MY JAMES FAMILY
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My research into my mother's paternal family history has taken me back to 1762 in Breage via St Erth and Fraddam in Gwinear. |
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William
James married Elizabeth
Harvey in Breage Church on 17 NOV 1762
(Both William and Elizabeth made their mark while one of the witnesses, Edward James junior signed his name) (William was buried in Breage on either 17 OCT 1781 or 19 NOV 1781 or 1 OCT 1783 aged 43 or 10 JAN 1789 aged 52) (Elizabeth James of Carlean was buried on 7 JUN 1821 in Breage aged 81) |
I have identified five children
| Name | Date and place Christened | Any other information |
| William James | 10 JUL 1763 in
Breage [Source = Breage Parish Register] |
From his step
grandfather's Will (Benjamin Polglase) William was bequeathed the house
he is now in possession of, belonging to the Estate of Pearces and the
sum of ten pounds when he shall attain the aged of 21 years Married Prudence Pearce in Breage on 31 MAR 1797. |
| Mary James | Born around 1768 | Married a Bawden [Source = Lease between John Rogers esquire and Mary's step uncle Benjamin Polglase dated 1773. Mary is one of the three named lives. The lease is endorsed Mary James now Mary Bawden, living in Redruth in 1843] |
| Elizabeth James | Born in Breage Christened on 29 APR 1770 in Sithney [Source = Sithney Parish Register] |
Buried in Breage on 18 JAN 1771 |
| James James | 20 MAR 1772 in Breage [Source = Breage Parish Register] |
Buried in Breage on 16 JUL 1781 |
| Elizabeth James | 20 MAR 1774 in Breage [Source = Breage Parish Register] |
Buried in Breage either on 15 SEP 1775 or 3 MAY 1781 |
Breage Parish Church
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William
James married Prudence
Pearce in Breage Church on 31 MAR 1797
(William was buried in Breage either on 15 MAY 1802 aged 38 or 18 APR 1808 aged 45). (Prudence was buried in Breage on 14 JUN 1852 aged 87) |
They had four children
| Name | Date and place Christened | Any other information |
| Mary James | 18 FEB 1798 in
Breage [Source = Breage Parish Register] |
Married John Dobb in Breage on 20 MAY 1819. |
| Margaret James | 5 MAY 1799 in Breage [Source = Breage Parish Register] |
I believe Peggy gave birth
to Josiah
James in 1823 as they are both living with James and Grace in Greenland,
St Erth in 1841. There is a christening record for a Josias James on 20
JUL 1823 in Ruan Major. Father is Js
Simmons. Mother is Margaret. In 1851 Peggy is aged 52 and working as a Servant to Thomas Gundry on Bosworgey Farm, St Erth In 1871 Margaret is aged 70 and housekeper for James and Graces children in Bosworgey, St Erth. Margaret was buried in Breage on 23 NOV 1872 |
| James James | 17 AUG 1800 in Breage [Source = Breage Parish Register] |
Married Grace Hammill in St Erth on 11 MAR 1824 |
| Elizabeth James | 4 APR 1802 in Breage [Source = Breage Parish Register] |
Married Francis Williams in 1819 |
Another view of Breage Church
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James
James married Grace
Hammill in St Erth Church on 11 MAR 1824
(In 1841 James is a Miner aged 45. Grace is aged 35. The family are living in Greenland, St Erth) (In 1851 James is aged 48 and a Miner and occupier of 14 acres. Grace is aged 46. The family are living in Greenland, St Erth) (In 1861James is aged 58 and a Copper & Tin Miner. Grace is aged 59. The family are living in Nomansland, Gwinear) (James died of a diseased heart on 14 DEC 1865. Buried in Breage). (Grace died of natural decay on 13 JAN 1866. Buried in Breage) |
Gravestone of James and Grace and their daughters Grace and Margaret in Breage Cemetery
They had twelve children
| Name | Date and place Christened | Any other information |
| Mary James | 8 AUG 1824 in St Erth | In
1841 Mary is at home aged 17 and a Miner. In 1851 Mary is at home aged 25 and a Tin Dresser Married William Christopher in 1856 |
| Jane James | 1 JUN 1828 in Gwinear | In
1841 Jane is at home aged 15 and a Miner In 1851 she is at home aged 24 and a Tin Dresser Married William Polglase in St Erth Church on 4 JUN 1853. |
| Elizabeth James | 15 FEB 1829 in St Erth | In
1841 Elizabeth is at home aged 14 and a Miner. In 1851 she is at home aged 22 and a Tin Dresser Married Richard Pellow in St Erth Church on 26 DEC 1857 |
