2009 Update to earlier message re Givan(s) family
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In reply to:
Givens (or Givan) family from County Tyrone, N.Ireland
Ann Allen 12/12/06
It is now several years later and I have made significant progress with my research into my great-grandmother's family.This being the case, I feel I need to correct some errors in my previous message and add some information - just to set the record straight!
Rebecca Givan was one of at least 7 children (not 4) born to Henry and Sarah Givan (or Givens) of Anahoe townland, near Ballygawley, in County Tyrone.They were as follows:-
1) Mary Jane (b c1847), married Robert Loan in 1867;
2) Ann (b c1850), married Alexander Pinkerton in 1873;
3) Henry (b 1852), married (i) Margaret E McCausland in 1880 and (ii) Leticia Bingham in 1886;
4) Eliza (b c1855), married William James McKinley in 1881;
5) Sarah Matilda (b c1858), married Joseph Trueman in 1880;
6) Rebecca herself (b 1860), married William James Knox in 1881;
7) Emily (b 1862), married Johnston McDowell in 1883.
And so the hunt goes on ...