Ed Don't forget the other spelling IRWIN - you might miss something. I am an IRWIN but do not think we have any American connection - only a much loved foster son in New York. Here's to good IRVIN/ERVIN/ERWIN/IRWIN/UNWIN/ONION hunting. Kathleen Ward. ----- Original Message ----- From: ED ERWIN <ww4o@ioa.com> To: <IRVIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 07 July 1999 01:35 Subject: [IRVIN-L] James Irvin > Hello all, it appears we are doing a roll call and I wanted to re-list the > basics of my search: > > My ggrandfather was James Robert Irvin/Ervin/Erwin b. 1-15-1851-53 > supposedly in McDowell Co. NC. Little is known prior to him as his mother > died soon after his birth, his father re-marrried about 1855 and then died > in the Civil War. "J R" or Robert as he was known appears in the home of > Mahala Irvin in the 1860 Census of McDowell or at least I guess that Robert > is him. He never said much about his family except that he had two older > brothers, James and John, and several younger half-sibblings from his > father's second marriage. One younger half-sister visited him in Haywood > County NC in 1883. On Robert's marriage license in 1874, he listed his > parents as James Ervin and mother as Elizabeth, both deceased. He died in > 1922 and is buried in Haywood County. I have uncovered many James > Irvine/Irvin/Ervin/Erwins etc of that era and several who married an > Elizabeth but I am unable to determine which James Irvin was his father. > The surname has evolved the spelling of Erwin since about 1900. Please > write if you may have a clue for me--Ed Erwin, Arden, NC. > > > ==== IRVIN Mailing List ==== > "Books We Own" is a RootsWeb > sponsored Free look-up service at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~bwo > >