Guerin/Geurin are different spellings for Garvin, too. The soundex for these names is G615. Alot of our ancesters couldn't read or write. When they were asked what their names were so someone could write them down; the writer spelled the name as it sounded to them. That is why there is so many different spellings of this last name. Also the the O', and Mc, and Mac were dropped from alot of these family names. Here are some of the spellings of this last name. I have found the same people's spellings of their last names different at times. Garvin,Garven, Garven, Gervin, Geurven, Geurvan, Geurvin, Guervin, Girvin, Gavin, Garwin, Garvine, Garvick, Garvinn, Garrighan, Gaurbein, ect... With a Scot-Irish accent the names could sound so different. Angela [email protected]

Forgot to add that my grandmother's first cousin Martha Duncan (part of the Cherokee Duncans) married a Theodore Garvin in north CA during the early 1870's--a cousin posted this info on the world connect site. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 2:58 PM Subject: [IT ROOTS] Guerin/Geurin > Guerin/Geurin are different spellings for Garvin, too. The soundex for these names is > G615. Alot of our ancesters couldn't read or write. When they were asked what their > names were so someone could write them down; the writer spelled the name as it sounded to > them. That is why there is so many different spellings of this last name. Also the the > O', and Mc, and Mac were dropped from alot of these family names. Here are some of the > spellings of this last name. I have found the same people's spellings of their last > names different at times. Garvin,Garven, Garven, Gervin, Geurven, Geurvan, Geurvin, > Guervin, Girvin, Gavin, Garwin, Garvine, Garvick, Garvinn, Garrighan, Gaurbein, ect... > With a Scot-Irish accent the names could sound so different. > Angela > [email protected] > > > ==== Indian-Territory-Roots Mailing List ==== > For instructions to unsubscribe and list rules, click on > http://www.rootsweb.com/~cherokee/welcome.html > List owner: [email protected] Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ > >

My grandfather, George Franklin GEREN (b. 28 Sep. 1868 in Bradley County, TN--son of William Lafayette Geren and grandson of Simeon C. Geren), married Georgia Florence CAMPBELL (b. 15 Mar 1871 in Madison County, MO--daughter of William Campbell and granddaughter of James Campbell) in Webber Falls, I.T., on 6 Jul 1890. My mother often said that they had the first marriage license issued in Indian Territory, but they were not the first couple to be married there. (I have not verified the story.) They leased land there until 1905/6 when they moved to the panhandle of Texas. Our branch of the Gerens are said to be French, first arriving in NJ. An informative book is _Through the Years_ by Mary E. Geron Countess and Jac E. Countess.