Irving Family History
John Fremont Irving
1916 - 1987 (70 years)
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Name John Fremont Irving Nickname Jack Born 4 Aug 1916 Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA 
[1] Gender Male Residence 1927 6 Poplar Road: Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA [2] ,per his Bible, Census 1930 Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA [3] Census 1940 Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA [4] Military Service 9 Feb 1942 Boston, Suffolk, MA, USA [5] Enlisted in US Army served in European theater during WW-II Residence Abt 1946 Newton Centre, Middlesex, MA, USA [6] Newton Centre is a village within the town of Newton, MA Residence 1950 Natick, Middlesex, MA, USA [7] two homes (West Central St. & Park Ave) in Natick _UID 65E073C32E153C48B4DB222ABDF017BB9C78 Died 28 Mar 1987 Framingham, Middlesex, MA, USA [8, 9] Buried 1 Apr 1987 Massachusetts National Cemetery: Bourne, Barnstable, MA, USA Person ID I1 Irving Genealogy Last Modified 16 Feb 2016
Father Linus Dudley Irving, b. 2 Aug 1873, , Saint John, NB, Canada , d. 29 Aug 1948, Brooklyn, Kings, NY, USA (Age 75 years) Mother Annie Mae Hannam, b. 1 Feb 1887, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA , d. 5 Feb 1967, Brooklyn, Kings, NY, USA (Age 80 years) Married 29 Mar 1905 Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA [10] _STAT MARRIED _UID F4278B255A3E9B409D243C7B203EB217DD9C Notes - MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Boston, Suffolk, MA. [11]
Family ID F2 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Laura Alma Foster, b. 30 Jul 1913, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA , d. 14 Dec 2006, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA, USA (Age 93 years) Married 5 Sep 1941 Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA [12] _UID B057FA656425C441BACE490CE846DD957143 Children + 1. Ronald Everett Curtis, b. 1 Oct 1940, Worcester, Worcester, MA, USA , d. 9 Sep 2010, Standish, Cumberland, ME, USA (Age 69 years) [Adopted]+ 2. Living 3. Living + 4. Living 5. Living Last Modified 27 Mar 2016 Family ID F1 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 4 Aug 1916 - Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA 
Residence - ,per his Bible, - 1927 - 6 Poplar Road: Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA 
Census - 1930 - Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA Census - 1940 - Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA Married - 5 Sep 1941 - Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA 
Military Service - Enlisted in US Army served in European theater during WW-II - 9 Feb 1942 - Boston, Suffolk, MA, USA 
Residence - two homes (West Central St. & Park Ave) in Natick - 1950 - Natick, Middlesex, MA, USA 
Died - 28 Mar 1987 - Framingham, Middlesex, MA, USA 
Buried - 1 Apr 1987 - Massachusetts National Cemetery: Bourne, Barnstable, MA, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos John Freemont Irving
Probably taken in the early 1940's during WWII
Irving Siblings
Children of Linus Irivng and Anne Mae Hannam; about 1970. Josephine, the youngest siibling is missing
Irving Wedding Party September 5, 1941
John F. Irving wife Laua A. Foster. Friend Agnes Morrice sitting at right.
John F. Irving With Wife Laura (Foster) and Sons Philip and Jimmie Feb. 20, 1949
Picture probably taken at Irving home in Newton Centre
Jack & Laura Irving in 1981
After 40 years of marriage
Headstones 
John F and Laura A IRVING Grave marker
Mass National Cemetery, Bourne~~Barnstable County~~Massachusetts, USA~~Plot: 6A, 151
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Notes - Family and friends referred to John as Jack. We do not know how he picked up this name.
US Army, World War II. Army service No. 11-047-693 Enlisted 9 Feb 1942, Boston. Discharged 20 Oct 1945 Ft Devens, MA. World War II in Europe. Overseas WWII: 14 Jan 1943 to 28 Sep 1945. When discharged he was attached to C Company, 254th Infantry Reg. of the 63rd Infantry Division; the Blood and Fire division.
His overseas dates do not coincide with the overseas dates for the 63rd Inf. Div and because he served in Africa and in the ROME ARNO campaign (that happened in the spring of 1944) before the 63rd/254th entered Europe, we speculate he was transferred to the 63rd/254th just prior to being discharged. This was a common practice at the end of the War to expedite getting troops home from Europe.
Separation record says he was in an Ordnance Company (but not the organic ordnance company of the 63rd Infantry Division). The unit number is unreadable, but has only two digits, thus was not a Divisional unit.
