Ira Gershwin the US in 1891. Ira's siblings were George (Jacob, b. 1898), Arthur (b. 1900) and Frances (b. 1906). Morris changed the family name to "Gershwine" (or alternatively "Gershvin") well before their children rose to fame; it was not spelled "Gershwin" until later. Shy in his youth, Ira spent much of his time at home reading, but from grammar school through college he played a prominent part in several school newspapers and magazines. He graduated in 1914 from Townsend Harris High School, a public school for intellectually gifted students, where he met Yip Harburg, with whom he enjoyed a lifelong friendship
Bunch (surname) United States. The frequency of the surname was higher than the national average in the following states: The frequency of the surname was highest (over 20 times the national average) in the following U.S. counties: Bunch (surname) Bunch is a surname. According to George Fraser Black ("The Surnames of Scotland", 1946), it is "a surname peculiar to Perth and neighbourhood, and found in Perth so early as first half of the fifteenth century". Notable people with the surname include: At the time of the United Kingdom Census of 1881, the frequency of the surname "Bunch" was highest in the following