William Irwin, by any chance are you kin to a woman by the name of ?? Irwin, that worked at the WT Grant Store at the Old Roebuck Shopping Center in the 50's and 60's? My Mother worked there for a long time and spoke of a Irwin, but I can not think of her first name., I think she liked in Center Point. And also, are you kin to a Hank Irwin that is in the Senator for Alabama? There use to be a Dr. Irwin also? Just a wondering, I have not seen the name of Irwin a lot. Peggy Gaddis

We are all "E' Erwins as far back as the 1600s in Ireland. However, in high level DNA - 67 marker level - distant (24 generations down to 7 or so) includes Erwins, Irwins, Irvings, Ervins, etc. The family memory in County Down, Northern Ireland, is that we were originally German. The North Carolina, Burke County, Erwins have the same memory, and they have been here since 1740. The DNA returns, however, include these other spellings. At the same time, these two families have in their genetic background two (one more I cannot remember)Norway and the Rhineland. There were Erwins thereabout, because a major architect of the Strasbourg Cathedral was an Erwin in, say, the 1300s. Rhineland. Our DNA is clearly linked to the Borders family groups, various spellings - border areas of Scotland & England now posted by Clan Irwin. In the British State Papers from the Tudor & Stuart reigns I did not find Erwins, men & women, moving to and from Ireland. But they did move to and from the Continent. Here, two Erwin families have a very long maintained memory, having forgotten a lot else, that we were originally German. At some point. The Erwins I found in Ireland prior to 1649 were officers in the English army. Bill Erwin -----Original Message----- From: aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of PEGGYSUE O'Shields Gaddis Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 1:03 PM To: aljeffer@rootsweb.com Subject: [ALJEFF] The Irwin name William Irwin, by any chance are you kin to a woman by the name of ?? Irwin, that worked at the WT Grant Store at the Old Roebuck Shopping Center in the 50's and 60's? My Mother worked there for a long time and spoke of a Irwin, but I can not think of her first name., I think she liked in Center Point. And also, are you kin to a Hank Irwin that is in the Senator for Alabama? There use to be a Dr. Irwin also? Just a wondering, I have not seen the name of Irwin a lot. Peggy Gaddis ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message