James Tanner (1870 - 1944)

Born 17 Mar 1870 in Horsham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Laura Ann (Lawson) Tanner — married 6 Jun 1894 in Kingsville, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 20 Aug 1944 at age 74 in St. Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

James Tanner was born in Horsham, Sussex in March 1870. His christening was on 22 May 1870. He is the son of George Tanner and Charlotte Burrage and was the 4th child in a family of 6.

In 1887, James emigrated to Canada, and about 7 years later he married Laura Ann Lawson in Kingsville, Ontario. They would become the parents of 8 children between 1896 and 1917.

James and Laura celebrated 50 years of marriage just a few weeks prior to his death on 20 Aug 1944 in St Thomas, Ontario.

Sources

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NDS3-4QS : 10 February 2018, James Tanner, ); citing item 144, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,041,545.

• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFDZ-866 : 27 September 2019), James Tanner in entry for George Tanner, 1871.

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q274-HZYM : 11 December 2017), James Tarnler in household of George Tarnler, Horsham, Sussex, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 3, Piece/Folio 1108/83, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,524. (NOTE THE INCORRECT TRANSCRIPTION OF SURNAME THROUGHOUT THIS RECORD

• Canadian Immigrant Records, Part One - seen on ancestry.co.uk - this record states James Tanner, in 1887, age 22, arrived aboard the 'Parisian' (XRW) according to Passenger List of Ships Arriving at the Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

• Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 - seen on ancestry.co.uk - this record states James Tanner, arrival age 22, birth yr abt 1865, departed Liverpool, England and arrived 5 Dec 1887 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and Portland, Maine, USA on ship 'Parisian'.

• Ontario, Canada Voter Lists, 1867-1900 - this record on ancestry.co.uk shows James Tanner in 1888 on the voters list in West Williams Township, Ontario.

• "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMK7-Z7B : 11 March 2018), James Tanner and Laura Annie Lawson, 06 Jun 1894; citing registration , Kingsville, Essex, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,704.

• "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHG5-L1K : 18 March 2018), James Tanner, Welland, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 13, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.

• Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947 - seen on ancestry.co.uk - shows James Tanner, b.d. 17 Mar 1870, age 74, birthplace Sussex, England, Father George Tanner, Mother Charlotte Tanner, Spouse Laura Ann Tanner, died 20 Aug 1944 at St Thomas, Elgin, Ontario.

• Web: Canada, GenWeb Cemetery Index - record seen on ancestry.co.uk shows James Tanner, birth date 1870, age 74, died 1944 buried at Elmdale Memorial Park Cemetery, St Thomas, Elgin County, Ontario