William Henry Irvine (1836 - aft. 1910)

Born 1836 in Kings County, New York, United States

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William Irvine was a New Yorker.

William Irvine was a New Jerseyan.

Pvt. William Irvine served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1861
Mustered out: 1865
Side: USA

William was born in 1836. He is the daughter of Jeramiah Irvine and Elizabeth Rosenkranz. Recent documentation in the estate of Raymond Irvine Dawson, Jr. confirmed that William Henry Irvine could have been named after his grandfather, Henry Irvine.

William married Lucinda Yereance on 3 June, 1860. They had two children, Frances Irvine, who never married, and Frederick Irivine who had one daughter, Hazel Irvine Park, who corresponded with Raymond Irvine Dawson, Jr. Hazel, who lived in Lyme, New Hampshire, USA in 1968, was a member of the New Hampshire State legislature and a friend of Jimmy Cleveland's.

The 29 June 1877 Census record shows that he was living in Brooklyn, New York, USA with his wife, Lucy Irvine, age 38, and sons Henry, age 12 and William, age 9. William Sr. was employed as a road builder in New York. This document shows that all family members were born in Kings County, now Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.

William served in the Civil War as a Private, in Company B, 114th Regiment, New York Infantry, on the side of the Union. He received a government pension in 1880.

The 1910 Census record shows that he was living alone in Hackensack Township, Bergen, New Jersey, United States, and his occupation was that of a carriage builder. His death date is not known, but it must have been after 1910.

Sources

• Jeremiah Irvin, (misspelled, but means "Irvine."), "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch.org [1] entered 12 April 2016, Jeremiah Irvin, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, United States; citing family 696, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch : 4 December 2014), Wm. C. Irvine, aka William Henry Irvine, initial rank Private, final rank Private, Company B, 114th Regiment, New York Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M551 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 70; FHL microfilm 882,126.
• "New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch [2] entered 18 February 2021, William Irvine, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States; citing p. 40, line 7, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 1,930,218.
• "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch [3] entered 24 November 2020, William Henry Irvine, 1880.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch [4] accessed 19 February 2021, William H Irvine, Hackensack Township, Bergen, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 37, sheet 11A, family 250, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 869; FHL microfilm 1,374,882.
• Correspondence dated 31 Jan. 1969 from Raymond Irvine Dawson, Jr. to Dr. Howard D. Williams, Colgate University Library, Hamilton, New York, USA, regarding the Irvine family who evidently was from Cazenovia, Madison County, New York State, USA. Topics included Irvine genealogy, William Henry Irvine, from Paterson New Jersey, USA, and Hazel Irvine Park of Lyme New Hampshire, who was in the N.H. State Legislature and who had an interest in genealogy.