Hi, Revia's. Could the Revia surname be a shortened version of Reviere? I have an ancestor, Sallie Reviere, daughter of Matilda Cronea and Francoise Reviere, Jr. I have seen the Reviere name spelled different ways and in the 1850 census for Jefferson County, Texas, they have Frances Revier, Jr. listed as age 21, born in Louisiana, his father, Francis Revier, Sr. is listed with wife, Julia (Ellender). He is shown as 48 years old from Canada and she is 52 years old born in Louisiana. Could these be some of the same family?