James was born in 1807. James McCance ... He passed away about 1888.
Last name may be listed as McCanse
Commodore, probably second class, in the British Navy commanding a smaller ship in the Northern Channel and Irish Sea. He mostly like met Ann Connern in Dublin, Ireland.
1807 - Birth Lanarkshire, Scotland
1825-1850 - British Naval service
1832 - stationed in Ireland, most likely Dublin
1834 - At Sea, most likely en route returning to Scotland, his eldest child (Mary) being born at sea during the voyage.
1836 - 1845 Scotland, probably near Matta Taing on the Shetland Islands.
Est. 1847 - Arrival in Ontario, Canada - most likely he was stationed by the British Navy in Toronto and brought his wife and children with him from Scotland.
1851 - Bentick, Grey County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
1861 - Madoc, Hastings, Ontario, Canada
1871 - Turnberry, North Huron, Ontario, Canada
1881 - St-James Ward, Toronto (City), Ontario, Canada
aft. June 1888 - died after his wife Ann (her death record indicates she was married at the time of her death in 1888).
Sources
"Canada Census, 1851," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWTS-RTB : accessed 20 February 2016), James Mc Cance, Bentick, Grey County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada; citing p. 25, line 12; Library and Archives Canada film number C_11723, Public Archives, Ontario.
"Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQQK-NGF : accessed 20 February 2016), James Mccance, Madoc, Hastings, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 29, line 20; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1033, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 349,278.
"Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4WQ-Z55 : accessed 19 February 2016), James Mc Cance in household of Ann Mc Cance, Turnberry, North Huron, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 74, line 13; Library and Archives Canada film number C-9933, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,397,107.
"Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVF3-VXY : accessed 19 February 2016), James McCance, St-James Ward, Toronto (City), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 106; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13246, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,882.
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s ELLIOTT, BRUCE S. Index to the 1871 Census of Ontario: Huron. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1986. 290p. Place: Ontario, Canada; Year: 1871; Page Number: 159
"United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners' Service Records, 1760-1913," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5HT-16Z : accessed 19 February 2016), James Mccance, ; from "Chelsea Pensioners' Service Records 1760-1913," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing WO97, WO 97, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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