Agnes McWhirr (1786-1862)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: George Irving Captain John McWhirr Irving+ Ellen E. Irving Capt. William Henry Irving+ Agnes Irving+ James Irving Mary Irving George N. Irving+ Rev. James Irving+ Agnes McWhirr 1 Born: Apr 1786, Dumfries, Scotland 1 2 Marriage: George Irving on 1 Apr 1811 in Dumfries, Scotland 1 2 Died: 28 Dec 1862 aged 76 1 2    Another name for Agnes was Agness McWhirr.2   Noted events in her life were: • Immigration: from Scotland, 1817, Musquash, St. John County, New Brunswick, Canada. 1 • Residence, 1827, Baltimore, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 1 • Census: Canadian, 1851, Hillsborough Parish, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. 3 Agnes married George Irving, son of Unknown and Unknown, on 1 Apr 1811 in Dumfries, Scotland.1 2 (George Irving was born in Mar 1788 in Dumfries, Scotland,1 died on 25 Jul 1841 in Baltimore, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 2 and was buried in Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 4.)

1 Robert F. Fellows, "Genealogies (First Families) at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Canada," p. I-11; report to Provincial Archives New Brunswick, Sixth Edition Jan 2006; Sources: MC80/535 William H. Irving's Fundy Family, pages 57-105, 172-180: George came to NB with two brothers; one settled in Douglastown, NB: see also
MC80/1790 Ken Kanner's Early families revisited, page 149.

2 WIlliam Henry Irving, Fundy Family (Durham, NC: The Seeman Printery, Inc., 1972), pg. 172-180.

3 1851 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Albert County, p. 31, Agnes McWhirr Irving; RG 31; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Automated Geneology (http://automatedgenealogy.com : accessed 15 May 2010).

4 WIlliam Henry Irving, Fundy Family (Durham, NC: The Seeman Printery, Inc., 1972), pg. 75.