James Nesbit
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James Nesbit (abt. 1826 - 1918)

James Nesbit
Born about in Alwinton, Northumberland, UKmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 7 Jul 1848 in Belford, Northumberland, England, United Kingdommap
Died at about age 92 in Wolsingham, Durham, England, United Kingdommap
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Biography

James was born about 1826.[1] He was the son of James Nesbit and Ann Black. He married Margaret Cuthbertson in 1848, and they had five children.[2][3] James worked as a blacksmith in the iron works at Spittal, Northumberland.[4] The family moved to Durham where he worked at a shovel factory in Wolsingham where died in at the age of 92.[5]


Census

1841 Census Ford Mills Ford, Glendale, Northumberland, England [6]

  • Ann Nesbit Female 50 1791 Northumberland, England
  • Ann Nesbit Female 20 1821 Northumberland, England
  • John Nesbit Male 20 1821 Northumberland, England
  • Margaret Nesbit Female 20 1821 Northumberland, England
  • George Nesbit Male 15 1826 Northumberland, England
  • James Nesbit Male 15 1826 Northumberland, England
  • Thomas Nesbit Male 11 1830 Northumberland, England

1851 Census Ford Mills Ford, Glendale, Northumberland, England [7]

  • James Nesbit Head Married Male 26 1825 Black Smith Journeyman Northumberland, England
  • Margaret Nesbit Wife Married Female 29 1822 - Northumberland, England
  • James Nesbit Son - Male 1 1850 - Ford, Northumberland, England
  • Isabella Nesbit Daughter - Female 0 1851 - Ford, Northumberland, England

Sources

  1. 1881 Census
  2. Marriage Certificate of James Nesbitt and Margaret Cuthbertson. GRO Belford (1848, July-September), Volume 25, Page 197. See image.
  3. 1911 Census
  4. 1871 Census.
  5. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index
  6. 1841 Census Ford Mills Ford, Glendale, Northumberland, England
  7. 1851 Census Ford Mills Ford, Glendale, Northumberland, England




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