NZBDM records date of death as 5th May.
Son of Francis and Frances Sophia Irvine
https://irishtype3dna.org/private/Irvine%20Family%20History.pdf
Additional child to those linked below:
Elizabeth Mary - b. 1849 Leeds; d. 1855 Leeds
"DEATH OF DR. IRVINE.
It is with unfeigned regret that we announce to-day the death of Dr Francis Wemyss Irvine, one of the most respected of Nelson's citizens, which took place at Claremont house shortly before one o'clock this morning. For some months the deceased had been ailing and a few weeks ago he took a trip to Christchurch hoping thereby to restore his health, but he returned to Nelson no better, and shortly afterwards took to his bed. He had been a great sufferer, especially during the last two days, until an hour before his death when he appeared to be suddenly freed from all pain and lay perfectly calm and quiet, passing away at the hour named so peacefully that it was difficult for the watchers by his bedside to fix the precise moment at which the spirit took its flight. The deceased, who was born in Sydney, in 1821, was the son of Captain Irvine, who, accompanied by his wife, came to New South Wales, we believe, on the Governor's staff, and grandson of Alexander Irvine of Drum Castle, in Aberdeenshire. He went home when quite a child, and was at school for some time at Berne, in Switzerland, and at Boulogne whence he moved to Scotland and took his literary course at Marechal College and University, Aberdeen, where he had for contemporaries - a fact to which he frequently referred with considerable pleasure - Professors Masson and Bain. He obtained his M.D. degree at Edinburgh, and subsequently studied under Drs Yhar and Hanhemann in Paris. A little later he married Miss Oates, a member of an old Yorkshire family. He came to Nelson in 1860, and as a homoeopathic doctor very soon established a large practice. Quiet and retired though he was, the people of Nelson were not slow to discover that a man of more than ordinary ability had come to reside in their midst, and it was not long before he was invited to take part in public affairs, in which he always displayed a keen interest. In March, 1866, he was elected one of the Governors of the Nelson College, an office which be continued to hold until 1873, when he left for Sydney where he remained for some time. In that interval of seven years he was also a member of the Provincial Council for two sessions, having been elected to represent the town in that body. Although not a fluent or pleasing speaker he was always listened to with attention, for he never rose to address the chair unless he had something to say that was worth hearing. His fellow Councillors soon became aware of this, and there was not one of themselves to whose opinions they attached greater weight than to Dr Irvine's. In mining matters he always took a deep and a practical interest, and was ever ready to assist with his purse or by his advice in developing the mineral wealth of this provincial district. Himself an exceedingly well read man and an accomplished scholar, it was one of the objects of his life to create and encourage a love for literature in others, and with this view he was always willing to serve on the Institute Committee, of which he was a most valued member, and was last year elected President. Hitherto we have only referred to Dr Irvine as a public man, but there is another capacity, that of a true warm-hearted friend, in which his loss, though of necessity by a smaller number, will yet be felt most keenly. Of a sympathetic nature and a generous disposition, he was ever ready to assist to the utmost in his power all who were in 'trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity', and there are very many of these who will shed a tear of genuine sorrow when they learn that the kind hearted 'doctor' has been taken from them, and will feel that they have been deprived of a friend and adviser whom they could ill afford to lose. Dr Irvine was a Freemason, and his remains will be followed to the grave to-morrow afternoon by the members of that Order"
NELSON EVENING MAIL, VOLUME XVIII, ISSUE 106, 5 MAY 1883, PAGE 2
Son of Francis and Frances Sophia Irvine
https://irishtype3dna.org/private/Irvine%20Family%20History.pdf
Additional child to those linked below:
Elizabeth Mary - b. 1849 Leeds; d. 1855 Leeds
"DEATH OF DR. IRVINE.
