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To: Candor7
Currie (MacMhuirich)of Loch Finlaggan, Islay

Well , No. Currie's family changed the spelling of their name in the early 1890's. Curry. Irish.

15 posted on 04/05/2007 9:45:32 AM PDT by Snowyman
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To: Snowyman
Interesting geneology, by spelling? Maybe you are right, but then many immigrants could not read nor write, and the spelling of names became what the officials made it.

Since Currie was from Western Ontario, I would bet he is of Scottish ancestry as an accurate guess.

16 posted on 04/05/2007 1:16:20 PM PDT by Candor7
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Update:

Arthur William Currie was born in Strathroy, Ontario.

Strathroy Ontario was settled by Scots. Strath means beach or strand in Scots gaelic, Roy means "King" in Scots gaelic.

"Currie was born Arthur Curry in Strathroy, Ontario on 5 December 1875. Like countless other young Canadians, he grew up on a farm, finished high school and qualified as a school teacher before he headed west to British Columbia. Like thousands of young men, he joined the local militia because it was one of the best and cheapest working men's social and sports clubs in the community. Arthur Currie soon tired of teaching and found satisfaction and the hope of wea1th by selling insurance and then real estate. He also discovered military ambition, learned about gunnery, qualified for a commission and, indeed, took all the courses the Militia could give him. He rose to command the 5th Canadian Artillery, the defenders of Victoria and Esquimalt, as he arrived in the upper ranks of the local commercial society, and when his term expired, an expanding militia sought him to command the 50th Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, dashing in their imported kilts, sporrans, Glengarries, skean'dhus ..............." Strathroy was founded by a Buchanan, who was from Northern Ireland, but then, Northern Ireland was flooded with Scottish immigrants.

Other notables from Strathroy, Ontario:

Brian Campbell, Buffalo Sabres' NHL All-Star defenceman. Andy McDonald, All-Star NHL forward of the Anaheim Ducks. George Orton, Canada's first Olympic champion, was born in Strathroy in 1873. He won a gold medal for the United States in the steeplechase event at the 1898 Olympics.

They all have Scottish names.

17 posted on 04/05/2007 1:32:31 PM PDT by Candor7
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