According to the 1891 census James became a Grocer. The Geddie & McPhail Genealogy says he was "a groceryman in Dufftown, a village in Banff, Scotland" [1] In the 1911 census he and his wife Mary and daughter, age 8, Marie are living at 26 Conval Street in Mortlach, Dufftown [2] The record indicates that James and Mary had had no other children by 1911
James' probate record shows him still at Conval Cottage, Dufftown. His daughter Marie and his solicitor John McPherson confirmed the probate.
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