Laura Mae (Hastings) Gorges was born Out of Wedlock to Alice A. (Allender) Black b. 3/1860. Bible Record indicates Tauge to be her Father.

No listings have been found for Tauge in the area; but, there are Tague men who lived there about the time of Laura Mae's Birth.

Southwest Pennsylvania was changing from an Agrarian to Mining area. Many foreign born young men came to the area with few females. It is difficult to sift through the origin of children born between about 1850 and 1900.