The Givan lines
The GIVAN family information I have begins with James GIVAN who m. Betsy Lindsay in Worcester Co., MD 1797.[no info on children other than son, John.]
John GIVAN b. 1799 in MD; m.in 1823 in Morgan Co.,IN to Rebecca Mills b.abt.1801 in VA; Children all born in IN: Lindsay; James; Henry; Josephine; Ellen; and Sarah.
Lindsay GIVAN b.1826 in Marion Co., IN; m. 1852 to Martha Lippard b.1832. Children: Alice b.1853 IA; Armenta b.1855; Mary R.b.1858 KS; George b.1864 IA; Calvin b.1868 IA; May b.1870 IA; and Grace b.1877 in OR. The family moved from Indiana to Oregon by covered wagon around 1875 and settled in Eagle Point, Oregon (near Ashland) ~~Both Lindsay and Martha GIVAN d. in OR--he in 1914 and she in 1928.
Grace GIVAN b. 1877 in OR m. 1898 in Siskiyou Co.,CA to Manuel Silveira Mello b. 1870 in Pico, Azore Islands. Children all born in Siskiyou Co., CA : Agnes Rita b.1900; Mary Martha b. 1901; Carl Joseph b.1903; Manuel Silveira(Jr)[Siv]b.1907; Angelina Grace [Ann]b.1910; Josephine Elizabeth [Jo or Josie]b.1914; Eleanor b.1917 d.1918. ~~ Manuel d. in 1939 and Grace in 1959 in Ft. Jones, Siskiyou Co., CA.
****Information obtained on this GIVAN line has been obtained from family information handed down and from my many cousins. Also special thanks to Ann Maxson whose husband Phillip descends from Lindsay GIVAN's sister, Ellen.****
The following are family photos.
(1880) Lindsay Givan b.16 Aug 1826 m. Martha Lippard 17 Nov 1852; d.1914
(Grace's father)
Grace Givan Age 2
Grace Givan (Mello) Age 18
Martha(Lippard)& Lindsay Givan
About 1912
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