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Lyvers family

jaydanl04 — 2009-11-06 15:52:38Z

Hello i have traced back to aronald lyvers,to 1690,in belgium,flanders,contact me for any info. Thank you Anthony lyvers

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jgoodin24 — 2009-06-03 00:24:19Z

Brandi,

My e-mail address is: jgoodin24@insightbb.com Please contact me to see if the info I have come upon might help. Thanks, Joe.

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BrandiLyvers — 2009-06-02 16:46:37Z

yes joseph b lyvers was my grandfather.i thought my dad said he had died when he was 3 i dont know where i got that. lol but my dad said it was actually 8/4/1970. My dad doesnt know his grandpas name. do you have a way to find out? how did you find my grandpa? maybe i am missing something there.i have tried to find his obit.

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jgoodin24 — 2009-06-01 08:49:54Z

There is only a little known about latter day Livers/Lyvers families. There was a Joseph B. Lyvers who died in Nelson County at the age of 51 on 08/08/1970; if he would connect with your father, his death certificate may indicate who his father was...I don't have it. I connect to the Livers families by my great grandmother, Annie M. Livers Goodin. She is buried in Finley, KY.

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BrandiLyvers — 2009-06-01 00:04:51Z

oops type o meant 3 boys...sorry

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BrandiLyvers — 2009-06-01 00:04:00Z

well that is just the story my grandma ruth told me and my dad.I have no proof lol. I am really just wanting to know about who my grandfathers family was. He died when my dad was 3 so we really dont have alot of info. I think i am getting confused with so many lyvers/livers out there. My grandpa was joseph bernard lyvers or bennie lyvers he married my grandma ruth ann (not sure of her maiden name but i can find out) they had 2 girls shirly and gale and 2 boys. Larry, danny and phillip who is my dad.im also trying to find out if we have any indian in us or maybe something happened during the slave times.just want to know why we are so dark complected. My dad doesnt really know and my grandma is not in a state of mind to tell me. are you a lyvers or a livers? Thank you so much for responding.

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jgoodin24 — 2009-05-31 20:58:44Z

Census takers, ministers, court recorders, tax assessors, etc. often spelled the name phonetically and hence, it's easy to lose the trail in lineage. "Livers" as spelled is oft confused with "chicken..."; spell it "Lyvers" and there's no doubt how the surname is pronounced regardless the spelling. Rascals and legends abound in our families, but so do well-meaning mistakes. Is there any particular information you are looking for in the Livers-Lyvers folks? I have some information and will gladly share.

Name Change

juniperpandora — 2009-04-24 17:09:59Z

The story that I heard about my last name was that my great-grandfather, whose first name I do not know, had 2 wives. His last name was originally Livers, and he had 13 or 14 children with his 1st wife. Then, I don't know if she died, or if they were divorced, but then he changed his name and remarried with the last name of Lyvers to differentiate between the two large families. If your last name is Lyvers, you were probably from the second wife and one of the 15 os so offspring of that marriage. I know this to be true of my family history, but it could be spelled differently according to your own family history.

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BrandiLyvers — 2009-02-15 21:58:06Z

The story i heard about the name change in the lyvers/livers family sais that we changed to lyvers after the livers were caught stealing cattle. Livers family did not want thier part of the family to be associated with the thieves so therefore changed the spelling of livers to lyvers.

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mlyvers — 2008-10-09 22:18:02Z

Hey, yeah there is a similar lore with my family. My great grandfather still spelled his name Livers, and we spell ours Lyvers. Other than that I can not realy help you. Is your family in Kentucky? That is were most of my family is from.

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demonicesence — 2008-10-09 13:15:09Z

My name is Christian Lyvers. I am 20 and I am looking to find out more of my heritage. I've heard my parents and grandparents talking of how they have changed the name Lyvers/Livers due to the prunuciation of the name and I would like to get as much information on this subject as possible so that I may be able to trace back before the name was changed..

Frederick Lyvers, b.abt1891 NY, lived Philadelphia

margerice1 — 2007-03-30 04:47:37Z

I have an original Cabinet Card photograph of “Frederick Lucius Lyvers”, which I’d like to get back to descendants or family members. Photo was taken in about 1892, in Red Wing (Goodhue Co.) MN, and Frederick looks to be about 6 months old.

I found Fred L. Lyvers in the 1910 census in the Military in the Philippines. It listed his birth as having been in 1891 in NY. I also found him in the 1920 census for Philadelphia, PA, married to Anna, and he was a foreman in a saw mill.

Get back to me at margerice@prodigy.net if you are related to Frederick Lucius Lyvers.

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BrandiLyvers — 2006-12-07 10:24:22Z

i believe rafe was my great grandfather, my grandfather was bennie or joseph bernard from holy cross or nelson county Ky does any of this sound familiar, i am stuck.....please help if you can...

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2004-01-08 17:02:42Z

I am 15 years old and my dads name is david wayne lyvers and my mothers name is jeanna michelle finnigan....its 2004 lol! my grandma and grandpa lyvers both died about 2 years ago my grandmas maiden name was sullivan all of my family lives in indiana kentuchy and some in ohio i have a cousin that lives in s or n carolina and i have a nother cousin that lives in georgia if you have any more info you could give me on the lyvers family just email me.

Lyvers Family

2003-02-14 02:26:50Z

Just found the site and thought I would say hello to fellow members of the Lyvers/Livers Clan. I live in North Carolina, but my family moved here in the 1960's from Kentucky. I have traced my family back only a few generations to My Great Great Grandfather Romanzus Lyvers, he also went by the name Rafe. If these names sound familiar to anyone out there please let me know.

Thank you