Name, birth year and location based on census records.
John Irving is the son of Robert Irving and Phoebe Kendall, born about 1872 in Frizington, Cumberland, England.
John Irving birth was registered December 1872 in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England. [1]
Census Records
1891 Census of England and Wales: Tanfield, Durham, England. [2]
Robert Irving, age 47, married, Coal Miner of Lintz Colliery, born Abbey Holm. Cumberland
wife Phoebe 45, Distington, Cumberland,
son John Irving 19, Coal Miner, Frizington, Cumberland
son Robert 16, Colliery Labourer, Aspatrai, Cumberland
daughter Phoebe 13, Aspatria.
daughter Eleanor 9, Arlecdon, Cumberland
son Benjamin 8, Arlecdon
daughter Barbara 2, Arlecdon.
Footnotes
↑ BMD Birth register Dec 1872 for Whitehaven: Vol 10b, Page 603.
↑ 1891 Census of England and Wales, conducted on the 5 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.
1891 Census of England and Wales: Tanfield, Durham, England.
"England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WJR8-QW2 : 23 February 2021), Robert Irving, Tanfield, Durham, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Durham county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
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