It is with unfeigned regret that we announce to-day the death of Dr Francis Wemyss Irvine, one of the most respected of Nelson's citizens, which took place at Claremont house shortly before one o'clock this morning. For some months the deceased had been ailing and a few weeks ago he took a trip to Christchurch hoping thereby to restore his health, but he returned to Nelson no better, and shortly afterwards took to his bed. He had been a great sufferer, especially during the last two days, until an hour before his death when he appeared to be suddenly freed from all pain and lay perfectly calm and quiet, passing away at the hour named so peacefully that it was difficult for the watchers by his bedside to fix the precise moment at which the spirit took its flight. The deceased, who was born in Sydney, in 1821, was the son of Captain Irvine, who, accompanied by his wife, came to New South Wales, we believe, on the Governor's staff, and grandson of Alexander Irvine of Drum Castle, in Aberdeenshire. He went home when quite a child, and was at school for some time at Berne, in Switzerland, and at Boulogne whence he moved to Scotland and took his literary course at Marechal College and University, Aberdeen, where he had for contemporaries - a fact to which he frequently referred with considerable pleasure - Professors Masson and Bain. He obtained his M.D. degree at Edinburgh, and subsequently studied under Drs Yhar and Hanhemann in Paris. A little later he married Miss Oates, a member of an old Yorkshire family. He came to Nelson in 1860, and as a homoeopathic doctor very soon established a large practice. Quiet and retired though he was, the people of Nelson were not slow to discover that a man of more than ordinary ability had come to reside in their midst, and it was not long before he was invited to take part in public affairs, in which he always displayed a keen interest. In March, 1866, he was elected one of the Governors of the Nelson College, an office which be continued to hold until 1873, when he left for Sydney where he remained for some time. In that interval of seven years he was also a member of the Provincial Council for two sessions, having been elected to represent the town in that body. Although not a fluent or pleasing speaker he was always listened to with attention, for he never rose to address the chair unless he had something to say that was worth hearing. His fellow Councillors soon became aware of this, and there was not one of themselves to whose opinions they attached greater weight than to Dr Irvine's. In mining matters he always took a deep and a practical interest, and was ever ready to assist with his purse or by his advice in developing the mineral wealth of this provincial district. Himself an exceedingly well read man and an accomplished scholar, it was one of the objects of his life to create and encourage a love for literature in others, and with this view he was always willing to serve on the Institute Committee, of which he was a most valued member, and was last year elected President. Hitherto we have only referred to Dr Irvine as a public man, but there is another capacity, that of a true warm-hearted friend, in which his loss, though of necessity by a smaller number, will yet be felt most keenly. Of a sympathetic nature and a generous disposition, he was ever ready to assist to the utmost in his power all who were in 'trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity', and there are very many of these who will shed a tear of genuine sorrow when they learn that the kind hearted 'doctor' has been taken from them, and will feel that they have been deprived of a friend and adviser whom they could ill afford to lose. Dr Irvine was a Freemason, and his remains will be followed to the grave to-morrow afternoon by the members of that Order"
NELSON EVENING MAIL, VOLUME XVIII, ISSUE 106, 5 MAY 1883, PAGE 2
NZBDM records date of death as 5th May.
Son of Francis and Frances Sophia Irvine
https://irishtype3dna.org/private/Irvine%20Family%20History.pdf
Additional child to those linked below:
Elizabeth Mary - b. 1849 Leeds; d. 1855 Leeds
"DEATH OF DR. IRVINE.
It is with unfeigned regret that we announce to-day the death of Dr Francis Wemyss Irvine, one of the most respected of Nelson's citizens, which took place at Claremont house shortly before one o'clock this morning. For some months the deceased had been ailing and a few weeks ago he took a trip to Christchurch hoping thereby to restore his health, but he returned to Nelson no better, and shortly afterwards took to his bed. He had been a great sufferer, especially during the last two days, until an hour before his death when he appeared to be suddenly freed from all pain and lay perfectly calm and quiet, passing away at the hour named so peacefully that it was difficult for the watchers by his bedside to fix the precise moment at which the spirit took its flight. The deceased, who was born in Sydney, in 1821, was the son of Captain Irvine, who, accompanied by his wife, came to New South Wales, we believe, on the Governor's staff, and grandson of Alexander Irvine of Drum Castle, in Aberdeenshire. He went home when quite a child, and was at school for some time at Berne, in Switzerland, and at Boulogne whence he moved to Scotland and took his literary course at Marechal College and University, Aberdeen, where he had for contemporaries - a fact to which he frequently referred with considerable pleasure - Professors Masson and Bain. He obtained his M.D. degree at Edinburgh, and subsequently studied under Drs Yhar and Hanhemann in Paris. A little later he married Miss Oates, a member of an old Yorkshire family. He came to Nelson in 1860, and as a homoeopathic doctor very soon established a large practice. Quiet and retired though he was, the people of Nelson were not slow to discover that a man of more than ordinary ability had come to reside in their midst, and it was not long before he was invited to take part in public affairs, in which he always displayed a keen interest. In March, 1866, he was elected one of the Governors of the Nelson College, an office which be continued to hold until 1873, when he left for Sydney where he remained for some time. In that interval of seven years he was also a member of the Provincial Council for two sessions, having been elected to represent the town in that body. Although not a fluent or pleasing speaker he was always listened to with attention, for he never rose to address the chair unless he had something to say that was worth hearing. His fellow Councillors soon became aware of this, and there was not one of themselves to whose opinions they attached greater weight than to Dr Irvine's. In mining matters he always took a deep and a practical interest, and was ever ready to assist with his purse or by his advice in developing the mineral wealth of this provincial district. Himself an exceedingly well read man and an accomplished scholar, it was one of the objects of his life to create and encourage a love for literature in others, and with this view he was always willing to serve on the Institute Committee, of which he was a most valued member, and was last year elected President. Hitherto we have only referred to Dr Irvine as a public man, but there is another capacity, that of a true warm-hearted friend, in which his loss, though of necessity by a smaller number, will yet be felt most keenly. Of a sympathetic nature and a generous disposition, he was ever ready to assist to the utmost in his power all who were in 'trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity', and there are very many of these who will shed a tear of genuine sorrow when they learn that the kind hearted 'doctor' has been taken from them, and will feel that they have been deprived of a friend and adviser whom they could ill afford to lose. Dr Irvine was a Freemason, and his remains will be followed to the grave to-morrow afternoon by the members of that Order"
NELSON EVENING MAIL, VOLUME XVIII, ISSUE 106, 5 MAY 1883, PAGE 2
Son of Francis and Frances Sophia Irvine
https://irishtype3dna.org/private/Irvine%20Family%20History.pdf
Additional child to those linked below:
Elizabeth Mary - b. 1849 Leeds; d. 1855 Leeds
"DEATH OF DR. IRVINE.
