James Edwards Inkpen (1799 - 1871)

Born 1799 in England

Husband of Lydia (Adams) Inkpen — married 31 Aug 1822 in St Andrew, Holborn, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 11 Aug 1871 at about age 72 in Perth, Western Australia

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Gilmore 1829

Biography

James was born in about 1799 in England.

He married Lydia Adams on 31 August at Saint Andrews, Holborn, Middlesex.^[1]

James traveled to Western Australia with his wife and five children on the Gilmore, arriving on 15 December 1829.^[2]

Swan River Colony 1832 Census #549

He was granted 480 acres in the Avon district in 1831.^[2]

James was a sawyer and cabinet maker in Perth in 1843 and a carpenter an house proprietor at Williams Street by the 1860s and a landowner by the 1870s, qualifying him as a juror with £150 of real estate.^[2]

He also taught Sunday school and attended the first Methodist Class meeting in Western Australia.^[2]

James passed away on 11 August 1871 and was buried two days later in the East Perth Cemetery.^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJQD-DMQ : 12 March 2020), James Edward Inkpen, 1822.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, compiled by Rica Ericson. [1]
3. ↑ Burials at Cemetery Hill : Headstone in Gallery
4. ↑ Perth Gazette and West Australian Times (WA : 1864 - 1874), Friday 18 August 1871, page 2 [2]

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