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I see the source of the stupidity, Ancestry as usual
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1086
Canada, Soldiers of the First World War, 1914-1918
there is never any need to pay for access to these records, they are available from the Canadian government and as we can see the index there is more accurate and reliable
I do not pay for access to those records at Ancestry but I see that when I search using exact birthdate of 1882 it has
H Irwin
and it has
Fred Irwin
although it doesn't seem to have 1882 for his birthdate ...
pure Ancestry stupidity, nothing else
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hi Irene, still not sure whether you've twigged here
the Fred Irwin who was in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces does indeed seem to be your Fred, he gave his mother as Ann Fearon of the right place, and Ann Irwin married Fearon
it's just that for some reason he enrolled twice, and on the first one Ancestry's transcriber has read 'F Irwin' as 'H Irwin'
I think it's the right records for the right person, if you're looking for Fred who was the son of Ann Irwin who married Fearon
are you looking for what happened to him after that ? you haven't given any indication of your connection
the good news is that he seems to have survived the war, he is not shown in the Virtual War Memorial for Canada
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem
the other birth you referred to for info
Births Dec 1870
Irwin Emma Glaister Whitehaven 10b 568
hmm
Marriages Dec 1897
Farquharson William Thomas Whitehaven 10b 1097
Irwin Emma Glaister Whitehaven 10b 1097
her father was a Farquharson and she married a Farquharson ?
1891
Name: Emma Irwin
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
Relation: Confectioner
Gender: Female
Where born: Seapcate, Cumberland, England
Civil parish: Cleator
Town: Cleator Moor
County/Island: Cumberland
Registration district: Whitehaven
Alex Farquarson 50 bread maker
Jane Farquarson 54
Sarah Ann Farquarson 24
Margaret L Farquarson 23
Emma Irwin 20
Alice McGlone 17
in 1881 she is in the same household as Freddy
Name: Emma G. Irwin
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: William Irwin
Mother's Name: Christian Irwin
Gender: Female
Where born: Ponsonby, Cumberland, England
but in 1871 she is shown as their granddaughter
William Irwin 42 farmer of 44 acres
Christian Irwin 42
Ann Irwin 21 farmer's daughter
Margret M Irwin 19
John Irwin 16
William Irwin 14
Thomas Irwin 12
Curwen W Irwin 10
Elizabeth Irwin 8
Joseph Irwin 6
Annas Irwin 3
George Irwin 2 all other children show as children of William and Christian
Emma Irwin 5 Months granddaughter
so Alexander Farquharson took in Emma ( his daughter with Ann Irwin ) when she grew up ?
anyway ... are you wanting to find out what happened to Fred after WWI ?
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