Wonderful story, Brian. In one form or another it is an oft heard tale of frustration and disappointment. In defence of those who pass on tales and myths without provenance, it must be recognised that there were very energentic sept rievers in the 19C. As well, there were some prominent heads of families who collected about them every variation on a name and took ownership of those names. Those same chaps also built fantastically fictitious genealogies for themselves based on pretty much nothing.