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About William M. Gorman
I have experience in many fields in my 50 trips around the Sun, such as Journeyman Electrician, Industrial Maintenance Electrician, Atari Quality Control Inspector, Quality Control Inspector, Satellite Communications Module Assembler of INTELSAT flights 3 through 11 (inactive) and INSAT 1A & 1B (inactive), Outside Plant Engineer, Outside Plant Manager, Microwave Path Engineer, Cellular Systems Engineer and Writer. My hobbies are 3D Anaglyph Photography and Genealogy Research.

His Web Sites
Founder and owner of
 * LOOKinHERE.net You didn't find it because you didn't LOOKinHERE.
 * LOOKinHERE.com Coming soon 3D Anaglyph Photography.
 * Montalona.com The Descendants of James Rogers, Father of the Rangers

Publications

 * Author of 2007 edition of Robert Rogers’ “A Concise Account of North America
 * Author of 2009 "The Works Of Reverend David McGregor Coming soon.

Wiki Contributions
The Following pages were originaly contributed by me:
 * James Rogers
 * Reverend David McGregor
 * James Avery

The following pages contain major additions which I contributed:
 * Old Abe added battle list with ref and links.

Family History
A 6th Great Grandson of Rev. David McGregor, through his daughter Margret McGregor who married Colonel  James Rogers of the famous  Rogers’ Rangers and King’s Rangers, born 1726, his son James Rogers born 1764, his son David Rogers born 1805, his daughter Mary Allen Rogers born 1845, her son Robert D. Gorman born 1876, his son Leland W. Gorman born 1906 and his son Robert W. Gorman born 1932. All of them are gone now and all were very proud to be related to the famous James and  Robert Rogers of  Rogers’ Rangers.

I got involved in researching my family’s history to complete the research started by my late mother, Arlene Weston-Gorman, who in 1972, took my siblings and I on a cross country trip looking up records and searching graveyards for ancestors. Since then I have made a tremendous addition to her efforts. Sadly her ancestors have been very difficult to trace. We visited Sandhurst, Ontario where a Historical marker for Colonel James Rogers stands. I believe the marker, the church and grave yard are on lot 7 where James lived and his grave is here but missing the head stone. The Rogers side of the family is on my father’s side, he is also descended from the  Hopkins of the Mayflower and the Jones family that arrived with Captain John Smith of Jamestown, Virginia. Aside from my native American ancestors, last year was the 400th anniversary of my ancestors immigration to America.

My GG Grandfather, Christopher Darius Gorman fought with Old Abe the War Eagle in the Wisconsin 8th Eagle Regiment, he fought through all but one of Old Abe's battles as he was shot through his left arm and shoulder at Lake Chicot and the bullet exited his right shoulder. He laid in the field 3 days before a general found him and when the general said "If you give me your hand, I'll help you up soldier" and Christopher replied "Go to Hell I'll get myself up". I don't think anybody who was shot through both shoulders would have a capable hand to be help up with. He spent 1 year in a Memphis Hospital before he was discharged.

I previously published a 2007 edition of Robert Rogers’ “A Concise Account of North America, originally written in 1765, In which on page 12 my 10th Great Grandfather Major General Robert Sedgwick is mentioned, he took Port Royal in 1654. Rev. David McGregor's son, Robert built the first bridge over the Merrimack River and daughter Mary is the grandmother of Jane Means Appleton, wife of President Franklin Pierce. Other famous ancestors include Captain James Avery of Groton, Connecticut of which Avery point is named for. Samuel L. Clemmons is a 3rd cousin. My families linage includes over 100 Kings, 100 Queens and hundreds of princes and princesses of every Kingdom in Europe. Lady Godiva is also an ancestor, turns out she was likely in her 60’s or 70’s when she made her ride, she was born about 980 and the ride was in the second half of the eleventh century. My 4th Great Grandfather, James Rogers III married Mary Allen born in 1775, who may be the daughter of Ethan Allen. I believe after Ethan’s death her step-mother, Fanny, in her greed wrote her off as dead for marring a loyalist who owned close to 50,000 acres. Fanny did this to prevent Mary from inheriting any of her fathers lands. James Rogers III put several of his relatives through collage with money from land sales. His brother David McGregor Rogers was a prominent member of Canada’s Parliament. I am currently living in Bonanza, Oregon and working on a 3rd book and some movie scripts. I also maintain the Descendants of James Rogers web site at Montalona.com  and work on family related research projects.

States I Have Visited
I have been to every State in the United States, the last 2 were Hawaii in 2005 and North Dakota in 2006. I have added the year I first visited each and an astrix after each that I lived in more than 2 months. The following sortable table lists each of the 50 states of the United States with the following information:
 * 1) The official state name or names
 * 2) The Year I first visited the state and common state name
 * 3) The preferred pronunciation of the common state name as transcribed with the International Phonetic Alphabet (see Help:Pronunciation for a key)
 * 4) The United States Postal Service (USPS) two-character state abbreviation (also used as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standard 3166-2 country subdivision code)
 * 5) The date the state ratified the United States Constitution or was admitted to the Union
 * 6) The United States Census Bureau estimate of state population as of 2007-07-01
 * 7) The state capital
 * 8) The most populous incorporated place or Census Designated Place within the state as of 2006-07-01, as estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau
 * 9) An image of the official state flag