Hi, I've been trying to trace the family of my gg grandfather Andrew William Mckie. I believe he came from Whithorn. I haven't had much luck proving it so I'm grasping at all straws. Apparently he named his first son Sucurgis or Lucurgis or something like that. Is anyone familiar with this name? Without success I have searched all over the US 1850 census looking for him. He is no where to be found before 1860. Perhaps I am looking for the wrong name. I have been unable to locate his parents in 1850 either. Bill in Virginia

Hi, Bill - I've heard of Lycergis before. A quick check in an online names dictionary turned this up: http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=lycurgus LYCURGUS Gender: Masculine Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized) Latinized form of Lykourgos, a Greek name which meant "deed of a wolf" from lykou "of a wolf" and ergon "deed, work". In Greek legend this was the name of a king who was driven mad by the gods because of his impiety. This was also the name of a Spartan legislator of the 9th century BC. Mary At 08:45 PM 5/10/2007, billmellsworth@comcast.net wrote: >...Apparently he named his first son Sucurgis or Lucurgis or >something like that. Is anyone familiar with this name?...

----- Original Message ----- From: <billmellsworth@comcast.net> To: "Wigtownshire" <SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 1:45 AM Subject: [WIG LIST] strange name One person in my husbands family had the middle name of LYULPH, which apparently also means wolf. Perhaps there was a fashion at that time. It was completely out of context with any other name in the family. Diana > Hi, > > I've been trying to trace the family of my gg grandfather Andrew > William > Mckie. I believe he came from Whithorn. I haven't had much luck proving it > so I'm grasping at all straws. > > Apparently he named his first son Sucurgis or Lucurgis or something > like > that. Is anyone familiar with this name? Without success I have searched > all > over the US 1850 census looking for him. He is no where to be found before > 1860. Perhaps I am looking for the wrong name. I have been unable to > locate > his parents in 1850 either. > > Bill in Virginia > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >