RESIDENCES IN SCOTLAND:
1891: at Kilhilt, , Wigtownshire, Scotland; aged 7 yearsold; son

1901: at Kilhilt cothouse, Portpatrick, Wigotwnshire, Scotland; aged 16;son; Joiner's Apprentice with parents and six siblings
James was stated to have been raised by his grandmother, Mary ALEXANDERwhich is very likely considering that he named his first son DavidAlexander HERON after Mary ALEXANDER's father.

1911 Scottish Census: son; 26 years of age; born Portpatrick; joiner;living at Auchneel, Leswalt, Wigtownshire, Scotland with his parents andfive siblings.

EMIGRATION:
Lola Prestwidge of Australia believes that James HERON emigrated toAustralia on the passenger ship Durham 31/8/1911 as the manifest detailsindicate a James HERON, Scottish, single, occupation: railway worker.Gravesend to Melbourne to Sydney to Brisbane.
MARRIAGE:
It was also stated by Herons in Scotland that James HERON married afemale HERON in Brisbane, Australia and had four sons and four daughters.As yet have not been able to find any marriage records to that effect. Onthe other hand, there is evidence that James HERON did marry an AnnieEllen CALDERWOOD in 1915 (Source: 1915/B16763)

RESIDENCES IN AUSTRALIA:

1913: a James Heron was living at Latrobe St, Wâ??gabba a carpenter andsingle.(Source: Lola Prestwidge)

1915, February 16 - a "James Heron, a joiner, in the employ of the PublicWorks Department" gave testimony at an inquest for the accidentlydrowning of a James Brown.(Source: 'Recent Boating Accident: Evidence atthe Inquiry' in 'The Brisbane Courier, 17 Feb 1915')
1915: James Heron was living at Lincoln Villa, Grey St, Sth Brisbane whenhe married.(Source: Lola Prestwidge)

1919:living at Hope St (River End) Sth Bne with wife, occup carpenter

1922: a James HERON is listed on the Brisbane Electoral Rolls

1925: living at 31 Grey St, Sth Bne with wife, occup carpenter

1929, February 20 - "Two men were attended by the ambulance yesterday asthe result of having been assaulted. Sydney Lowry, of Deshon Street,Deshon Estate, was found to have sustained injuries to the right shoulderand nose, and was taken to the Mater Misericordiae Hospital. James Heronof 31 Grey Street, South Brisbane was treated for severe lacerations tothe head." (Source: 'Two Men Assaulted', The Brisbane Courier, 20 Feb1929.

1931, Jul 27 - The Brisbane Courier reports that a "James Heron (47),carpenter" appeared before a judge.

WAR RECORDS:

DEATH:
James HERON died in Australia in 1939 (Reg# 1939/B42436); father's nameJohn HERON; mother's name Mary CALDERWOOD (Source: State Library ofQueensland). He died at 31 Norfolk St, West End, cause of death; Cardiacfailure, pneumonia, bowel cancer.

INTERMENT:
James HERON aged 54; buried 19/01/1939 in Toowong Cemetery; portion 18,section 22, grave number 6, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Also interred there 13/12/1890 was a Frederick CLAYFIELD age unknown."Graves where the last burial occured more than 30 years ago may beavailable for reuse by direct descendents and immediate family."(Source:Brisbane City Council Online Services). A death notice in The BrisbaneCourier, 22 Dec 1890 states "CLAYFIELD - On the 12th December at theBrisbane hospital, Frederick CLayfield, after a short illness fromtyphoid fever, late engineer of the wrecked steamer Alberta. What was hisconnection to James HERON?

Birthplace England as shown on marriage certificate confirmed by way of1901 Scottish census, she was then 7 yrs of age and living withgrandparents John and Ann Coghill at Biggens, Caithness.
Arrived Aust May 1908 first to Victoria then to Qld on ship Gneisenauwith mother and 6 siblings.
Living at Bowen Tce, New Farm in 1915, a spinster and domestic when shemarried.
Cause of death; Pneumonia