James went to U.S to become a miner in Mount Carmel, PA. He later served with the PA cavalry during the Civil War. Ellen and daughters Carolina, Eliza and Amelia follwed him to the U.S. Caroline married Alfred Ayers, whose father Abraham immigrated to the U.S. from England. All are buried in the Mount Carmel cemetery. After James death, Ellen remarried, but is buried with James.