James Upton (1844)

Born 1844 in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England

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Biography

James Upton was born at the Lichfield Union Workhouse in 1844. He was christened at St Michael, Lichfield, on 14 March 1844, the son of Emma Upton, single woman of Yoxall, Staffordshire.^[1][2]

He was recorded in the 1851 census in Hamstall Ridward, Staffordshire, under the name of James Lester, after his mother's marriage to George Lester.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NH3-S6B : 1 October 2014), James Upton, 1844; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JW42-BWY : 19 September 2020), James Upton, 1844.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGG3-KDB : 9 November 2019), James Lester in household of George Lester, Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, England; citing Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, England, p. 8, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7C7-2BF : 24 August 2020), James Upton in household of Elias Mathews, Yoxall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDD8-CTG : 26 April 2019), James Upton, 1871.
• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27F-4KXS : 13 December 2017), James Upton, Walsall Foreign, Staffordshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 32, Piece/Folio 2828/114, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,807.
• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WQH5-SZM : 5 May 2019), James Upton, Walsall Foreign, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Staffordshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.