Hello all y'all,
May I please put in a request that is a change of topic?
I have finally found some Carvins. Maybe with the new information, these Carvins may ring
a bell with some of you?
Beginning with my mother:
Ruth Alberta Carvin
9 May 1918 to 23 Jan 1991 Philly
married Robert Edwards Prideaux
Rev. Walter Henry Carvin
18 Feb 1894 to 8 Sept 1987 Philly
married Rose Mae Straw
Children:
Ruth, Walter & Clyde
Walter Henry Carvin
cr. 1867 Williamstown, Gloucester, NJ
died b4 1947
married Mary (May) B. Langham
Children: Elsie, Viola & Walter
James Carvin
Cr. 1831 Williamstown, Gloucester, NJ
married Keziah Tice
Children: Anna K., Frank, Fanny, & Walter
I found the last two on the 1920 census of Philadelphia.
There is a family story that 2 Carvins were taken prisoner in the War for Independence,
but I do not have names. I understand all my Carvins were from New Jersey, later Philly.
They were Baptist. (This seemed to be very important to them) My grandfather said he was
Scot ancestry. Is Carvin Scot? Everytime I look, it is said Carvin is Irish. A Carvin
moved from NJ to Roanoke, Virginia in the 1700s. The city built their water reservoir on
land they purchased from the Carvin family. Carvin's Cove Reservoir. Some of the
unusual words my grandfather used were old Scot words. Information on these appreciated.
General Carvin information appreciated too.
Thank you,
Susan Roberts
Floyd, Virginia