"A first class cabinet maker" served apprenticeship in England (in Brockdish, Norfolk); married Frances Wright in 1832 and came to Wentworth Co. Canada where he was a Liberal and a staunch Methodist. (He had a nephew F.W. who came to Canada with him and became a leading citizen of Hamilton particularly as a meat processor.) James had 11 children and 9 of them had children. In Canada, he built scows for the Grand River near York.
"A first class cabinet maker" served apprenticeship in England (in Brockdish, Norfolk); married Frances Wright in 1832 and came to Wentworth Co. Canada where he was a Liberal and a staunch Methodist. (He had a nephew F.W. who came to Canada with him and became a leading citizen of Hamilton particularly as a meat processor.) James had 11 children and 9 of them had children. In Canada, he built scows for the Grand River near York.
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Records on Ancestry
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1891 Census of Canada
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England, Select Norfolk Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1900
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Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935
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Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
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Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938
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