M, b. 23 April 1852, d. 18 October 1916
James Erastus
Wait was born on 23 April 1852 at
Noyan, Missisquoi Co, Quebec.
1 He was the son of
Enoch Wait and
Emily Caroline Tryon. James Erastus Wait was baptized on 7 February 1853 at
Clarenceville, Missisquoi Co, Quebec.
2 He married
Emma May Jewell, daughter of
Albert H. Jewell and
Mary ? (?), on 27 April 1871 at
Fitch Bay, Stanstead Co, Quebec; Georgeville Congregational Church. James Erastus Wait died on 18 October 1916 at
Stanstead Co, Quebec, at age 64; James obituary appeared in The Stanstead Journal 26 Oct 1916: Jas Waite born Clarenceville, Apr 23, 1852 leaves his wife Emma May Jewell of Brown's Hill, his sons-D.C. and Archie - one brother B.E. Waite of Brown's Hill, one sister, Mrs. W.H. Sunbury of Lowell, Mass.
3,1 He was buried at
Brown's Hill Cemetery, Stanstead, Stanstead Co, Quebec.
1 He appeared on the census of 1901 at
Stanstead, Stanstead Co, Quebec; James Waite, 48, Emma M., 48, Archie, 21, and Albert Jewell, 81, widower. In the enumeration, son Adelbert, 23, was above him.
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