James
Drage
Merest
Born in England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Maria Dowding Billington (Hawes) Merest
— married
18 Jul 1847 in Birch-in-Rusholme, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 69
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Jan 2021
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Biography
James was born in 1791.
Landowner of Soham, Cambridgeshire, and Bury St. Edmunds.
Magistrate of Bury St. Edmunds.
He passed away in 1860.
Sources
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry for William Hawes.
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