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Samuel Newton (a 32yo Fitter) arrived, alone, in New York on the 30 July 1904, aboard the S.S. Philadelphia.

He had $140 in cash on him and gave his last residence as Cornwall and his future residence as the "Star Hotel".

The ship's manifest has no more information.

MARRIAGES
At Madron Church, on Saturday, Mr. Richard Trembath, to Miss Elizabeth Chappel, both of Madron.
Royal Cornwall Gazette, 16 Oct 1857, page 8

You might consider looking at one "James Thompson Irvine" (wife: Mary) as a good match for Henry's father. Henry might even be living with them for the 1841 census. JTIrvine had an interesting story which hit all the papers in 1844-7, and it could be that the "silk mercer" mentioned in the obit had been a bit of an exaggeration. JTI was born c. 1776 and died in February 1847. For all it's worth, Henry's detah cert states 1825-1920, which puts him six years off the 101 mark.

Is this him?

Mr. Henry Thompson Irvine has died at Worthing at the age of 101. Son of a London silk mercer, he was educated at Canterbury, and in earlier years was in business as a brewer, first in London and afterwards at Salisbury and Crewkerne. He also carried on the business of tennis racquet manufaturer in the West of England. He was a life-long abstainer, and the curious fact is recorded of him that he was unable to walk until he had reached the age of seven years.
Whitstable Times  and Herne Bay Herald, 29 May 1920, page 2

Hart's Annual Army List
1908: Bernard Joseph Fagan, Captain, Indian Army (63rd Light Infantry)
Previously in the Munster Fusiliers.
2nd Lieutenant: 06 Mar 1895
Lieutenant: 30 Sept 1897
Captain: 06 Mar 1904

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UK Britiah Army Lists, 1882-1964
1912 list of Captains in the Indian Army, birthdate: 08 Oct 1874

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Bernard Joseph Fagan
Born on 08 Oct 1874 in Ireland to John & Mary Catherine (Hughes) Fagan

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Irish Catholic Parish Registers
Church: St. Mary's, Belfast City, Antrim, Ireland
Bernard Joseph Hughes Fagin
Birth: 08 Oct 1874
Father: John Fagin
Mother: Mary Catherine Hughes
Residence: College Square
Baptized: 14 Oct 1874
Godparents: Thomas & Mary McCaffrey

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India, Select Marriages
Bernard Joseph Fagan, male, single, 38 years old, born in 1874
Marriage Date: 11 Nov 1912
Marriage Place: Calcutta, Bengal, India
Father: John Fagan
Spouse: K. Mary Teresa Irvine

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Indian Army Quarterly List for 1 Jan 1912
Bernard Joseph Fagan
Born: 08 Oct 1874
First Commission Date: 06 Mar 1895
17th Infantry
Rank: Captain
Company: British Officers of the Indian Army

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British Army List of 1916
Bernard Joseph Fagan
Born: 08 Oct 1874
Regiment: Royal Munster Fusiliers
Rank: Major

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British Army List for 1917
Bernard Joseph Fagan
08 Oct 1874
Major in the Indian Army

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British Army List for 1912
Captain in the Indian Army

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British Army List for 1902
Lieutenant in the Royal Munster Fusiliers

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British Army List for 1915
Major in the Indian Army

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British Army List for 1902
Lieutenant in the Royal Munster Fusiliers

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31 Aug 1917
Awarded the "Crois de Guerre" as a Major in the Indian Army

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"Gentleman Cadet Bernard Joseph Fagan, from the Royal Military College, to be 2nd Lieutenant (Royal Munster Fusiliers)."

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Belfast News-Letter, 06 Oct 1938, page 6
Sir John Fagan
A correspondent writes: Your mention of Sir John Fagan, father of Mr. J.B. Fagan, reminds me of a chat I had with Sir Frank Benson when he visited Belfast some years ago. Sir Frank told me that he became acquainted with Sir John when Lawrence Irving, a member of Sir Frank's company and a relative of Sir Henry Irving, met with a serious accident in Belfast. "Fagan and Sinclair (whom I took to be Colonel Sinclair) saved young Irving's life," said Sir Frank. When J.B. Fagan decided to go on the stage and joined Sir Frank's company, Sir John was far from pleased. "It will break your mother's heart," he said. But both parents lived to be proud of their son's achievements in the world of drama. Another son, Lieuteuant Colonel Bernard Joseph Fagan, is still living. He retired from the Army in 1920.

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Belfast News-Letter, 05 Jan 1939, page 6

LIEUT.-COL. B.J. FAGAN
Belfast-born Officer Who Took Up Beet Farming
Lieut-Colonel B.J. Fagan, DSO, son of Sir John Fagan, a well-known surgeon, and brother of the late Mr. J.B. Fagan, the playwright, has died ta Killiney, Co. Dublin.

Lieut-colonel Fagan, who was born in Belfast in 1874, was educated at the Methodist College, Belfast: Clongowes Wood College, and at Sandhurst. He joined the Indian Army, and in the Great War served in East Africa and Palestine. He was awarded the DSO and the Cruix de Guerre.

In Palestine he was severely wounded and subsequently he was invalided from the Service, from which he retired in 1920. On his return to Ireland, he went infor farming at Ballybrittas, Queen's County, and took a deep interest in the sugar-beet industry.

Colonel Fagan's father, Sir John, was Inspector of Industrial Schools and a member of the Prisons Board. He was consulting surgeon to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, and the Children's Hospital, the located in Queen Street. Sir John's dramatist son, J.B. Fagan, founded the Oxford Repertory Theatre.

Another newspaper obit says that he died "at his residence, Reen-a-Vanna, Glenaluh Road, Killiney".
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In September 1911, Captain Fagan and Miss Irvine were listed in the Open Mixed Foursomes (themselves as a duo) for Malone Golf Club. They golfed before they married! Wonder if that's how they met . . . hmm . . . (Follow-up: they were beat by the other pair.)

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Belfast News-Letter, 03 Dec 912, page 1
MARRIAGES
FAGAN-IRVINE
November 11th, 1912, at the Roman Catholic Church, Calcutta, Captain B.J. Fagan, 17th Infantry, Indian Army, second son of Sir John Fagan, Graigue-a-Verne, County Kildare, to Kathleen, daughter of John R. Gerard Irvine, Dunsona, Derryvolgie, Belfast.