Marin County CA Archives Biographies.....Irvin, Joseph 1832 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers (1880)

  Joseph Irvin. The subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in this work,
was born in Belfast, Ireland, October 14, 1832. In 1851 he emigrated to the
United States, and settled in Baltimore, Maryland, but two years thereafter he
came to California via the Isthmus of Panama, arriving in San Francisco in
April, 1853. He at once proceeded to Corte Madera, where he obtained employment
in the government mill there. He also resided on the Read Rancho, and followed
various pursuits until the year 1856, when he removed to Tomales township and
settled on his present farm of two hundred and forty acres. Mr. Irvin married,
April 13, 1868, at the Church of the Advent (Rev. H. D. Lathrop), Annie, eldest
daughter of William Granlees, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May
15, 1848. Mrs. Irvin came to this State via Panama, and arrived in San Francisco
in February, 1857. She first resided in Alameda county, at San Leandro, but
removed to Tomales, Marin county, June 14, 1867. Their children are, Mary, born
March 10, 1869; William Granlees, born December 24, 1870; Margaret, born July
12, 1873; James Thomas, born December 28, 1875, and Josephine, born December 16,
1878.

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HISTORY OF MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA;
INCLUDING ITS
Geography, Geology, Topography and Climatography;
TOGETHER WITH
A Full and Particular Record of the Mexican Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the most Authentic Sources; Names of Original Spanish
and American Pioneers;

A Full Record of its Organization; A Complete Political History, including a
Tabular Statement of Office-holders since the Formation of the County;

Separate Histories of Bolinas, Nicasio, Novato, Point Reyes, San Antonio, San
Rafael, Saucelito, and Tomales Townships;

Incidents of Pioneer Life, and Biographical Sketches of its Early and Prominent
Settlers and Representative Men;
ALSO
An Historical Sketch of the State of California,
In which is embodied the Raising of the Bear Flag

ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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