Another update on the Irvin Family History

Now here is the latest news! A very good friend of ours, Raymond Foster, has sent the following email to us:

Following on from our telephone conversation here is the Family Tree so far:

William Irvin born 1803 in Mitcham, Surrey married Martha born 1806 in Hackney, Middlesex.

They had the following children all of whom were born in Hackney, Middlesex

Hannah – 1830

William – 1835

Emma – 1836

Martha – 1837

Mary – 1839

Henrietta – 1841

John – 1844

Jane – 1849

William Ivin (1835) married Emma Waller born 1840 in Ware, Hertfordshire.

Their children were:

Emma – 1864

William – 1865

Emily – 1871

Ellen – 1874

Walter – 1877 – 1916

Harriett

All born in Hackney, Middlesex

Martha Irvin (1837) married James Foster born 1824 in Hackney, Middlesex

Their children all born in Hackney, Middlesex.

James – 1857

Martha – 1860

Emma – 1862

Walter – 1864 (my great-grandfather)

George – 1865

Charles – 1868

Edward – 1869

Thomas – 1870 – 1872

Henrietta – 1870 – 1871

Henry – 1871

Frederick – 1873

Mary Irvin (1839) married Robert Cracknell born 1861 in Tooting, Surrey

Their children were born in Hackney, Middlesex

Laura – born 1861 married her cousin James Foster (1857).

Robert – born 1863

Most of the above has come from fitting pieces of jigsaw together. Most of the early male Irvins in my tree were bricklayers and a Census appearance is a rarity. William Irvin (1803) only appears in the 1851 Census. After that William Irvin (1835) turns up in the 1881 Census where he is living a few doors up from his sister Martha in Boleyn Road, Hackney. After that nothing.

And more often than not when I have followed a clue I’ve hit a brick wall – so you can imagine that if this piece of the jigsaw fits into your own tree I think I might be a bit over the moon.

SO, WE NOW KNOW THAT WILLIAM IRVIN WHO MARRIED HARRIET WAS BORN IN HACKNEY IN 1865 AND HIS FATHER WAS A BRICKLAYER (WHICH IS WHY MAYBE THAT RAYMOND HIT A BRICK WALL!) WE ALWAYS THOUGHT WILLIAM WAS A CARPENTER, AND THAT NOW MAKES SENSE. SO HOW ABOUT A BIT OF HELP FOR RAYMOND AND KEITH, AND US, ON WHERE THEY ALL LIVED?