Researching Gordon Nevin
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 601 people with the Nevin surname? In that year Nevin was ranked number 2978 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Gordon means "from the cornered hill" and is of English origin.
Records of Gordon Nevin on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Gordon Nevin and the Nevin Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 1507 people with the Nevin surname in the UK? Nevin is now ranked number 2681 for popularity in the UK. |
Nevin Genealogy Databases
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Some Famous People called Gordon Nevin
Gordon Balch Nevin
Gordon Balch Nevin (19 May 1892 – 15 November 1943) was an American composer and organist. A member of the Nevin musical family of Edgeworth, PA., his cousins were the composers Ethelbert and Arthur Nevin, and he was the son of composer and businessman George Balch Nevin. The Balch Family is one of the Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania.
Nevin occupied the organist's chair at churches in Easton, Pennsylvania; Cleveland, Ohio; Johnstown, Pennsylvania; and he was organist of First Presbyterian Church in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, from 1918. Most of his compositions were for organ; he did, however, write a few secular songs, and among his published works are versions of several Stephen Foster songs. He was also a writer, publishing books on organ technique. He died in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania in 1943. His wife was the former Jessie Young of Johnstown, PA, a daughter of the Samuel E. and Elizabeth Rose Young Family and niece of US Congressman John Marshall Rose and grand-niece of W. Horace Rose, the 1st Mayor of Johnstown. Her Father, Samuel E. Young, was General Manager and Secretary of the Johnstown Passenger Railway Co.
Source: Gordon Balch Nevin, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Nevin
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