传记
He was the father of Captain John Irving.
He went to sea as a cabin boy in the Brig Helen Douglas in 1831.
He later served in ships on the New York run.
He bought the Bark Success and arrived at San Francisco 05/1849.
He later moved to Oregon 08/1849. purchasing property which is now a suburb of Portland Oregon known as Irvington.
He married Elizabeth Jane Dixon in 1851 who was born in Indiana.
In 1851 he became part owner of the steamer Eagle operating on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers.
In 1859 he purchased shares in the British Columbia & Victoria Steam Navigation Co. and later acquiring a controlling interest.
They operated the vessel Governor Douglas the first steamer built in BC between Victoria and New Westminster as well as the Colonel Moody and the Maria up the Fraser from New Wesminster and Yale to Harrison Lake.
He escaped death while travelling in the rival vessel Fort Yale 04/1861 when she exploded.
He sold his three vessels 05/1862.
He built the Reliance at Victoria 10/1862 for the New Westminster to Yale run.
In 1865 he built the 283 ton Onward for his Pioneer Line.
He served on the New Westminster City Council as President in 1868.
He controlled the Albion Iron Works in Victoria.
拥有/设计的船舶
Onward (#40392);
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命名地物
Irvington (OR); William Irving (steamship); Willie Irving (steamship);
参考文献
Brissenden, Constance with Larry Loyie (1997) Greater Vancouver Hall of Fame. In The Greater Vancouver Book: an urban encyclopedia. Ed. Chuck Davis. Vancouver BC: Linkman Press.
