Givans History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland
Ireland

Early Origins of the Givans family

The surname Givans was first found in Lanarkshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig) a former county in the central Strathclyde region of Scotland, now divided into the Council Areas of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and the City of Glasgow.

One of the earliest records of the family was Thomas Given, who witnessed a charter of "vnum rete super matricem aquam de Thei" by David de Haya to the monks of Cupre in 1214. 1

Early History of the Givans family

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Givans Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Given, Givens, MacGiven, MacGivern and others.

Early Notables of the Givans family

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Migration of the Givans family to Ireland

Some of the Givans family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Givans migration to the United States +

Givans Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

William Givans, aged 22, who landed in America in 1821 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Givans (post 1700) +

Mr. Thomas William Givans M.B.E., British Member of Dungannon Rotary Club, appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire on 8th June 2018, for services to the community in Northern Ireland 3

Sources +

Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
"Birthday and New Year Honours Lists (1940 to 2019)." Issue 62310, 4 July 2019 | London Gazette, The Gazette, June 2018, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62310/supplement/B1