James Anderson Jr (1788 - 1829)

Born 23 Jul 1788 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Susanna Catherine (Walker) Anderson — married 13 Jan 1814 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Descendants

Died 5 Oct 1829 at age 41 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

James Anderson Jr. was born to James and Elizabeth Hume Anderson in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada on 23 July 1788 and was christened there at St. Stephen's Anglican Church on 19 October 1788. In the 1794 Canadian Census James was working as a mason in Chester. Records state that James and John Anderson paid a 100£ Marriage Bond in Halifax County on 1 January 1814 to secure James' marriage to Susanna Catherine Walker. Their marriage took place on 13 January 1814 in Chester. They produced nine children all born in Chester: William Anderson b. 1815, James Anderson b. 1816, Margaret Anderson b. 1817, Andrew Anderson b. 1818, Mary Magdalene Anderson b. 1820, Hannah Elizabeth Anderson b. 1822, Alexander Anderson b. 1823, Dorothea Anderson b. 1825, and Elizabeth Anderson b. 1827. James passed on 05 October 1828 in Chester and was buried at Saint Stephens Anglican Cemetery in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada on 07 October 1828.

Sources

• Birth and Christening:, Don Shankle's Database from Primary Sources, "ANDERSON", "James", "B", "1788-07-23", "1788-10-19", "SSAC", "James & Eliz Hume",, SSAC - St Stephen's Anglican Church, Chester, NS; http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~downeast/genealogy/1A.htm

• Residence and Occupation: 1794: Census Returns, Assessment and Poll Tax Records 1767-1838; Poll Tax Records, 1791-1795, Nova Scotia Archives, Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records 1767-1838, Census Returns, 1767-1787, Census Returns for Granville, 1772 / 73, Census Returns, 1811, 1817 and 1818, Census Returns, 1827,Census Returns, 1838, Valuation Real Estate for Halifax and surrounding area, 1775 and 1776, Assessments for Town of Shelburne and outlying communities,1786 and 1787, Poll Tax Records, 1791-1795; Nova Scotia Archives; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Census, Assesment and Poll Tax Records 1767-1827; https://novascotia.ca/archives/census/returnsTax.asp?ID=13751

• Marriage Bond: Nova Scotia, Canada Archives, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/; microfilm no.: 15928, http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/databases/bonds/bonds.asp?ID=3046; Catherine Walker and James Anderson Jr. marriage bond 1814 in Halifax County; Item can be found in Registration Year: 1814 - Book: 1800 - Page: 3154; https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=1800-3154&Event=marriage&ID=194283

• Marriage: Don Shankle's Database from Primary Sources, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia Genealogy, Don Shankle's files of nearly 50,000 individual births, marriages and deaths from Lunenburg County and Queens County church and civil records.; "ANDERSON","James","M","1814-01-13",,"SSAC","Cath Walker",, SSAC=St Stephen's Anglican Church, Chester; http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~downeast/genealogy/1A.htm

• Death: Don Shankle's Database from Primary Sources, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia Genealogy, Don Shankle's files of nearly 50,000 individual births, marriages and deaths from Lunenburg County and Queens County church and civil records.; "ANDERSON","James","D","1828-10-05",,"SSAC",,"41y03m","bur 1828-10-07, Chester", SSAC St Stephen's Anglican Church, Chester, NS; http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~downeast/genealogy/1A.htm

• Burial: Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com. Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.; Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143582037; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60527&h=3299086&indiv=try

• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canns/lunenburg/bmd_a.html
• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canns/lunenburg/ch_b.html