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Joseph James

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Joseph James

Birth
Louisiana, USA
Death
6 Jul 1946 (aged 52)
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Gibson, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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This listing is found in the book "Cemeteries of Upper Terrebonne" by the Terrebonne Genealogy Society, pages 201 - 2013. Rosehill Cemetery was enumerated by society members around 1985. They noted that many of the gravemarkers had become unreadable.
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Listing reads:

Joseph James
b. 18 Oct 1893
d. 6 Jul 1946
La Cpl 307 Labor Bn OMC
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Additional Info/ancestry.com & other

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about Joseph James
Name: Joseph James
County: Gibson, Terrebonne
State: Louisiana
Birthplace: Louisiana
Birth Date: 23 Oct 1893, in near Gibson, LA
Race: Black
Age: 23
Occupation: Swamp laborer for Dibert, Stark & Brown in Donner, LA
Marital status: Single
Nearest Relative: none named
Date: June 5, 1917
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U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 about Joseph James
Name: Joseph James
Birth Date: 23 Oct 1893
Residence: Gibson, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA
Age:
Occupation: works for Realty Operations Inc. in Houma, LA; works in Gibson, LA
Nearest Relative: Mrs. Joseph James in Gibson, LA
Date: Apr. 27, 1942
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U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 about Joseph James
Name: Joseph James (no middle name - is on application)
Birth Date: 18 Oct 1893
Death Date: 26 Jul 1946
Cemetery: Rosehill Baptist
Enlisted; 10-7-1917
Discharged: 6-11-1919, Honorable
Applicant: Mathilda James; address Gibson, LA
Witness: (S.P.?) Walther in Gibson, LA
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South LA Vital Family Records by Terrebonne Genealogy Society
Vol. 12, p. 90; cross ref for Mathilda p. 116
James Joseph age 44 (William James & Elizabeth Stewart) (m. 1st Abbie Woodard) m. Mathilda McGuire age 43 (Anderson McGuire & Mathilda Martin) (1st m. Mike Harden) (28 Feb 1938 Houma by Minister (Hma, LA Ct Hse Mar v. 73 A #867 1/2 p. 215)

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Name: Joseph James
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 26 Jul 1946
Event Place: , Terrebonne, Louisiana
Gender: Male
Age: 50
Race (Original): Colored
Birth Year (Estimated): 1896
Birthplace: Louisiana
Father's Name: Willis James
Mother's Name: Elizabeth James
Spouse's Name: Malita
Certificate Number: 715
LA Death Records in familysearch.org


This listing is found in the book "Cemeteries of Upper Terrebonne" by the Terrebonne Genealogy Society, pages 201 - 2013. Rosehill Cemetery was enumerated by society members around 1985. They noted that many of the gravemarkers had become unreadable.
--------------------

Listing reads:

Joseph James
b. 18 Oct 1893
d. 6 Jul 1946
La Cpl 307 Labor Bn OMC
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Additional Info/ancestry.com & other

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about Joseph James
Name: Joseph James
County: Gibson, Terrebonne
State: Louisiana
Birthplace: Louisiana
Birth Date: 23 Oct 1893, in near Gibson, LA
Race: Black
Age: 23
Occupation: Swamp laborer for Dibert, Stark & Brown in Donner, LA
Marital status: Single
Nearest Relative: none named
Date: June 5, 1917
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U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 about Joseph James
Name: Joseph James
Birth Date: 23 Oct 1893
Residence: Gibson, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA
Age:
Occupation: works for Realty Operations Inc. in Houma, LA; works in Gibson, LA
Nearest Relative: Mrs. Joseph James in Gibson, LA
Date: Apr. 27, 1942
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U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 about Joseph James
Name: Joseph James (no middle name - is on application)
Birth Date: 18 Oct 1893
Death Date: 26 Jul 1946
Cemetery: Rosehill Baptist
Enlisted; 10-7-1917
Discharged: 6-11-1919, Honorable
Applicant: Mathilda James; address Gibson, LA
Witness: (S.P.?) Walther in Gibson, LA
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South LA Vital Family Records by Terrebonne Genealogy Society
Vol. 12, p. 90; cross ref for Mathilda p. 116
James Joseph age 44 (William James & Elizabeth Stewart) (m. 1st Abbie Woodard) m. Mathilda McGuire age 43 (Anderson McGuire & Mathilda Martin) (1st m. Mike Harden) (28 Feb 1938 Houma by Minister (Hma, LA Ct Hse Mar v. 73 A #867 1/2 p. 215)

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Name: Joseph James
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 26 Jul 1946
Event Place: , Terrebonne, Louisiana
Gender: Male
Age: 50
Race (Original): Colored
Birth Year (Estimated): 1896
Birthplace: Louisiana
Father's Name: Willis James
Mother's Name: Elizabeth James
Spouse's Name: Malita
Certificate Number: 715
LA Death Records in familysearch.org



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  • Created by: C. A. Daigle
  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139330708/joseph-james: accessed ), memorial page for Joseph James (18 Oct 1893–6 Jul 1946), Find a Grave Memorial ID 139330708, citing Rose Hill Baptist Cemetery, Gibson, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by C. A. Daigle (contributor 46820874).