Thomas
Pollard
James
Born in Daylesford, Victoria, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Christopher Oates James
and Elizabeth (Pollard) James
Brother of
Christopher James, Emma (James) Penman, Richard James, Christopher James, William John James, Benjamin James, Albert James James and Charles Henry James
Husband of
Henrietta May (Barnes) James
— married
13 Apr 1904 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Died
at about age 68
in Belgrave, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Feb 2020
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Biography
Thomas was born in 1870. He was the son of Christopher James and Elizabeth Pollard. [1]
He married Henrietta May Barnes in 1904. [2]
On the occasion of their Silver Wedding Anniversary this notice was published...
- JAMES—BARNES.—[Silver Wedding.]—On the 13th April, 1904, at Wesley Church, Castlemaine, by the Rev. E. Watson Nye, the Rev. Thomas Pollard James, of Fremantle (W.A.), to Henrietta May Barnes, of Castlemaine. (Present address, the Parsonage, Mordialloc.)[3]
No children were born to Thomas and Henrietta.
Thomas was 68 years old when he died at his home in Belgrave on 21 November 1938. [4]
An obituary was published...
- REV T. P. JAMES.
- One of the early pioneers who contributed a great deal to the spread of Methodism in Western Australia and Victoria in the early days passed away in the person of the Rev Thomas Pollard James, 68, retired Methodist minister, at his home, "Daylmaine," Blair road, Belgrave, on Monday morning. In the early days the deceased was a well known figure in the goldfields of Western Australia, where he lectured to the gold seekers. After his retirement the deceased came to Belgrave, and recently he has been engaged in home mission work. The deceased is survived by his widow. Mr Jack Webb, of Belgrave, is a cousin. A service was conducted in the Methodist Church, Belgrave, on Tuesday by the Rev Boquest, and the funeral took place to the Burwood cemetery. [5]
He was buried in the Burwood Cemetery, Methodist area, section 8, plot 099. [6]
Sources
- ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria, database, https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/ , accessed 23 October 2021, birth registration 22614 / 1870 at Daylesford for Thomas Pollard James, mother Elizabeth Pollard, father Christopher James
- ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria, database, https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/ , accessed 23 October 2021, marriage registration 2672 / 1904 for Hetta May Barnes and Thomas Pollard James
- ↑ Family Notices (1929, April 13). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 13. Retrieved October 23, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3998523
- ↑ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria, database, https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/ , accessed 28 February 2020, death registration 17691 / 1938 at Belgrave for Thomas Pollard James, parents Christopher James and Elizabeth Pollard
- ↑ OBITUARY (1938, November 25). Fern Tree Gully News (Upper Ferntree Gully, Vic. : 1923-1938), p. 8. Retrieved October 23, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article263816776
- ↑ The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust, https://www.gmct.com.au/, Accessed 23 October 2021, Burial details for Thomas Pollard James.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
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~12.50%
David James
:
AncestryDNA
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~6.25%
Maryanne Penman :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member maryanne_m_penman
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~6.25%
John Craig :
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Living DNA
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~6.25%
Jennifer James :
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Jean (Cox) Price :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T233962 [compare], FTDNA kit #634264
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~0.78%
Doreen (Harwood) Wanhalla :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A003266 [compare], Ancestry member dwanhallaMA700184
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Following his death, his widow commissioned a baptismal font in his name. It can be seen at the Uniting Church in Daylesford VIC.