Hi Robert, and thank you for the reply. My ggrandfather Robert Irvin/Ervin was born in 1853 and died in Haywood County in 1922. He is buried in the Bethel Cemetary on highway US276 just 6 miles East of Waynesville NC. Do you think you may have a connection??--Ed -----Original Message----- From: Robert Ervin <Ervin200@email.msn.com> To: IRVIN-L@rootsweb.com <IRVIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [IRVIN-L] Irvin, Ervin & Urvin >Ed Erwin, > >Reference your email in todays IRVIN-L@rootweb. com. > >I imagine your great grandfather and grandmother knew how to spell their >names, however the governmental agencies didn't always. Normally they went >by the sound as it was uttered and you received the new spelling as they put >it on the census. > >My branch on the Ervin side started off in South Carolina as Irvine and >ended up with Ervin. I think all families in the 1600 and 1700's >encountered the same spelling problem. In doing research in the past, I >always looked for all the possible spellings. > >When did your Robert Ervin die? > >Robert T. Ervin, III > > >-----Original Message----- >From: John Ervin <jervin@evcom.net> >To: IRVIN-L@rootsweb.com <IRVIN-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 12:43 PM >Subject: RE: [IRVIN-L] Irvin, Ervin & Urvin > > >>I usually check records out if they involve Ervin's from North or South >>Carolina. >> >>I have two Robert Ervin's who have a James Ervin and Elizabeth as their >>parents: >> >>Robert Ervin #175 (b. 1706 in Ulster Prov, County Down, Ireland >> d. 1774 in St. Johns Parrish SC) >>His Wife: Susannah Ervin #176 (no info) >>His Father: James Ervin #177 aka James Irvine (b. abt 1685 Ireland, d. >>7/31/1776 about 3 o'clock, in South Carolina) >>His Mother: Elizabeth James #178 (b. Northern Ireland/Wales, d. 12/1/1782) >> >>The other one was from the 1800's, and evidently died young. >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: ED ERWIN [mailto:ww4o@ioa.com] >>Sent: Sunday, February 28, 1999 11:52 AM >>To: IRVIN-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [IRVIN-L] Irvin, Ervin & Urvin >> >> >>I would think this is a guessed spelling. In other words, just spelled as >>it sounded. Probably not a historical spelling. Do you know if James or >>his wife could read and write. I know my ggrandfather and ggrandmother did >>not know exactly how to spell their names. The clerk recorded his name as >>Robert Ervin and Robert's parents as James Ervin and "Elizabeth". I am >>unertain as to Elizabeth's maiden name but it may have been Jarrett. In >>McDowell Co, NC records, that marriage(if it is the correct one) was >>recorded by the clerk as "Irvin" in the marriage Bond and again probably >>spelled as it "sounded". And guess what? Its has changed again-----Ed >>Erwin, Arden, NC >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Lyn <lyne@theriver.com> >>To: IRVIN-L@rootsweb.com <IRVIN-L@rootsweb.com> >>Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 10:59 AM >>Subject: [IRVIN-L] Irvin, Ervin & Urvin >> >> >>>Found g g grandfather James Irvin and gg grandmother Sarah Elizabeth >Luckey >>>(m April 13 1851) on the Tuscaloosa AL marriage records listed as James >>>Urvin. Has anyone else run into this spelling? I've found it as Irvin >and >>>Ervin - but this is the first time I've seen it as Urvin. >>>Thanks >>>Lyn >>> >>> >>>==== IRVIN Mailing List ==== >>>Send someone a card at >>>http://www.bluemountain.com >>> >> >> >>==== IRVIN Mailing List ==== >>Search our archives at http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >>Once you're in simply type in Irvin-L and go from there. >> >> >>==== IRVIN Mailing List ==== >>"Books We Own" is a RootsWeb >>sponsored Free look-up service at >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~bwo >> > > > > >==== IRVIN Mailing List ==== >If you know the city and state you can find the county at >http://www.mit.edu:8001/geo >