Paula, re the Gloucestershire Gregorys, I don't know where my grandfather George
Gregory was born. All I have been able to learn of his origins, and it is ZIP, is that he
came from "England" and I've heard that it's a big place with lots of
Gregorys all over the place.
He was born in "England" on 8 May 1863, came to Boston in 1886 on the SS
Scythia, there were no other Gregorys on the ship's manifest, married my grandmother,
Ellen Taylor, here in Penna. in 1891, worked as a coal miner, died here on 2 December 1911
and left a widow and six children, George R., Hannah, Beatrice, Ellen, David, and my
father Joseph, who was 2 years old. On his death certificate his widow, who died a year
later, said he was born in "Durham", which is where she was born.
I've been "asking around" about his origins but so far, no luck. But I'm
still at it.
Jos. Gregory
Mt. Top, Pa.