Death date and place verified by BC Vital Statistics record.

Wedding details from BC Vital Statistics record. It also mentions that he was born in Markdale, Ontario, and that he was a farmer.

Ira moved to Vancouver in 1905, before His brother Ivan was born. The first time he went back to visit was August of 1948.

His death certificate states that he had lived in Coquitlam for 5 years, and in BC for 51 years (meaning he moved to BC around 1903, and to Coquitlam around 1949). He was living at RR1, Lansdown Avenue. He worked as a lather in house construction, from which he had retired in 1950. He died of a coronary occlusion (blockage of the coronary artery) while he was walking. An inquiry into his death was held August 21.