It is with unfeigned regret that we announce to-day the death of Dr Francis Wemyss Irvine, one of the most respected of Nelson's citizens, which took place at Claremont house shortly before one o'clock this morning. For some months the deceased had been ailing and a few weeks ago he took a trip to Christchurch hoping thereby to restore his health, but he returned to Nelson no better, and shortly afterwards took to his bed. He had been a great sufferer, especially during the last two days, until an hour before his death when he appeared to be suddenly freed from all pain and lay perfectly calm and quiet, passing away at the hour named so peacefully that it was difficult for the watchers by his bedside to fix the precise moment at which the spirit took its flight. The deceased, who was born in Sydney, in 1821, was the son of Captain Irvine, who, accompanied by his wife, came to New South Wales, we believe, on the Governor's staff, and grandson of Alexander Irvine of Drum Castle, in Aberdeenshire. He went home when quite a child, and was at school for some time at Berne, in Switzerland, and at Boulogne whence he moved to Scotland and took his literary course at Marechal College and University, Aberdeen, where he had for contemporaries - a fact to which he frequently referred with considerable pleasure - Professors Masson and Bain. He obtained his M.D. degree at Edinburgh, and subsequently studied under Drs Yhar and Hanhemann in Paris. A little later he married Miss Oates, a member of an old Yorkshire family. He came to Nelson in 1860, and as a homoeopathic doctor very soon established a large practice. Quiet and retired though he was, the people of Nelson were not slow to discover that a man of more than ordinary ability had come to reside in their midst, and it was not long before he was invited to take part in public affairs, in which he always displayed a keen interest. In March, 1866, he was elected one of the Governors of the Nelson College, an office which be continued to hold until 1873, when he left for Sydney where he remained for some time. In that interval of seven years he was also a member of the Provincial Council for two sessions, having been elected to represent the town in that body. Although not a fluent or pleasing speaker he was always listened to with attention, for he never rose to address the chair unless he had something to say that was worth hearing. His fellow Councillors soon became aware of this, and there was not one of themselves to whose opinions they attached greater weight than to Dr Irvine's. In mining matters he always took a deep and a practical interest, and was ever ready to assist with his purse or by his advice in developing the mineral wealth of this provincial district. Himself an exceedingly well read man and an accomplished scholar, it was one of the objects of his life to create and encourage a love for literature in others, and with this view he was always willing to serve on the Institute Committee, of which he was a most valued member, and was last year elected President. Hitherto we have only referred to Dr Irvine as a public man, but there is another capacity, that of a true warm-hearted friend, in which his loss, though of necessity by a smaller number, will yet be felt most keenly. Of a sympathetic nature and a generous disposition, he was ever ready to assist to the utmost in his power all who were in 'trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity', and there are very many of these who will shed a tear of genuine sorrow when they learn that the kind hearted 'doctor' has been taken from them, and will feel that they have been deprived of a friend and adviser whom they could ill afford to lose. Dr Irvine was a Freemason, and his remains will be followed to the grave to-morrow afternoon by the members of that Order"
NELSON EVENING MAIL, VOLUME XVIII, ISSUE 106, 5 MAY 1883, PAGE 2
Inscription
Francis Wemyss Irvine MD late of Edinburgh and Leeds died at Nelson 4th May 1883 aged 62 years.
Gravesite Details
The inscription is from the local genealogy society transcription of the headstone which is now missing. The photo is of the area for the burial plot. There is a fallen headstone which is illegible and may be the Irvine headstone.
Family Members
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