Henry Ogle Bell-Irving (1856 - 1931)

Born 26 May 1856 in St Mungo, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Ysabel del Carmen (Beattie) Bell-Irving — married 11 Feb 1886 in Newton Abbot, Devon, England

Descendants

Died 19 Feb 1931 at age 74 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

Henry Bell-Irving was born in Scotland.

Henry Bell-Irving birth 26 January 1856, St Mungo, Dumfries, Scotland, Father Henry Bell-Irving, Mother Willamina McBean.^[1]

1861: Milkbank House, St Mungo, Dumfriesshire, Henry B Irving Head age 41 West India Merchant and Land Proprietor born St Mungo, Willianmina Wife age 34 born Barony, Lanarkshire, Jane Mcb Daughter age 8 Patrick Lanarkshire, Margaretta age 7 St Mungo, Henry age 5 ST Mungo, Duncan 3 St Mungo, Sarah W 2 St Mungo, Andrew Irving brother age 34 West India Merchant. ^[2]

Henry Ogle bell-Irving, "H.O.", as he was generally known, was born at "Milkbank", the Bell-Irvings' ancestral home near Lockerbie, Scotland, the son of a merchant, and initially trained as a civil engineer, before going to Canada in 1882^[3] to become a surveyor-engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway,staying in Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[4][5]

After three years he moved to the town of Granville, which would soon become the city of Vancouver. In 1890 he founded the Anglo-British Columbia Packing Company Ltd., which soon became "the world's No. 1 producer of sockeye salmon", and made the Bell-Irving's one of the wealthiest families in Vancouver. He also served as Chairman of the Board of Works, President of the St. Andrew's and Caledonian Society, and was for two years (1895 to 1897) President of the Board of Trade. ^[6]

Henry Ogle Bell-Irving, eldest son of the late John bell-Irving, Millbank, Dumfriesshire to Maria Isabel Del Carmen Beattie, second daughter of the late Richard Hudson Beattie of St Michael's, Torquay.^[7]

At the time of the 1901 Canada Census, Henry, Isabel, Henry B., Richard, Isabel, Roderick O., Malcolm M., Anita H., Allan D., Mary McB., and Ancea Bell-Irving were listed as living in Vancouver, British Columbia^[8].

Henry died in Vancouver on February 19, 1931^[9] and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYYW-FDC : 8 December 2014), Henry Bell Irving, 26 Jan 1856; citing SAINT MUNGO,DUMFRIES,SCOTLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,035,516.
2. ↑ Census Records, 1861 Scotland. http://www.freecen.org.uk/. 1861 Census of Scotland, conducted on the 7 April.
3. ↑ "Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2Q9K-414 : 23 February 2021), H Bell Irving, May 1882; citing Immigration, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, C-4511, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
4. ↑ Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba), May 22, 1882, page 8, column 2.
5. ↑ Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba), November 28, 1882, page 2, column 2.
6. ↑ Wikipedia under Alan Duncan Bell Irving.
7. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2D8G-6FJ : 13 December 2014), Henry Ogle Bellirving, 1886; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1886, quarter 1, vol. 5B, p. 237, Newton Abbot, Devon, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
8. ↑ Census of Canada, 1901, British Columbia, Burrard (1), Vancouver (City) (D), page 1, dwelling 3, family 3, Henry Bell-Irving; RG31 - Statistics Canada, roll T-6428 (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=21919 : Accessed July 23, 2016).
9. ↑ "Canada, British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLVG-GL2 : 8 November 2017), Henry Ogle Bell-Irving, 1931.
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35332461/henry-ogle-bell-irving : accessed 20 October 2021), memorial page for Henry Ogle Bell-Irving (26 Jan 1856–19 Feb 1931), Find A Grave: Memorial #35332461, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada ; Maintained by Rockies Graver (contributor 47413179) .

• "Scotland Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBGD-GTW : 3 February 2020), Henry Ogle Irving in household of Williamina Bell Irving, St Mungo, Dumfriesshire, Scotland; from "1871 England, Scotland & Wales census," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing p. 7, PRO T 1, The National Archives UK, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 103,983.

• "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W7S6-KC3Z : 24 June 2019), Henry Ogle Bell-Irving, 11 May 1932; citing Probate, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm .

• Obituary: Newspapers, Vancouver Province 19 February 1931 page 1 & 2. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59444685/ and https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59444708/ and Tributes con't https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59444717/

• "Canada, British Columbia, Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death Notices, 1901-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBL-BWM1 : 23 February 2021), H O Bell-Irving, Death 19 Feb 1931, British Columbia, Canada; from Victoria Daily Times news clippings, City of Victoria Archives, British Columbia, Canada; citing Victoria Daily Times, 19 Feb 1931; FHL microfilm 2,223,392.

See Also:

• Newspapers, Langholm Archive group (Newspapers). http://www.langholmarchive.org.uk/.

• biography [1]: ‘Dean of the West Coast Salmon Fishing Industry’, 1856-1931

• City of Vancouver Archives: Bell-Irving, Henry Ogle

• Vancouver Sun. 8 November 2014. OP-Ed. Opinion: The Bell-Irvings: A family of heroes. https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/opinion-the-bell-irvings-a-family-of-heroes Accessed 20 October 2021.

• Blog: WestEndVancouver: Vancouver West End history.Bell-Irving, Henry Ogle (1856-1931). https://westendvancouver.wordpress.com/biographies-a-m/biographies-b/bell-irving-henry-ogle-1856-1931/ Accessed 20 October 2021.

• Robert A. J. McDonald, “Bell-Irving, Henry Ogle,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 16, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed April 29, 2021, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bell_irving_henry_ogle_16E.html.

• He Thought He Was the Boss of Everything: Masculinity and Power in a Vancouver Family, by Robert A. J. McDonald, BC STUDIES, no. 132, Winter 2001/02, pages 6-30; https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bcstudies/article/download/1604/1650/6629.

• Henry Bell-Irving, Business in Vancouver, Business Leaders of the Century, Business in Vancouver Media Group Ltd., 1999, pages 6-7.

• Bell-Irving, Henry Ogle, (1856-1931), Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950; http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/1095.