Robert James Jr. (abt. 1807 - 1887)

Born about 1807 in Donaghmore, County Tyrone, Ireland

Died 15 Apr 1887 at about age 80 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada [uncertain]

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Biography

Robert James Jr. was born in 1806-07 in County Tyrone, Ireland,^[1] and christened there on Jan. 25, 1807 in Donaghmore.^[2]

Robert James Jr. migrated from County Tyrone to Canada West.

He migrated to Toronto in present-day Ontario (as did his father, Robert James Sr. (abt.1776-1870), brother William James (abt.1801-1874), and perhaps other siblings as well). In 1871 he was living in Toronto's St. James Ward with his first wife, Ann Harriet (Heron) Ward (1810-1874).^[3] Following her death, he married Dora Matthews in Toronto on May 11, 1875,^[4] with whom he continued to live in St. James Ward as a "gentleman".^[5] Robert died in Toronto on April 15, 1887,^[6] and was buried on the 18th in Toronto Necropolis Cemetery.^[7]

Research Notes

This may be the Robert James Jr. who is listed in an 1846-47 Toronto directory as a builder on Carleton [Carlton St.], east of Church.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938", Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 19, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 7921 #2751750 (accessed 5 September 2022)
2. ↑ "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881", citing FHL microfilm: 962187, FamilySearch Record: FRQL-W8G (accessed 29 July 2022)
3. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, 1871 Census, accessed 05 Sep 2022
4. ↑ "Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938", Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 19, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 7921 #2751750 (accessed 5 September 2022)
5. ↑ "1881 Census of Canada", Year: 1881; Census Place: St James Ward, Toronto City, Ontario; Roll: C_13247; Page: 71; Family No: 353, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 1577 #3101844 (accessed 6 September 2022)
6. ↑ "Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948", Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 49, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 8946 #1544601 (accessed 6 September 2022)
7. ↑ "Ontario, Canada, Toronto Trust Cemeteries, 1826-1989", Toronto Trust Cemeteries; Toronto, Canada; Cemetery: Necropolis Cemetery; Volume: 07; Year Range: 1883-1891, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 61504 #25775 (accessed 6 September 2022)
8. ↑ "Canada, City and Area Directories, 1819-1906", Brown’s Toronto City and Home District Directory, 1846-1847, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 3789 #1483404 (accessed 6 September 2022)

• "Canada, Ontario, Toronto Trust Cemeteries, 1826-1989", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH6H-7QH : 19 February 2021), Robert James, 1887
• "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDR7-LZ7 : 2 March 2021), Robert James, 15 Apr 1887
• "Canada, Ontario Tax Assessment Rolls, 1834-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZW5-S5RW : 15 June 2021), Robert Jr James, 1868

Acknowledgements

This profile was created through the import of 104-B.ged on 12 September 2010.