Public-safe tree

Nine generations, with the uncertainty left visible.

This view omits exact dates and identifying details for living relatives. Each ancestor remains linked to an evidence status, not just a place in a GEDCOM file.

Privacy boundary: Living generations are represented without names, dates, or locations. A private family edition can be maintained separately.

Generation 9

James Ervin

1678–1776 · Ulster/Down, Ireland

Plausible

Generation 8

Robert Ervin

1706–1774 · Ulster/Down, Ireland

Plausible

Generation 7

Samuel Fulton Ervin

1771–1861 · Maryland → Ohio

Plausible

Generation 6

Thomas Ervin

1790–1836 · Kentucky → Ohio

Plausible

Generation 5

Elias Benjamin Ervin

1828–1916 · Ohio → Iowa

Plausible

Generation 4

John Gilbert Ervin

1854–1934 · Ohio → Nebraska

Plausible

Generation 3

Elmer Elias Ervin

1880–1980 · Nebraska → California

Plausible

Generation 2

Lloyd Kenneth Ervin

1908–1998 · Nebraska → Missouri

Plausible

Generation 1

John Elmer Ervin

1947–2022 · Nebraska → Missouri

Verified records

Generation Living

Current family

Names and dates withheld from the public tree

Private

The early Ulster/Down line remains a working hypothesis until each parent-child link is supported by original or multiple independent records.