Helen (Anderson) Irving (abt. 1821)

Born about 1821 in Hopeman, Morayshire, Scotland

Wife of Alexander Irving — married about May 1847 in Speymouth, Morayshire, Scotland.

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Biography

Birth year and location taken from census report.

Helen Anderson was born about 1821 in Hopeland, Morayshire, Scotland

Alexander Irvine married Helen Anderson May 1847 in Speymouth, Morayshire, Scotland.

Helen Anderson is recorded as the mother on her children’s birth/christening records.

1861 census of Scotland. Urquhart, Morayshire, Scotland. Alexander Irving of Kingston, Urquhart, Morayshire. Alexander Irving, age 42, married, Sailmaker, born Leith, Midlothian; wife Hellen 42, Hopeman; Robert 9, Kingston; Hellen 7, Kingston; Isabella 2, Kingston.^[1]

1871 census of Scotland. Urquhart, Morayshire, Scotland. Alexander Irving of Kingston, Urquhart, Morayshire. Alexander Irving, age 50, married, Sailmaker, born Leith, Midlothian; wife Hellen 50, Hopeman; Robert 19, Ship Carpenter, apprentice, Urquhart; Isabella 12, Urquhart; Mary 9, Urquhart. ^[2]

1881 census of Scotland. Urquhart, Morayshire, Scotland. Alexander Irving of Urquhart, Elgin. Alexander Irving, age 65, married, born Leith; wife Helen 60, Duffus, Elgin; Isabella (Newlands) married, 22, Urquhart; Mary 19, Urquhart. ^[3]

Footnotes

Records show IRVINE and IRVING. All census records how IRVING.

1. ↑ 1861 Census of Scotland, conducted on the 7 April.
2. ↑ 1871 Census of Scotland, conducted on the 2 April.
3. ↑ 1881 Census of Scotland, conducted on the 3 April.

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/K8RJ-CQT

• "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYSJ-7ML : 11 February 2020), Hellen Anderson in entry for Alexander Irvine, 1847.

• https://www.freecen.org.uk/

• 1861 census of Scotland. Urquhart, Maorayshire, Scotland

• "Scottish General Register Office: 1861 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5903de49e9379091b10de7c2 : viewed 18 Aug 2021), Alexander IRVING, Kingston, Morayshire, Scotland; from 1861 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives RG 9/144, Folio 0, Page 7, Schedule 37, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• 1871 census of Scotland. Urquhart, Morayshire, Scotland.

• "Scottish General Register Office: 1871 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5903df1fe9379091b110ed46 : viewed 18 Aug 2021), Hellon IRVING in household of Alexander IRVING, Kingston, Morayshire, Scotland; from 1871 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives RG 10/144, Folio 0, Page 10, Schedule 56, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• 1881 census of Scotland. Urquhart, Morayshire, Scotland.