User talk:Opportunity17

I am the Great Grandson of Thomas Gourlay who was the stage manager of Ford's Theater at the time of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. He also played a part in the play "Our American Cousin" along with his two daughters Jeannie and Margaret. Also in the theater at that time were his two sons Robert and Thomas, the latter I was to be named after in years to come. Thus, five Gourlays were present that tragic Good Friday night of April 14, 1865. I have in my possession a letter dated 1906 from my Grandfather Thomas Payne Gourlay to his sister Jeannie Struthers discribing what he witnessed that evenning. It was a letter in answer to his sisters request. Respectfully submitted,

Thomas Payne Gourlay