Families - McGivern
The paternal family surname comes from Ireland and was most likely spelled as "McGivern". Upon arriving in America, however, it immediately took on a phonetic spelling. In all records of the family from the mid- to late-1800s, it was generally spelled as "McGiverin", "McGivarin", "McGiveren", or something similar. Even the family gravestones from those years used the "McGiverin" spelling. By the 1890s, though, as literacy increased and phonetic spelling gradually lost favor to exact spelling, it seems that all of the surviving descendants of Daniel and Bridget had returned to using the "McGivern" spelling.
1. Daniel McGivern (1810 - after Feb 1870)
.. +Bridget Byrnes (1824 - 1883)
.... 1.1. Bridget Frances McGivern (1846 - 1929)
.... 1.2. Daniel McGivern (1850 - after Mar 1885)
.... 1.3. John McGivern (1853 - 1895)
.......... +Ellen Rebecca Conway (1859 - 1947)
............ 1.3.1. James Francis McGivern (1881 - 1936)
..................... +Fay Jennie Maude Emerson (1881 - 1943)
....................... 1.3.1.1. Marie Luella McGivern (1903 - 1993)
....................... 1.3.1.2. Fayetta M. McGivern (1905 - 1994)
....................... 1.3.1.3. Helen Frances McGivern (1907 - 1928)
....................... 1.3.1.4. Hazel Rebecca McGivern (1913 - before 1993)
............ 1.3.2. Mary Luella McGivern (1885 - 1962)
..................... +Christoph J. Grundel (1869 - 1947)
.... 1.4. James McGivern (1854 - 1921)
.......... +Mary E. Hickey (1858 - 1938)
............ 1.4.1. Catherine Agnes McGivern (1891 - 1972)
............ 1.4.2. Elizabeth Loretta McGivern (1893 - 1970)
..................... +James Lawrence Burke (1883 - 1965)
....................... 1.4.2.1. Margaret Loretta Burke
....................... 1.4.2.2. Mary Elizabeth Burke
....................... 1.4.2.3. Frances Eleanor Burke
....................... 1.4.2.4. Catherine Eileen Burke
....................... 1.4.2.5. James Frederick Burke
....................... 1.4.2.6. Helen Virginia Burke
............ 1.4.3. Frederick Martin McGivern (1893 - 1919)
.... 1.5. Mary McGivern (1858 - 1943)
.... 1.6. Michael McGivern (1860 - 1888)
.... 1.7. Elizabeth Jane McGivern (1863 - 1950)
.......... +Elmer E. German (1865 - 1935)
............ 1.7.1. Clarence Winfred German (1890 - 1943)
..................... +Myrtle Atem
....................... 1.7.1.1. Mary Margaret German
............ 1.7.2. Mary Myrtle German (1894 - 1983)
............ 1.7.3. James Henry German (1896 - 1958)
..................... +Lois May Caldwell (1903 - 1990)
....................... 1.7.3.1. James Caldwell German
....................... 1.7.3.2. Gerald Francis German
....................... 1.7.3.3. Gloria Joanne German
............ 1.7.4. William Russell German (1899 - 1962)
..................... +Lorena Yelm (1898 - 1988)
....................... 1.7.4.1. Russell Charles German
............ 1.7.5. Leo Elmer German (1901 - 1951)
..................... +Edith Carlson
....................... 1.7.5.1. Elizabeth German
.... 1.8. Catherine A. McGivern (1863 - 1875)
.... 1.9. Peter F. McGivern (1863 - 1874)
Authored and contributed by great, great grandson Bob Miller.