| Grace James | 10 MAR 1833 in Gwinear | In 1841 Grace is at home aged 12 In 1851 she is at home aged 20 and a Tin Dresser. In 1861 she is at home aged 29 In 1871 she is aged 28 and living with her brother William in Bosworgie. In 1891 Grace is aged 52 and living with her sisters Margaret and Elizabeth in Pooley's near Carloose. In 1901 she is aged 70 and living with her sister Margaret in Wilgarne, near Taskus, Gwinear. Grace died on 17 OCT 1902 in Fraddam. Left £69 0s 11d in her Will to her sister Margaret. Buried on 23 OCT 1902 in Breage |
| William James | 10 MAR 1833 in Gwinear | In 1841 William is at
home aged 10. In 1851 he is at home aged 18 and a Tin Miner. Not with the family in 1861 In 1871 William is the Head of the Family, aged 34. He was working as a Miner and the family were living in Bosworgie, St Erth. Died from chronic bronchitis and an enlarged liver on 13 JUN 1876, aged 41. At the time he was living in Fraddam, Gwinear. Buried in Breage on 18 JUN 1876. |
| James James | 12 NOV 1835 in St Erth | In 1841
James is at home aged 8. In 1851 he is at home aged 16 and a Tin Miner. In 1861 he is at home aged 25 and a Copper & Tin Miner In 1871 he is 32 and a Miner living with his brother William in Bosworgie. Died of stomach cancer at the James Ranch in Grass Valley, California on 7 JUL 1895 |
| Prudence James | 26 FEB 1837 in Gwinear | In 1841 Prudence is
at home aged 6. In 1851 she is at home aged 14 and a Tin Miner. In 1861 she is at home aged 23 In 1871 she was 26 and living with her brother William in Bosworgie. Married John Hosking in 1871 |
| Margaret James | 3 NOV 1839 in St Erth | In
1841 Peggy is at home aged 4. Died in the JUN quarter 1843 (Penzance 9 158). Buried in Breage. In the church register as Mary Ann age 5 of St Erth |
| Benjamin James | Born on 9 SEP 1839 Chr: 3 NOV 1839 in St Erth |
In
1841 Benjamin is at home aged 1. In 1851 he is at home aged 12 and a Tin Miner. In 1861 he is at home aged 21 and a Copper & Tin Miner In 1871 he is aged 30 and a Miner living with his brother William in Bosworgie. Married Louisa Smitham in St Erth Church on 14 SEP 1871 |
| Francis Pearce James | Born on 6 MAY 1841 Chr: 31 OCT 1841 in St Erth |
In
1841 Francis is aged 2 weeks. In 1851 he is at home aged 10 and a Tin Miner In 1861 he is at home aged 19 and a Copper & Tin Miner Not with the name in 1871 In 1880 he was working as a miner in Butte, Sierra County, California. |
| John James | Born on 9 OCT 1842 Chr: 4 OCT 1850 in St Erth |
In
1851 John is at home aged 8. In 1861 he is at home aged 17 and a Copper & Tin Miner Not with the family in 1871 Married Elizabeth Luke in the Methodist Parsonage, Nevada City, California on 12 APR 1875. |
| Margaret James | Born on 15 MAR 1844 Chr: 4 OCT 1850 in St Erth |
In 1851 Margaret is at home
aged 6. In 1861 she is at home aged 16 In 1871 she was aged 24 and a Housemaid, living with her brother William in Bosworgie. In 1891 Margaret is a Farmer aged 40 living in Pooley's near Carloose. In 1901 she is aged 62 and living with her sister Grace in Wilgarne, near Taskus, Gwinear. In 1911 she is aged 56 ! and living on her own in Wheal Garne, Gwinear (between Fraddam and Nomansland) Margaret died on 6 MAY 1913. Buried in Breage. |
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Benjamin
James married Louisa
Smitham in St Erth Church on 14 SEP 1871
(in 1881 Benjamin is aged 38 and a Copper Miner. Louisa is aged 42. The family are living in a cottage in Fraddam, Gwinear) (Benjamin died of a gastric ulcer on 24 JUN 1882 in Fraddam. Buried in Breage) (In 1891 Louisa is a Widow aged 53. The family are living in Fraddam, Gwinear) (In 1901 Louise is aged 63 and living in the Parish of Gwinear) (Louisa died of Apoplexy in St Erth Praze on 4 NOV 1909. Buried in Gwinear) |
They had six children
| Name | Date and place Christened | Any other information |
| James James | Born on 21 AUG 1872 Baptised in Deveral Wesleyan Chapel on 14 NOV 1872 |
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1881 he is at home aged 8 and a Scholar In 1891 he is aged 18 and a Farm Labourer working for Simeon Noell on Deveral Farm, Gwinear Married Lemeniah Johns in the MAR quarter 1894 (Redruth 5c 312) |
| William James | Born on 15 DEC 1873 Baptised in Deveral Wesleyan Chapel on 19 FEB 1874 |
In 1881
he is a visitor at the home of Henry Marks, and family in Trelyon Downs, St Ives,
aged 7 and a Scholar In 1891 he is aged 16 and a Farm Servant working for Jenifer Daniel on Keskeys Farm, St Erth In 1901 he is aged 27 and working as a Store Man in East Stonehouse, Devon Married Mary Shugg in East Stonehouse, Devon in the JUN quarter 1902 |
| Eliza Harvey James | Born on 12 APR 1875 Baptised on 2 AUG 1875 |
In 1881
