Name, birth year and location based on census records.
Edgar Irving is the son of George Irving and Mary Ann, born about 1898 in Houghton Le Spring, Durham, England.
Edgar Irving birth was registered September 1898 in Houghton Le Spring, Durham, England. [1]
Census Records
1901 Census of England and Wales: Houghton Le Spring, Durham, England.[2]
Living at Market Place, Houghton Le Spring.
Mary Ann Irving, age 37, widow, born Houghton Le Spring
son Albert Edward, 13, Houghton Le Spring.
daughter Laura Irving, 9, Houghton Le Spring.
son Edgar, 2, Houghton Le Spring.
1911 Census of England and Wales: Houghton Le Spring, Durham, England. [3]
Mary Ann Irving, age 48, widow, born Houghton Le Spring
son Albert Edward, 23, Masons Labourer, Houghton Le Spring.
son Edgar, 12, Scholar, Houghton Le Spring.
Footnotes
↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed 10 Aug 2022), database entry for IRVING, Edgar (Mother's maiden surname: WILLIS). GRO Reference: 1898 S Quarter in HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING Volume 10A Page 499.
↑ 1901 Census of England and Wales, conducted on the 31 March.
↑ 1911 Census of England and Wales, conducted on the 2 April.
Sources
"England Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org: 16 July 2021. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.
Civil Registration index information for England and Wales, controlled by the General Register Office. The GRO index has an entry for each event (Birth, Marriage or Death) that has been registered. This is available online through www.freebmd.org.uk.
"England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSCW-N96 : 21 May 2019), Mary A Irving, Houghton le Spring, Durham, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Houghton Le Spring subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
"England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWHW-WR5 : 5 July 2019), Mary Ann Irving, Houghton le Spring, Durham, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey
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