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David Gurr

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Marjory

Marjory Report 6 Nov 2007 01:13

David
I was very interested in your article about the name Gurr. I have been able to get back to Isaac Gurr b: 1653 in St Michael Lewes, Sussex England.
m: 3 Apr 1678 in All Saints Lewes Sussex England
to Martha Dobson b; abt 1657 in Lewes d:1694 in Lewes. They had 8 children.
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the father of Isaac was only known as Gurr his mother was Mrs Gurr
regards Marjory

Jane

Jane Report 2 Nov 2007 19:58

Dear David,
I see you posted this message in 2003, I found it today!!
My grandmother was Nellie Gurr 1887-1925 her Father was Charles Gurr (1864-1939) his father was William Gurr 1840-?. His father was William G born 1804 son of James Gurr and Phoebe Dungey. That is where my line on the Gurrs ends. I do have information about the Dungey line back to 1774 - mainly from Cranbrook in Kent. I would be grateful for more information if this line is linked to you .

regards
Jane

David

David Report 25 Apr 2003 15:04

The majority of the Gurr population seems to originate from the South East of England. My researches suggest that this South East population splits into two separate groups, with different origins. The largest group is the Sussex Gurrs. There's an old-French word "guerrier" meaning warrior or foot soldier. The guerriers accompanied the William the Conqueror to England from Normandy and faught in the battle of Hastings in 1066. The theory is, that as a reward for their service, William granted captured land to them and they remained in the East Sussex area. The Kent Gurrs (from which I'm descended) seem to come from a different source. Tracing the line back to the early 1700s shows the surname listed as GUR, and possibly earlier as GORE or GOARE.