Irwin Armstrong (abt. 1802 - 1884)

Born about 1802 in Ireland

Husband of Sarah Jane Mullen — married about 1825 in Ireland [uncertain]

Husband of Margaret (Dowler) Armstrong — married 26 Dec 1857 in Ormstown, Beauharnois, Canada East

Descendants

Died 1884 at about age 82 in Mersea, Essex, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Irwin Armstrong was born in Ireland in about 1802. This is based on his declared age on the 1851 (age 49), 1861 (age 59) and 1871 (age 68) censuses (referenced below).

Irwin was recorded on the 1851 Canada East census with his first wife Sarah Mullen, and with 6 children.^[1] All the children were born in Canada, so they must have migrated from Ireland by or before 1830.

He lost his first wife Sarah Mullen in 1854 and his second wife Elizabeth Cameron in 1856. On 26 Dec 1857, he married again, namely Margaret Dowler.^[2]. Margaret had lost her first husband Thomas Whealy in 1856.

Irwin had a younger family than Margaret so the 1861 Census had four Armstrong children in the household - James, Francis, Irwin and Sarah - while the Whealy children were old enough to have moved along.^[3] By 1871, only one descendant family lived (in Ormstown) with Margaret and Irwin i.e. Irwin's son Francis, his wife Isabella Stuart and their two children.^[4]

Margaret passed away before 1880 - she was not on the 1881 Canada Census. In her absence, Irwin by 1881 had taken up residence with his son William in Mersea Township, Essex, Ontario^[5], with nine grandchildren including his namesake Irwin.

Irwin passed away in 1884 in Ontario.

Sources

1. ↑ 1851 Canada East Census, District 1 (Beauharnois), Sub-District 16 (St. Malachy), Page 63, Line 43| 1851 Canada East Census, "Arwin Armstrong, Age 49"
2. ↑ Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), Ormstown Church of England, 1857
3. ↑ 1861 Canada East Census, County of Chateauguay, Enumeration District Nbr 5 - St, Malachie (Ormstown), Pg. 158, Lines 15 thru 20| 1861 Canada East Census, "Irwin Armstrong, Age 59"
4. ↑ 1871 Canada Census, Quebec, District Nbr 112 - Chateauguay East, SubDistrict g - St. Malachie (Ormstown), Pg. 54, Lines 10 thru 15| 1871 Canada Census, "Jeremi Armstrong, Age 68"
5. ↑ 1881 Canada Census, Ontario, District Nbr 181 Essex, SubDistrict H Division 2 (Mersea East), Family Nbr. 170, Page 38, Line 3| 1881 Canada Census, "Irwin Armstrong, Age 73"