Re: Rufus Harveson
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Re: Rufus Harveson
Mary West 5/05/99
mY FAMILY NAME IS HARVIESON / HARVISON FROM SCOTLAND ORIGINALLY FROM IRELAND.I HAVE TRACED MY FAMILY BACK FOR 6 GENERATIONS ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SLIGHT VARIATIONS ON THE SPELLING. THOMAS HARVIESON CAME TO SCOTLAND WITH I PRESUME HIS WIFE WHO WAS MARY MAGUIRE. HE WAS A FORESTER. HIS SON THOMAS ALSO WORKED ON THE LAND AND HIS SON THOMAS BECAME A BUTLER IN A COUNTRY HOUSE IN KILBARCHAN SCOTLAND. THEY HAD 5 CHILDREN AND THEY CAME TO ENGLAND IN 1880 APPROX. THEY CAME TO LANCASHIRE AND MY GRANDFATHER JOHN WAS BORN IN 1891 IN OLDHAM. AS FAR AS I KNOW THERE ARE 43 VARIATIONS ON THE FAMILY NAME AND I HAVE A HUGE FILE OF HARBISIN, HAVERSON, HARBINSON ETC SPREAD AROUND AUSTRALIA. I CANNOT LINK MY IMEDIATE FAMILY TO ANY OF THESE ALTHOUGH I HAVE SUCCECCFULLY LINKED OTHER FAMILES FROM ENGLAND.
CHEERS AND GOOD LUCK,
CHRISTINE SHELMERDINE