Teevan, Teeven, Teevin, Teevens, Teven, Teaven... Many variations, all one name. Given the fact that most people could not write just a couple of generations ago, the Teevan name now has quite a few variations depending on where you are in the world. However almost every Teevan (at least in the English-speaking world) can trace their roots back to Ireland.

With a couple of exceptions, the vast majority of Teevan's lived at one point in Cavan or Fermanagh, two neighbouring counties in Ireland. The name is still incredibly rare - around the 1920s there were less than 300 in the whole of the USA; only a couple of main lines in Scotland and another few in Canada, for instance. Between the UK and Ireland, Australia, Canada and the USA, there were probably well under 1000 Teevan's at the turn of the 20th century. Obviously we have expended our ranks since then(!) but the point remains that we are very likely to all be distantly related.

This is therefore an ongoing project to link together as many of the Teevan families in the world together as possible. Unfortunately, given the destruction of many Irish records in the early 1900s, a conclusive "answer" will never be found.

I will eventually write my findings up into a family history book which will be distributed to those who have contributed to it. Each family line will have its own chapter, and the more family stories, quotes and photos I receive the nicer it will be for everyone to read. I have written most of it already, about 200 or 300 pages. I did have to pause writing for the last 6 months or so, though I have continued to gather more info to add to the book. I am starting to write again, and although I cannot confirm a completion date I will keep all my Teevan contacts updated when it's ready to go to print, in case anyone wants to add more.

No person born after my grandfather's generation - so born about 1920 - is included in this website or the book. The book will not be publicly or commercially available - so the only way to get one is to contribute your own research.

USING THIS WEBSITE

At the bottom of this page is a list of a few of the families I have included in my tree(s) so far. Click on any of these to take you to the original Teevan for that line (who will usually be from Cavan or Fermanagh). However I have many more lines, too many to clutter up this page!

An easier and more useful way for most people to find their ancestor is to go to the Index and simply find a particular name.

If you want to download my enitre GEDCOM, it is available on this site. However it contains nearly 3000 names, many of which are Rooney's from my dad's side, and the various Teevan lines are of course disjointed from each other. So in a way it's several trees in one - so you would have to delete most of it after downloading it, as it will be largely irrelevant. You could always just wait for the book!

CONTACTING ME

Please email me on anelia1983@aol.com if you have any documents, anecdotes or photos to share or any questions on any of the names found on this website.

I would REALLY appreciate anything you would be willing to share. Talk to your relatives and give me quotes about the type of people your parents, uncles, grandparents etc were - without such help the book will be little more than names and dates in some chapters. It's the contributions from other Teevan's that makes it a nice tribute to your relatives!


*** This site was last updated on 9 February 2008 ***