[colorado tanker]

I haven't gotten that part of the family back to Europe. The name is not Highland Scots, but could be Lowland Scots, Scotch-Irish or even English. Definitely not German.

The guy must have liked a good fight, volunteering in two wars. That sounds Scotch-Irish, doesn't it? :-))

[Pharmboy]

Yep...sounds like Scots-Irish to me, to be sure. Those boys seldom walked away from a fight. They played a big part during the RevWar...(as you undoubtedly know).