Sir
Charles
James
Townshend
Born in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Brother of
Mary Townshend [half], George Stewart Townshend, Alexander Stewart Townshend, William Hill Townshend, John Townshend, Flora Stewart (Townshend) St. George and Cecil Wray Townshend
Husband of
Laura (Kinnear) Townshend
— married
23 Apr 1867 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia
Husband of
Margaret Macfarlane
— married
25 Oct 1887 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died
at age 80
in Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Biography
Sir CHARLES JAMES TOWNSHEND
Charles James Townshend was born on March 22, 1844 to George Townshend and Elizabeth Lucy Stewart at Amherst NS.[1][2]
He was a lawyer, judge, politician and historian.[3]
On April 23, 1867, Charles married Laura Kinnear (c1848 - 1884) at Amherst NS.[4]
Their residence in Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada nicknamed Raynham.[5]
Children of this marriage are:
George Ernest (1873–1928);
Grace Elizabeth (1874–1875);
Gertrude Laura (1878–1960) = Sherwood[6]
After his first wife's death, Charles married Margaret MacFarlane on October 25, 1887 at Amherst NS.[7]
Children of the 2nd marriage are:
• Charles "Stewart", b. July 15, 1888 at Halifax NS (see: research Notes);
• Cecil "Wray" Townshend (13 Jan 1889 - 8 Jun 1951).[8]
Sir Charles James Townshend died on June 16, 1924 at Wolfville, Kings Co. NS.[9] He is buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Amherst, Cumberland Co. NS, MEMORIAL ID205550154[10]
Research Notes
"Born - Halifax, N.S., 15th inst., wife of Hon. Judge TOWNSEND, a son." ~"The Times" (newspaper), Moncton NB, July 20 1888, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 71 Number 3285.
Sources
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205550154/charles-james-townshend
- ↑ http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/townshend_charles_james_15E.html
- ↑ http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/townshend_charles_james_15E.html
- ↑ Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, Cumberland County, Marriages, Registration: Year: 1867 book: 1809 page: 25 number: 86, Charles James Townshend and Laura Kinnear: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=19111
- ↑ The Acadian : Vol. XLIII, No. 39 (July 17, 1924 pe 4 col 1 https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.N_00093_19240717/4
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205550154/charles-james-townshend
- ↑ Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, Cumberland County, Marriages, Registration: Year: 1887 book: 1810 page: 13 number: 175, Charles J. Townsend and Margaret MacFarlane: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=72001
- ↑ Library and Archives Canada, 1901 Census, Nova Scotia, Cumberland, Halifax, Ward 1, Chas. S. (12) and Cecil W. (11): https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1901&op=img&id=z000039301
- ↑ Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, Hants, Deaths, Registration: Year: 1924 file: 93 number: 879, Charles James Townshend: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=195418
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205550154/charles-james-townshend
- Library and Archives Canada, 1921 Census, Nova Scotia, Kings, Wolfville, Sir Charles Townsend: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&id=e002911353
- Library and Archives Canada, 1911 Census, Nova Scotia, Kings, Wolfville, Charles Townshend: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1911&op=img&id=e001973416
- Library and Archives Canada, 1901 Census, Nova Scotia, Cumberland, Halifax, Ward 1, Cla Townsed: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1901&op=img&id=z000039300
- Google Books, "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry", Volume 2, Authors: Bernard Burke, Ashworth Peter Burke; Editor: Ashworth Peter Burke; Publisher: Harrison,1895; Original from the University of Michigan; "Townshend", page 684: https://books.google.ca/books?id=0wXkAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA684&lpg=PA684&dq=%22John+D.+Kinnear%22,+Amherst+Nova+Scotia,+1888&source=bl&ots=1QheKJ4wlg&sig=ACfU3U3m4D1a_0AJm6DtVBNXphYkivA0Ag&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwidlYGnzcH_AhUqMlkFHbV1C34Q6AF6BAgMEAI#v=onepage&q=684&f=false
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