Irving House, Vernon

I took the first photo of this house in February 2007, and the following two photos were taken last April 2021. It's looking a bit worse for the wear.

This house is located on the Millview Road. / The 1880's Meacham's PEI Atlas shows the owner of this house as David Irving with 70 acres. Waldron Leard's cemetery book on famous Islanders, notes the following. / Irving, David Purdy 1841-1922. Teacher/ Farmers/Member of the PEI Legislative Assembly. / The 1928 Cumins PEI Atlas shows David's son, James Cephas Irving with 152 acres. EX-MP, S. Foxes, Wife Eva. ------ I also did a search of the Prince Edward Island Legislature and found the following information. [ https://www.assembly.pe.ca/members-1873-1993 ] "IRVING, DAVID PURDY," farmer; b. 6 April 1841 in Cherry Valley, son of James Irving and Anne MacKenzie; m. 11 September 1867 Anne Tweedy, and they had 12 children, Sarah A., James Cephas*, Margaret, Thomas, Elizabeth, George, Anne, Alexander, John, William, Pansey, and Edith; Presbyterian; d. 1922. Irving, a Liberal, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1900 for 4th Queens. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1904 and 1908. Irving was defeated in a by-election held in 1900. Irving was educated at Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown, where he received a teachers' diploma. David Irving died in 1922. Anne Irving was born in 1849 and died in 1917. James Cephas Irving* served in the Legislative Assembly, and another child, Anne, married Edmund T. Higgs*, also a politician. References CPG 1910; Islander 13 September 1867; PARO: MNI-Census 1881, 1891. /// "IRVING, JAMES CEPHAS," farmer; b. 9 May 1870, son of David Purdy Irving* and Anne Tweedy; m. 2 September 1898 Eva Nicholson of Eldon, and there were no children; Presbyterian; d. 14 October 1939. Irving, a Liberal, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1919 for 4th Queens. He was re-elected in the general election of 1923. Irving's father had served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for 4th Queens. James Irving died 14 October 1939. Eva Irving was born 5 December 1869 and died 8 January 1940. Irving's sister Anne was married to Edmund Higgs*, who served in the Legislative Assembly. References CPG 1903, 1921, 1924; Patriot 18 October 1939; PARO: United Church of Pown.il Book 1 p. 55; MNI-Census 1891; Census 1901.