TIVEY NAME

May have to redo the family tree page - its a scanned image !

Anyhow, where did the name originate from ?

The most popular view according to my information is that the name originates from the river Teifi (pronounced Tie-vy) flowing through Cardiganshire in Wales. Possibly from a clan living in the valley of the river. When they might have migrated is debatable.

Another theory is that the Tivey's are indigenous to the East Midlands.

The earliest record of a Tivey is in 1603 in Ashby de la Zouch.

1734 was the first record of a Tivey in Melbourne, Derbyshire. By the end of the 18th Century Melbourne was the main centre of the family and the only place where the name is common there.

About three quarters of the present Tivey's are thought to be descended from families living in Melbourne in the late 18th Century.

In 1841, the first year for which records are available, there were 220 Tivey's recorded in England, of whom 72 were living in Melbourne.

My surname is Tivey as this is my married name (my maiden name was Baker). My ex husband Kevin Henry Tivey and myself are both decended from Tivey's in Melbourne and linked about four generations back.