Have you ran across this spelling?. M y father said his ancestors were from co Cork.What I have starts with is William marrying Dr Samuel Gay's daughter after they settled in Shenadoah Valley.then on to Christian Co. KY.where the land he was given was located.I just wish I could find out more . The Gays were easy. I have the spelling Donovan my dad's great Uncle. maric@winco.net Mari H. Dunavan Clement Rushville Illinois
Have I EVER run across that spelling!! Dunavin, Dunivan, Duniven, Dunovan + all the foregoing with doubled Ns, and probably more variations that have only shown up once or twice. I'm searching for Martha Dunavon? born about 1814 in KY, maried in IN, Greene Co.1835. There are only three Dunnavin? familes in the entire state at that period and none in that county. The closest family was only there during one census. (William 60-70, female 50-60, female 20-30; next to Thomas Dunnivan, 20-30 in 1840 also a James Donavan nearby--they were few and far between in that time frame also). Also found John Dunavan and wife Frances in Fountain Co. IN from Rockingham VA (m. too late) and John Dunivin and wife Catherine in Putnam Co. IN (right ages of children but all born in TN). I can't put my hands on my notes just now but I believe these names and dates are accurate. What were the dates for William in Christian Co.? Judi Evans ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mari Clement" <maric@winco.net> To: <DONOVAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 10:35 PM Subject: [DONOVAN-L] Dunavan > Have you ran across this spelling?. M y father said his ancestors were from > co Cork.What I have starts with is William marrying Dr Samuel Gay's daughter > after they settled in Shenadoah Valley.then on to Christian Co. KY.where the > land he was given was located.I just wish I could find out more . The Gays > were easy. I have the spelling Donovan my dad's great Uncle. > maric@winco.net > Mari H. Dunavan Clement > Rushville Illinois > > > ==== DONOVAN Mailing List ==== > The Donovan Home Page is temporarily unavailable...once it is back, I'll let you know! > The Donovan Threaded Archives can be found at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/DONOVAN-L > >