Henry James (abt. 1843 - 1889)

Born about 1843 in St Agnes, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Jane (Hodge) James — married 12 Sep 1872 in Thames, Waikato, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 24 Nov 1889 at about age 46 in Thames, Waikato, New Zealand

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Biography

Arrived in New Zealand with his mother in 1855:[1] “October 17 — Joseph Fletcher, barque, 672 tons, Foster, from London. Passengers— Rev. Mr. Norrie, Mrs. Nome, David Burns, Sarah Burns, David Burns, ...., Sarah Usbaldeston, Samuel Hodge, Rebecca Hodge, William Hodge, Mary Hodge, ..., William, Mary, and John Rap, Alice Leahey, Mary Byan, Mary Bryan, Sarah Arnott, Jane James, Marian James*, Catherine Downey, Jane Somerville, Mary McGuire, Ann McGuire, Lucy and Emma Dunn, Mary Ann and Rebecca Martin, George Leahey, Thomas Bryan, Christopher Cromwell, Joseph, John, and Henry James, James Downey, John Somerville, James McGuire, John Dunn, Anna Grace. — Brown and Campbell, agents.”

Thames Star, Thames Star, Volume XXI, Issue 6408, 25 October 1889 The many friends of Mr Henry James will learn with sincere feelings of regret of his death, which took place last evening at the residence, Pollen street. The deceased was one of the old pioneers of the Thames, having arrived here at the opening of the goldfleld from the Great Barrier, where he was previously employed in the copper mine at that place. Throughout his long residence here Mr James has always worked in the Kuranui mine, formerly as one of the employees, but as a tributer from the time that it was decided to let tributes in the ground, in which he was very successful. He has for some time past been in a delicate state of health, suffering from consumption, and consequently he was obliged to relinquish mining as a calling, and about two years ago opened a grocery establishment in Pollen street. The deceased, who was of an unassuming disposition and was universally respected, leaves a wife and six children to mourn their loss.

Sources

• Thames Star, Thames Star, Volume XXI, Issue 6408, 25 October 1889 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS18891025.2.9
• Thames Advertiser, Thames Advertiser, Volume XXII, Issue 6442, 26 October 1889 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THA18891026.2.6
• www.ancestry.com
• BDM 1872/4608 Marriage record
• BDM 1889/4342 Death record