Nancy Jane (Irwin) Hutton (abt. 1825 - 1892)

Born about 1825 in Derryork, County Londonderry, Ireland

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Biography

Nancy was born about 1825. She was the daughter of John Irwin and Martha Fleming. She passed away in 1892.

Research Notes

1831 Census, John Irvin, Durnabo; house 5, http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/c19/007246493/007246493_00094.pdf

County of Londonderry, Parish of Bovevah, Barony of Kenaught, Census, 1831, pp. 2–3, Name of Owner or Occupier: John Irvin; Name of Townland or Street: Durnabo; House: 5; No. of Families in each: 1; No of Persons in Family: Males: 5, Females: 3; Servants: Males: 0, Females: 0; Total: 8; Religion: Established Church: 0, Roman Catholic: 0, Presbyterian: 8, Other Protestant Dissenters: 0

Biographical sketch of Samuel Irwin in Biographical annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, pp. 1262–1263

SAMUEL IRWIN, a well-known and highly respected citizen of Christiana, is a self-made man, one who by his own efforts has won his way to a position of responsibility with the great Pennsylvania railroad system.

Samuel Irwin was born in County Derry, Ireland, Nov. 9, 1833, son of John and Martha (Fleming) Irwin, farming people of County Derry, where their whole lives were passed, the father dying in 1867, in his ninety-third year. The mother passed away before her son left home, in 1848, at the age of sixty years. Of his grandparents Samuel Irwin only recalls that his paternal grandfather fell a victim of smallpox. The children born to John Irwin and wife were: William, James and John, who died in Ireland; Nancy J., who (first) married Thomas Culverson, and (second) William Hutton, and died in Philadelphia; Mary (deceased), who married Alexander Hutton; Martha, who married Joseph Irwin (no relation); and Samuel.

Samuel Irwin came from his native country to America in 1852, and located in Philadelphia, where he followed weaving for five years. He had also been a farmer in Ireland. Desiring to resume his old occupation, he removed to Lancaster county and remained for eight years, on a farm in Sadsbury township, leaving there to enter the employ of then Pennsylvania Railroad Company, his first work being on the track. This necessitated a removal to Christiana. Soon his business ability was recognized, and he was made foreman of a track crew on the Christiana division, remaining for twenty-five years in that position, attentive to every detail of the work, and esteemed by his employers. His work included attention to signals, and so reliable was Mr. Irwin that when a serious illness attacked him he was sadly missed. Since 1895 he has had charge of the electric signals, a position of great responsibility.

Samuel Irwin was married, Feb. 4, 1854, in Philadelphia, to Matilda Seaton, and children as follows were born to this union: Martha J., who married Gus. Skillman, lives in Philadelphia, and has two children; Rachel, at home; John H., who is track foreman on the Pennsylvania railroad at Pomeroy, married Isabella Knox, and has ten children; Margaret, who married Isaac Williams, lives in Philadelphia; Samuel J. B., who married Sadie Carlin, is the shipping clerk of the Brayburn steel works; William S., who is foreman on the N. H. & H. Railroad, at West Dale Mass., married Jean Rowland, and they have three children; Charles F., who married Amy Skillman, is a railroad foreman on the Pennsylvania line, and they have three children.

Mrs. Irwin was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, and passed away at her home Feb. 18, 1900, at the age of sixty-five years. She was buried in Atglen, Pa. She came to America when she was eighteen years old, and was a daughter of John and Matilda (McKay) Seaton, both of whom spent their days in Ireland.

The honorable positions to which Mr. Irwin has attained, and the esteem in which he is held, may be explained in one way, when it is stated that neither he nor his sons use either tobacco or drink. Their lives are hard-working and law-abiding, and all have become excellent types of American citizenship, and represent the class from which this great country has drawn her noblest and most exalted citizens.

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Sources

• 1831 Census of Ireland, County of Londonderry, Parish of Bovevah, Barony of Kenaught, pp. 2–3, Townland of Durnabo [detached portion of Townland of Derryork in Bovevagh civil parish], house 5, household of John Irvin; digital image; National Archives of Ireland (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie : accessed 10 March 2023), Census of Ireland 1901/1911 and Census fragments and substitutes,1821-51 > Browse Census > 1831 > Londonderry > Kennaught > Bovevagh > Durnabo; citing National Archives of Ireland, Dublin.
• 1860, 1870, 1880 U.S. Census records
• 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census," database with images
  The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Philadelphia Ward 17, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1167; Page: 616; Family History Library Film: 805167
  Ancestry Sharing Link - (Ancestry Record 7667 #4658851 : accessed 12 March 2023)
  Nancy J Culbertson (35), Shop Keeper, in Philadelphia Ward 17, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born in Ireland.
• 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census," database with images
  Year: 1870; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 18 District 55, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1403; Page: 344A
  Ancestry Sharing Link - (Ancestry Record 7163 #10620964 : accessed 12 March 2023)
  Nancy Hutton (46), Keeping House, in Philadelphia Ward 18 District 55, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born in Ireland.
• 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census," database with images
  Year: 1880; Census Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1176; Page: 243D; Enumeration District: 308
  Ancestry Sharing Link - (Ancestry Record 6742 #37938622 : accessed 12 March 2023)
  Nancy J Hutton (57), wife, Keeping House, in household of William Hutton (52) in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Born in Ireland.

• Death record
• Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current," database
  Find a Grave™. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #57462397
  (Ancestry Record 60525 #100211951 : accessed 12 March 2023)
  Nancy Jane Hutton burial (died on 24 Jul 1892) in North Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
• John F. Maginness, "Samuel Irwin," in Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Containing Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers (United States: Pennsylvania Reprint Society and Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, 1903), pp. 1262–1263, digital images, Google Books (https://archive.org/details/cu31924028852998/page/1262/mode/2up : accessed 11 March 2023).

See also:

• Brian Irwin, "Extended Irwin Family Tree," Ancestry Profile