James
Hayes
Born in Shefford, Richelieu, Lower Canada
Ancestors 
Son of Dudley Hayes
and Elizabeth (Wood) Hayes
Brother of
Frances (Hayes) Kennison, Nancy (Hayes) Graves, Stephen Hayes, Drusilla Hayes, Pricilla Hayes, Lovina Almeda Hayes, Almira Hayes, William Hayes, George Salmon Hayes and Gilbert Dudley Hayes
Husband of
Charity (Mitchell) Hayes
— married
6 Apr 1857 in Shefford, Shefford, Canada East
Descendants 
Father of
Jane Ann Hayes, Alice Gertrude Hayes, James Augustus Hayes, Alice Gertrude Hayes, Clara Elizabeth Hayes and Arnold Hayes
Died
at age 85
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Apr 2017
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Biography
James Hayes, son of Dudley Hayes and Elizabeth Wood, was born on the 9th of February 1822 in Shefford. He was baptized on the 20th of October 1822 with his siblings, Nancy and Stephen.[1] James married Charity Mitchell of Stukely Township on the 6th of April 1857. James and Charity had 6 children from this marriage.[2]
In the 1901 census, James (age 79) is living in Shefford Quebec with the following, all born in Quebec:
- Charity Hayes, Wife, age 71
- Betsy Mitchel, Sister-in-law, age 64
- Alice G. Hayes, Daughter, age 37
Research Notes
The transcription of the 1901 census gives his place of birth as 'Qc' (Quebec City?).
There is an 1871 census record for James Hayes, also living in Shefford, Quebec, that gives 'Ireland' as the place of birth. [3]
Sources
- ↑ "Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 November 2022), James Hayes, baptized in Shefford Twp, Lower Canada, 20 October 1822; https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-content/view/1269550:1091.
- ↑ "Canada, Québec, registres des églises protestantes, 1763-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YSKP-LLF?cc=1929561&wc=M6XH-G6L%3A224645001%2C224515002%2C224645801 : 21 May 2014), Shefford > Church of England in Canada > Baptisms, marriages, burials 1823-1871 > image 822 of 1131; Archives Nationales du Québec-Montréal, Sainte-Foy (Quebec National Library and Archives, Sainte-Foy).
- ↑ "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4KG-HDZ : 11 March 2018), James Hayes, Shefford, Shefford, Quebec, Canada; citing p. 17, line 18; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10073, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,229,035.
- "Canada Census, 1901", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHRW-FC1 : 1 February 2017), James Hayes, 1901.
- James Hayes on Find A Grave: Memorial #83038028 retrieved 16 Apr 2017
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