Joseph Henry James (1876 - 1946)

Born 1876 in New Zealand

Ancestors

Husband of Dora Vere (McGarvie) James — married 1903 in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 1946 at about age 70 in New Zealand

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Biography

Joseph Henry James was the son of Elizabeth Jane Hodge and (married 1872 NZ) Henry James.

New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1900 James, Eliza Jane Kirkwood St, Thames Widow Residential (his mother) James, Horace Kirkwood St, Thames, Boilermaker, Residential James, Joseph Henry Kirkwood St, Thames, miner, Residential

Marriage and family

In 1903 he married Dora Vere McGarvie, the daughter of Sarah and Archibald McGarvie, and they had ten children.

In January 1919, his brother Arthur, died in Joseph's house, in Grey Lynn, Auckland.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17069, 27 January 1919, Page 1

JAMES—On January 25, 1919. at the residence of his brother Joseph James 127, Ariki Street, Grey Lynn, Arthur James, third son the late Henry and Elizabeth James, also grandson of Mary Hodge; aged 37 years.

Death

He died in 1946. His widow died in 1969.

Children

Three of their children died in infancy. Their surviving children were:

Pt Eric James, he was the elder of twin sons. His younger twin brother, Archibald, died in infancy (aged four). He was killed on active service in 1943 during World War II.

Mabel James, married Edwin Thornton Tidd.

Vere James, married Cornelius Lewis Bickerton.

Arthur Raymond James, he was the elder of twin sons. His younger twin brother, Ronald, died in infancy (aged 8 days). He married Winifred Ailsa Mary Campbell.

Winifred Dulcie James.

Beverley James.

Janet Mathieson James, married Raymond Trevallow Owen Johnston.

Sources

• Birth reg 1876/17467; marriage 1903/3425; death 1946/24943, NZBDM [1]
• New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17069, 27 January 1919, Page 1 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19190127.2.2.3