There are two branches of our family who no longer use ‘Gorby’ as their surname. They now use ‘Gorbey’. The first branch which uses this spelling are the descendants of Robert Cloud Gorby of Delaware Co, PA. Yes, this is the same Robert Cloud Gorby whose brother was our sole Confederate solder featured in the previous post. Robert’s name is spelled both as ‘Gorby’ and ‘Gorbey’ throughout his life. Most of his children died at an early age, but…
According to the “The Gorby Family, History and Genealogy” published by Alva Gorby in 1936, there were five which included her father, grandfather and two uncles in Missouri, and one Lewis M. Gorby in Tennessee. So what did Alva publish about Lewis? “Lewis M. Gorby married a girl from Tennessee and they lived in Tennessee. He served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War, this fighting against his two brothers who were serving with the Union Army. Lewis lived…
According to the book written by Alva Gorby in the 1930s, Samuel Gorby and Mary May were the first Gorby family in North America. From Alva’s book: “Little of definite information can be found concerning Samuel Gorby. Traditions there are in plenty, but so far they seem to be all that can be found. One story is that Samuel Gorby married Mary May in Manchester, England, and came directly to America, settling in Chester Co, Pennsylvania, where he bought a…