James Alexander Graham (1880 - 1972)

Born 14 Aug 1880 in Shuswap, East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Lyla Bell (Spence) Graham — married 5 Dec 1904 in Shuswap, East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada

Descendants

Died 4 Sep 1972 at age 92 in Chase, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

James Alexander Graham was born on August 14, 1880 on Cultra Farm a rural area near Shuswap, British Columbia, Canada. His parents were Thomas Graham, a farmer, and Margaret McWha, both from Belfast, County Down, Ireland. ^[1] He was christened on October 6, 1880 at St Paul's Church (Church of England) in Lytton, British Columbia. ^[2]

The following year he was recorded in the 1881 Canada census with his parents and six older siblings at their family home in Lytton & Cache Creek & Spence's Bridge & Kamloops, Yale, British Columbia, Canada. ^[3]

He married Margaret Spence on December 5, 1904 at Shuswap. ^[4] Together they had 3 children:

1. undefined Graham
2. Margaret Graham
3. Spencer Graham

James Alexander Graham died on September 04, 1972 in Chase, British Columbia, Canada at the age of 92 years. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "British Columbia Birth Registrations, 1854-1903," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDZT-NY5 : 19 February 2021), James Alexander Graham, 14 Aug 1880; citing British Columbia Archives film number B13813, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2,134,883.
2. ↑ "Royal BC Museum Baptisms 1836-1888", Genealogy Archives, database online (http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy), accessed on 13 Jun 2021, BC Archives Mfilm Number: B16243, Event Date: 1880-10-06, Place: Lytton, Father: James Alexander Graham, Mother: Thomas Woodside, Denomination: Church of England, Church Name: St Pauls, Birth Date: [DATE], Birth Location: Calle FM Thompson R.
3. ↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6S-W63 : 2 March 2021), James Alexander Graham in household of Thos. Woodside Graham, Yale, Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Thos. Woodside Graham, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
4. ↑ "British Columbia, Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death Notices, 1901-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DS-39JP : 15 March 2018), James A Graham and Madge Bell Spence, Marriage , Shuswap, Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia, Canada; from Victoria Daily Times news clippings, City of Victoria Archives, British Columbia, Canada; citing Victoria Daily Times, 12 Dec 1904; FHL microfilm 2,218,686.
5. ↑ "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLBF-L6N : 8 November 2017), James Alexander Graham, 1972.

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