James
Dabb
Born in Probus, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Amos Dabb
and Grace (Vivian) Dabb
Brother of
Thomas Dabb, Richard Dabb, Jane (Dabb) Watts, William Dabb, Mary Dabb, William Dabb, Elizabeth Dabb and Grace (Dabb) Odgers
Husband of
Elizabeth Jane (Sutton) Dabb
— married
1859 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Died
at about age 44
in Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Feb 2020
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Biography
James Dabb was born in Cornwall, England.
James was born in 1835. James was the child of Amos Dabb and Grace Niven.
He was Baptised on 3 January 1836 at Probus, Cornwall, England.[1]
On 7 June 1841 the Dabb family lived in Church Tower, Probus, Cornwall, England, Parents Amos Dabb (45) Agriculture Labourer, Grace Dabb (45) with children; Richard Dabb (15), Jane Dabb (15), Mary Dabb (12), William Dabb (9), Elizabeth Dabb (8), James Dabb (6) & Grace Dabb (3).[2]
On 30 March 1851 the Dabb family lived in Scorrier, Gwennap, Cornwall, England. Amos Dabb (58) Farm Labourer with children; Mary (23), William (20) Stone Cutter, Elizabeth (17), James (14) Stone Cutter & Grace Dabb (12) with visitor,Mary Bess (64). Wife Grace (58) was visiting their daughter & son-in-law, John Watts (25) & Jane Watts (26) in Probus, Cornwall. [3]
James Dabb married Elizabeth Jane Sutton in 1859. [4]
Children
- Amelia Dabb Rodda (1860–1950)
- James Henry Dabb (1862–1940)
- Joseph Dabb (1872–1961)
- Amos Dabb (1876–1918)
- William Dabb (1878–1967)
In 1861 James Dabb (23) Copper & Tin miner with wife Elizabeth F Dabb (22) and daughter Amelia Dabb (1) lived in Wheel Rose, St Agnes, Cornwall, England. [5].
James immigrated to the United States to work in the coal mines and on 2 July 1870 Englishman James Dabb (30) was a miner living in Bloomfield, Nevada, California. [6]
In April 1871 children Amelia (11) and James (9) lived with their grandmother, Elizabeth Sutton in Liskeard, Cornwall. Elizabeth J Dabb (23) was a servant, also in Liskeard. [7]
Jane (28) and her two children Amelia & James departed England for the US in May 1871, arriving in New York on 22 May 1871. [8]
Son Joseph was born in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania in 1872. James' brother Richard lived in Shenandoah in the 1880s.
James passed away in 1879. He died as a result of black lung.
Norma Capel through James' father Amos, has DNA links with descendants of four of James' children.
Sources
- ↑ England, Select Births and Christenings, FHL Film Number 1596144; Reference ID p 100 item 797
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQBS-Y15 : 3 August 2016), Amos Dabb, Probus, Cornwall, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ 1851 England Census
- ↑ England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915
- ↑ 1861 England Census
- ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census
- ↑ 1871 England Census
- ↑ New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
- Ancestry Family Trees
- Iowa, Marriage Record for son Amos Dabb
- Iowa, Select Marriages, for son James Dabb
- U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, for son William Dabb
- Source: S217624750 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry Family Tree 118888416
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Norma (Capel) Woods 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A893135 [compare]
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Tony Woods :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A072606 [compare], yourDNAportal ANT0cb7fbcd, Ancestry member TonyWoods
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A072606 [compare]
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~1.56%
Melanie Eade :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Nancy Farr :
AncestryDNA
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