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  1. 7th April 08, 09:54 AM #1
    MacMillan of Rathdown
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    Years ago I knew a gentleman named Gorski who was actually a Gordon. His family had settled in Danzig in the late 17th century whilst engaged in the Baltic fir trade, and had taken the name "Gorski" as an expedient to doing business with the Poles.
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