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Selected Documents
Of Our Nineteenth Century
Ancestors
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Research of John Thom McKinley Girvan
With thanks to Julien Feldman for the page
From the Slave Registers of 1832.
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The First Thomas Girvan’s Will: Click to magnify. Click again for maximum effect.
Note that there are 2 entries for Agnes Girven (sic) indicating that she was 1 year old in 1832, that she was ‘creole’, that she was ‘Quadroon’ and that her mother’s name may have been Ann Thomas and that was ‘manumitted’, set free from slavery. How generous and outrageous were the authorities to grant freedom to a one year old child!!!
Transcription pf the above will of Thomas Girvan (1796-1841) Click to magnify, then click again for maximum effect.
Will of the First John Girvan: Click to magnify then click again for maximum effect
Will of Thomas Henderson Girvan: Click to magnify and click again for maximum effect.
Death Cert. for the Second John Girvan, Husband of Jane Thom, Father of David Thom, 1892: Click to magnify
Death Cert. for Mary Ann Girvan Feb. 1880: Click to magnify
Death Cert. for the Second Thomas Girvan 1886: Click to magnify
Marriage certificate: John Thomas Girvan and Jane Thom: Click to magnify
Family Coat of Arms and Historiography: Click to magnify then click again for maximum effect.
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