James
(Jim)
Preston
Born in Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Brother of
Irene Jeffrey (Preston) Gilbride, Jane McLeod (Preston) Robb, Clara Marie Louise Preston and William Jeffrey Preston
Husband of
Florence Geraldine (Campbell) Preston
— married
25 Oct 1913 in Chesley, Ontario, Canada
Father of
Helen Florence (Preston) Stapleton and James David Preston
Died
at age 79
in Stratford, Ontario, Canada [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 5 May 2014
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Biography
Jim was born and lived most of his life in Stratford; however, he and Florence did live in Montreal from 1915 to 1926. He worked for the Grand Trunk Railway early in his life in Stratford.
During their time in Montreal Jim was in partnership with his cousin Ed Gilbride to make munitions during the war; he was manager of the of the Spartan Machine Co.[1]
Jim and his wife are buried in Avondale Cemetery, Stratford.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Descendants of William Jeffrey compiled by Ward Skinner
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 August 2018), memorial page for James Preston (6 Jul 1889–22 Dec 1968), Find A Grave: Memorial #164124240, citing Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Perth County, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by B.G. Wiehle (contributor 47113682) .
Footnotes
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Marian (Jeffrey) MacLeod
Jane Jeffrey Grey writes of Jim ,Florence and Grace in 1952 . Also Jeff Preston
posted 13 May 2014 by Marian (Jeffrey) MacLeod
[thank Marian]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jim 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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jim:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jim 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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jim:
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~12.50%
Jean (Preston) Greenshields
:
23andMe, GEDmatch GH1151926 [compare]
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~6.25%
Preston Greenshields :
23andMe, GEDmatch AC8727079 [compare]
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Julie Sheppard :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Linda (Phelps) Guest :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~12.50%
William Cowan :
AncestryDNA
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