Forebears of Thomas James + Edward Hayden JAMES (General)
Just spending a few minutes going through the various children's marriages.
Theophilus JAMES - age 10 - on the 1841 census, (later census returns says born 1829 Coleford or Newland
Marriage at Monmouth
14 January 1849
Theophilus JAMES - bachelor, gardener, of this parish
father: Thomas JAMES, stone cutter
married : Elizabeth BUTT
spinster of this parish
father: Benjamin BUTT
by banns
witnesses: Edmund JAMES **
Emma (illegible)
*** so a new christian name added to the family
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Looking at Gloucesteshire bdm - a number of JAMES - mother's maiden name BUTT
Henry Spencer JAMES - 1849 - Forest of Dean, Monmouth, Coleford (which is Henery S - 1851 census)
? Edward Hayden JAMES - 1851 - Forest of Dean, Monmouth, Coleford **
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On Ancestry : Edward Hayden JAMES - enlisted in 1871 - born 1851
He was a Farrier - and had already served 2.96/365 years.
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So Edwin age 10 (1841) - was possibly Edward