We believe he was attached to the newly formed US Fifth Army in Northern Africa (Jan 1943)and moved to Northern Italy (early 1944). Then when the US Seventh Army was formed for action in Southern France (summer 1944) his Ordnance Company was included in the Seventh Army. The Seventh Army fought in France and joined up with Allied Armies coming south from the Normandy beaches, then went east into Germany.
Three Inf. Divisions (3rd, 36th, and 45th) were pulled from Italy after Rome-Arno to become the US Seventh Army for Operation ANVIL-DRAGOON (invasion of southern France). It seems logical to conclude that he was attached to a unit pulled from Italy for the invasion of So. France in Aug 1944. The 63rd/254th later (Dec. 1944) joined that action.
I remember Dad saying he followed Patton through Europe (not what the 63rd Infantry Division did). Also, that he was in the area of Nancy, France when that city was under siege. Something that Patton's 3rd Army did partake in. The 35th and 80th Infantry divisions were in the battle for Nancy, so Jack might have been assigned to a unit supporting that action.
See http://www.63rdinfdiv.com/miscphotospage75.html which includes photo.
The 63rd Infantry Division, including the 254th Infantry Reg. (along with the 253rd and 255th) landed at Marseille, France on 8 December 1944 and was later attached to the 3rd Infantry Division in the Colmar Area. The other two Regiments were assigned to other Divisions and in Feb 1945 the three Regiments were joined again into the 63rd Infantry division. From mid-February 1945 until the end of the war, the 63rd Infantry Division made a path of Blood and Fire from Sarreguemines through the Siegfried Line to Worms, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Gunzburg and ending in Landsberg Germany at the end of April 1945 when the division was pulled from the line for a much needed rest.
Decorations: WWII Victory Medal and EURP, AFR, MIDEAST theater Campaign Medal
Engagements: ROME-ARNO, S.FRANCE, RHINELAND, and CENTRAL EUROPE.
He returned to the United States from Europe on the ship Queen Mary. Upon discharge, joined the Mass Nat'l Guard as a full time employee until retirement in 1966. Highest rank held: MSG E7, Total service: 22y 2m 12d.
OCCUPATION: Many years as a full time employee of the Mass. National Guard; later employed by Natick (MA) Schools - Janitor.
The Irving family (with Agnes N. Morrice) moved to 72 West Central St, Natick, MA in 1950. We have a church bulletin of December 3, 1950 that welcomes new members (including the Irvings and Agnes) to the First Congregational Church of Natick. The Irvings previously lived on Cypress St. in Newton Centre, MA and were members of the Prospect Congregational Church of Cambridge, MA.
HOBBIES: Ice Hockey - one of the founders and later a volunteer for Natick Comets youth hockey program, church sexton (Janitor) for the First Congregational Church of Natick.
Find-A-Grave website link: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Irving&GSiman=1&GSst=21&GRid=2875494&
- Family and friends referred to John as Jack. We do not know how he picked up this name.
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Sources - [S1] Birth Cert. - John F. Irving, City of Somerville, MA, (official copy obtained 1998), 5-129.jpg., Rec, No. 1440 (Reliability: 2).
Parents residing at 8 Greenwood Terr., Somerville - [S4] John F. Irving Bible, John F. Irving.
- [S5] 1930 Census - Cambridge MA John Irving, US Govt, 5-325.jpg., Page 3B; Line 100 (Reliability: 2).
John age 13 - [S6] 1940 Census - Cambridge MA IRVING, US Govt, (District 9; Sheet 2B), 5-274.jpg., Line 61 (Reliability: 2).
John Irving age 24, Single, Shipping clerk for an oil company - [S7] 1942 Enlistment - John Irving, US Govt, (www.archives.gov), 5-039.pdf. (Reliability: 2).
- [S8] Irving's in Newton Centre, Jim Irving (Reliability: 1).
- [S9] Irving's in Natick Dates, Phil & Nancy Irving (Reliability: 1).
- [S2] John F. Irving Funeral, Jim Irving (Reliability: 3).
- [S3] Obituary - John F. Irving, 5-090.jpg. (Reliability: 2).
- [S545] MA Vital Records.
- [S635] Irving+Hannam, MA Arch Vol 555, pg 674, No. 104, (Somerville, MA Year 1905), 5-038.jpg.
- [S634] Cert. Irving+Foster, City of Cambridge, MA, 7-004.jpg., Vol. 30 Folio 177, Mar No. 1313 (Reliability: 2).
John age 25; Laura age 28
- [S1] Birth Cert. - John F. Irving, City of Somerville, MA, (official copy obtained 1998), 5-129.jpg., Rec, No. 1440 (Reliability: 2).