The Irwin Surname by James M Irvine

The Irwin Surname by James M Irvine

The Irwin Surname - its Origins, Diaspora and Early Branches

Poplarly spelt today as Ervin, Erwin, Irvin, Irvine, Irving, Irwin and Urwin, this surname was used by early Scottish kings (allegedly), the armour-bearer of Robert the Bruce, the author of Rip van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, one of the first two men to attempt to summit Mount Everest, and the eighth man on the moon. The name has been given to towns, rivers and mountains in Scotland, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia and Antarctica, and even an asteroid. Tradition claims that all those born with the surname and descended from a single ancestor, but DNA tests show that today there are over 40 unrelated branches of the surname.

This is the first book to be published that makes a comprehensive record of the traditions, homesteads, heraldry, DNA, early records, chiefs and tartans associated with the surname, and to analyse its origins, spelling, pronunciations and principal migrations. The genealogies of the main branches of the name are refined and updated, including radical re-appraisals of the early Barons of Drum ad Lairds of Bonshaw. The book includes mini-biographies of the principal genealogists who have researched these branches, together with extensive lists of distinguished bearers of the surname, Irwin placenames, armorials, and transcripts and lists of early contemporary references.

Irvine, James M.: - Captain James Irvine is the author of Trace Your Orkney Ancestors and several books on Orcadian History, and the administrator of the Clan Irwin Surname DNA Study. Before his retirement from the shipping industry in 2000 he was able to visit Sunnyside, the home of Washington Irving, and begin a tortuous search in archives in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Kirkwall, London and New York for the documentation that established the author's genealogy in the 1850s and has refined it since. This book, the result of that research, is one of a trilogy of publications on the family surname: Dr Christopher Irvin and his 'Original of the Family of the Irvins', a biography of this 17th century polymath and a detailed analysis of his monograph on the origins of the surname, and The Irwin Surname - its Origins, Diaspora and Early Branches. The former is being published simultaneously with this book, the latter will be published in 2020.

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ISBN 13	9781789558524
ISBN 10	1789558522
Title	The Irwin Surname
Author	James M Irvine
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	New Generation Publishing
Year published	2020-03-25
Number of pages	320
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