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Re: Gorrys origins - Ireland or Mull

the first Gorree/Gorrey (other than one in Lonan 1735 who left an illeg dau) were Wm Gorrie + An Murray for who I never found a marriage but 1st child on Island was Thomas in 1776 - Wm d 1789 noted as of Ballacallin (a short distance from Peel but in Kk Patrick) - the oldest Gorry family in Peel were Wm + Cath he aged 70 (but not in 1851 census and I don't have a burial) - in marr both noted as of parish Kk Patrick but no obvious bapt for Wm but not indicated as Irish in 1841 - I wonder if he was brought to Island as a very young child - the Gorry family was in Peel in 1816 as included in the census taken that year

A W Moore places name as of Irish origin but deriving from Norse Godred

unfortuneately they didn't seem to buy any property at this period

Murray as wife's name could be Irish or Scots

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