euphemia - a substitution in English for the Gaelic name "Oighrig " - which sounds a little bit little bit like "Eric" for the second "g" has a hard sound and the first "g" with "h" is virtually unsounded - Euphemia is really a Greek name for "well-spoken" but is not a translation of Oighrig. Jim St.Clair