she is at home aged 5 and a Scholar In 1891 she is at home aged 15 and a worker in a field on a Farm In 1901 she is at home aged 24 Married Sampson Charles Perrow. |
| Joseph Blight James | Born on 28 OCT 1876 Baptised on 15 FEB 1877 |
In 1881 he
is at home aged 4 and a Scholar In 1891 he is at home aged 14 and a Farm Labourer In 1901 he is at home aged 23 and an Ordinary Ag Lab Married Clara Stevens on 21 FEB 1903 in Wall, Gwinear |
| Benjamin James | Born on 27 MAR 1879 | In
1881 he is at home aged 2 In 1891 he is at home aged 12 and a Scholar In 1901 he is at home aged 21 and an Ordinary Ag Lab Married Clara Johns on 19 MAY 1907. She died during child birth. Remarried Elizabeth Haddock on 7 DEC 1909. |
| Francis James | Born on 25 OCT 1880 Baptised on 27 JAN 1881 |
In 1881 he is at home aged 5 months In 1891 he is at home aged 10 and a Scholar Married Hester Williams from Hayle on 26 JAN 1901 |
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Benjamin
James married Clara
Johns in Gwinear Parish Church on 19 MAY 1907
(Benjamin and Clara courted for seven years before marrying) (Clara died from child birth on the evening of 30 April/1 MAY 1908 aged 25, in a cottage on Bosparva Farm, Gwinear) |
They had one daughter
| Name | Date and place Christened | Any other information |
| Clara James | Born on 30 APR 1908 in Gwinear | In 1911 she is at home aged 2 Married Abraham Grose and lived in St Ives. |
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Benjamin
James married Elizabeth
Haddock on 7 DEC 1909 possibly at Penzance Registry Office
(Benjamin worked for George Eustice on Buzerrill Farm, Relistian, Gwinear) (In 1911 Benjamin is aged 31 and a Farm Lab. Elizabeth is aged 20. The family is living in St Erth Praze, Nr Hayle) (Around 1930, the family moved to Higher Trelean, St Erth Praze where Ben worked for Ernest Rogers on Trelean Farm) (Ben died in St Michaels Hospital on 19 AUG 1961. Buried in St Erth) (Elizabeth James died on 10 SEP 1974. Cremated in Truro.) |
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My
great grandparents Benjamin and Elizabeth | Higher
Trelean , St Erth Praze | Another snap of Ben and Elizabeth |
They had thirteen children
| Name | Date of Birth | Any other information |
James
Benjamin James James & Frank |
16 FEB 1911 in Reawla | In 1911 he is at home aged 1
month Married Norah Pellow on 15 OCT 1938. |
| Edith May James | 22 FEB 1912 in Reawla | Married George Green. |
| Caroline (Carrie) James | 13 APR 1913 in Reawla | Married Jack Thomas |
| Joseph Blight James | 4 JUL 1914 in Reawla | Married Gwendoline Masters |
| Thomas James | 11 FEB 1916 in Reawla | Married Audrey May. |
| John Francis (Frank) James | 22 OCT 1917 in Reawla | Married Dorothy Docking. |
| Samuel John James | 14 JUL 1919 in Rewla | Married Maria Fox on 1 DEC 1946 in Penzance Registry Office |
| Sampson Charles James | 3 DEC 1920 in Reawla | Married Ruth Chaffe |
| William James | 31 JAN 1923 in Relistan | Married May |
| Susan Ann James | 11 FEB 1926 in Relistan | Married George Stephens in St Erth Church on 20 JUL 1948. |
| Kenneth James | 31 JAN 1928 in Relistan | Married Evelyn Chaffe |
| Eric Dinsmore James | 7 MAR 1931 Higher Trelean, St Erth Praze | Living in Bristol with sister Betty |
| Elizabeth (Betty) James | 16 OCT 1932 Higher Trelean, St Erth Praze | Living in Bristol with her brother Eric |
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James
(Jim)Benjamin James married Norah
Ellen Pellow on 15 OCT 1938 in Foundry Methodist Chapel, Hayle (Lived at Hilltop, St Erth Praze. Jim worked for Reuben Rogers on Treven Farm) ( In 1955/56 the family moved to 22 Penpol Road, Hayle. On retirement moved to Loggans Way, Hayle) ( Jim died on 8 JUN 1979 and Norah died on 28 DEC 1989)  Jim and Norah |
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| Hill Top, St Erth Praze in 1984. Norah and her friend Alma stand outside | Penpol
Road, Hayle |
They had five children
| Name | Date of Birth | Any other information |
| Margaret
Ann James |
1 JUL 1939 | Married Terence Glenwood Lane of St Blazey on 23 APR 1960. |
| Norah
James |
21 JUN 1940 | Married Anthony Rowe on 22 JUN 1963. |
| Vivian James | 1 APR 1943 | Married Joy Bowhay in 1968. They had Brendan and Alastair. Following Joy's death, remarried Mavis Weston on 18 JUL 1998. |
| Carol James | 24 SEP 1944 | Married Andy Williams in 1969 and had two children Jason and Martin. After Andy's death, remarried George Garrett in 1994 and now living in France. |
| Jennifer
James |
9 MAR 1952 | Married Keiven Boswell on 18 MAR 1972. |
