Elizabeth Irving (1880)

Born 1880 in Glenlyon, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

This profile is part of the Irving Name Study.

Biography

Name, birth year and location based on census records.

1851 Census of England and Wales: Cockermouth, Cumberland, England. ^[1]

John Irving of Crosthwaite, Cumberland, England.

John Irving, age 29, married, Tailor, born Patterdale, Westmorland;

wife Elizabeth, 28, born Patterdale;

daughter Dorothy Ann Irving, 4, born Patterdale;

son George irving, 2, born Crosthwaite, Cumberland;

son John irving 0, Crosthwaite, Cumberland.

Nephew John Grisdale, 15, Tailors apprentice, born Dacre, Cumberland.

John Irving arrived in Australia with wife Elizabeth and 3 children on the ship “Ann Dashwood” in 1855. Jane was born on board in the Bay of Biscay and was christened Jane Dashwood Irving. They intended to take part in the gold rush but had only moderate success. Eventually they bought a farm at Coomera, on what was known as Snake Hill. Children were Dorothy, George, John, Jane, William, Margarette, and Thomas.

Footnotes

1. ↑ 1851 Census of England and Wales, conducted on the 30 March.

Sources

• Birth, Digger Victorian Pioneer index cdrom

• 1851 Census of England and Wales: Cockermouth, Cumberland, England.

• "England and Wales Census, 1851." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 8 July 2022. From "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census." Database and images. findmypast. http://www.findmypast.com : n.d. Citing PRO HO 107. The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.