P.H.Reaney "A Dictionary of British Surnames" ISBN 0 7100 8106 5 Gives Irvin, Irvine, Irving, Erving and Urvine as common with the earliest being Robert de Hirewyn 1226 Black. Also noted that there has been confusion with Erwin. Hanks & Hodges Oxford "Dictionary of Surnames" ISBN 0-19-211592-8 has quite a bit more information 1. Scots: Habitation name 2.English: Middle English roots. 3 Irish an Anglicized version of a Gaelic name. Also a very small entry in The Penguin "Diction of Surname by Basil Cottle. Hope this helps John >From: "cwieland" <wielandec@neo.rr.com> >Reply-To: WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com >To: WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: Magill and Irvin >Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 14:19:52 -0400 > >Diane, > >Thanks for the email! Even lots of files on my computer don't prevent me >from losing messages. Sorry it's taken so long to respond. > >The only thing I know about the Irvin in my family is that her name was >Mary >and she was born abt. 1797. She married my ggggrandfather, John Magill and >they lived in central Pennsylvania - around what is now Altoona. John was >a >farmer. John's father, Rev. Hugh Magill, was born in Co. Down and preached >in Co. Tyrone. He was Presbyterian. As you can see, I know a lot more >about his side of the family than hers!!! > >Do you have any information on the origin of the Irvin name? > >Thanks for taking the time to respond to my email. > >Kind Regards, >Chris > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Diane Jameson & Elma Clamp <dianeelma@earthlink.net> >To: <WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 11:07 AM >Subject: Re: Magill and Irvin > > > > Hello Chris, > > I have a long line of Irwins (Irwine, Irvin, Irvine) from Co. Donegal >and > > Co. Tyrone, Ireland. What do you have on Irvin? > > Diane Jameson > > -- > > > > > > ---------- > > >From: "cwieland" <wielandec@neo.rr.com> > > >To: WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: Magill and Irvin > > >Date: Apr, 10 2001, Tue, 7:41 AM > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > I'm searching for information on the surnames Magill (sometimes >spelled > > > McGill) and Irvin. My Magill ancestors were Scotch-Irish. I'm not >sure >if > > > my Irvins were Scotch-Irish. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > Chris > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.