Gavin Michael

This is the web site of the David and Marcia Schryver family of Edwards, New York.  Many years ago, we decided that we wanted to organize the photographs we had taken over the years as a record of our family and our life.  Since we never got around to doing that, this web site is our "on-line scrapbook."

During our married life, we have enjoyed camping, our motorcycles and ham radio.  Some of our current diversions include traveling,  lighthouses, waterfalls and our cottage on Lake Ontario.  In addition, Marcia relaxes by reading and gardening and David enjoys winemaking, family genealogy, unwinds by playing guitar and plays in two jam groups many weeks.

Marcia has been a remedial reading and math teacher at Gouverneur Central's East Side Elementary School since 1982.  David taught high school math at the Edwards-Knox Central School for 33 years and retired in 2006.

Our branch of the Schryver family descended from Albartus and Eva Lauermann Schryver.   They originally spelled the name Schreiber, but changed it after they came to America in 1709.  As the family tree has branched over the past three centuries, some family members have changed the name and we have found other spellings such as Schriver, Schriber, Scriver, Scriber and Shriver.  A major focus of this web site is dedicated to the family genealogy.  This is and probably will be a work in progress for some time.  If you are a Schryver or a descendent of the Schryver family in any of its spelling variations, you might be interested in checking out our genealogy website, www.theschryvers.org.  Likewise, if you have information to share on the "family", we would be more than interested in including it here. 

On the side during his teaching career, David did a lot of computer consulting and in-service training.  He has also designed and maintained web sites for communities, organizations and businesses for many years.  He now conducts a formal website development business under the name Fourth Coast Creations.