James Frederick Byrne (1834 - 1913)

Born 27 Mar 1834 in New Brunswick, Canada

Descendants

Died 14 Oct 1913 at age 79 in Point Arena, Mendocino, California, United States

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Biography

James was born in 1834 in New Brunswick, Canada. After moving to California James Byrne ran an Inn at Salt Point in Sonoma County. Later he worked as blacksmith and wagonmaker. According to his granddaughter, Mabel Byrne Andersen, he met his wife Nellie Moore Johnson, a local school teacher when he came to her to make a replacement for the key to the schoolhouse which she had lost. He passed away in 1913.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Death Certificate for James Byrne, as reported by George H. Byrne [son]. Filed Nov 7, 1913. Mendocino County Recorder.[Note: Year of birth is listed as 1836]

• "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK91-ZSBC : 8 November 2017), James Byrne, 14 Oct 1913; citing 35052, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,044.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNX3-L6V : 8 June 2019), James Byrne in entry for Joseph Reines, 1870.
• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ3T-XGJ : 8 December 2017), James Byrne and Nellie M. Johnson, 21 Jul 1874; citing Sonoma, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,031,223.
• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ3T-XGJ : 8 December 2017), James Byrne and Nellie M. Johnson, 21 Jul 1874; citing Sonoma, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,031,223.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9PP-XJY : accessed 10 December 2019), James Byrne, Arena Township, Fish Rock, Gualala, and Garcia Precincts, Mendocino, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet 3B, family 66, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,093.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVL6-M42 : accessed 10 December 2019), James Byrne, Arena, Mendocino, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 56, sheet 10A, family 153, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 88; FHL microfilm 1,374,101.
• "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZFXQ-9VW2 : 23 May 2020), James Byrne, 1913.
• "California County Naturalizations, 1831-1985," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZT-7J6Q : 29 August 2019), James Byrne, 1885; citing Naturalization, Sonoma, California, United States, Alameda County Superior Court of California, Oakland.