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?
