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James Grahame

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Vaughan, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death: December 16, 1888 (50)
Stonewall, Division No. 14, Manitoba, Canada
Place of Burial: Road 81N, Balmoral, Manitoba, MB R0C 0H0, Canada
Immediate Family:

Son of William Richard Grahame and Ottilia Grahame
Husband of Janet Grahame and Harriet Grahame
Father of William Richard Grahame; Marion Wright; Janet Eliza Grahame; Laura Laetitia Grahame; Hannah Ottilie Avery and 3 others
Brother of Thomas Grahame, MPP; Richard Grahame; John Grahame; Robert Grahame; Flora Grahame and 3 others
Half brother of David James Grahame; Janet Ottilie Grahame and Louisa Harmes Grahame

Occupation: Farmer
Managed by: Hamish Macleod Thomson
Last Updated:

About James Grahame

From Scotland's People Old Parish Registers - Marriages

  • 1859 marriage of Janet Hill to James Grahame, in the district of Shettleston

From Newspapers: Dumfries and Galloway standard and advertiser. Wednesday, 22 June 1859 Page 4

On Thursday, 9 June 1859 [instant], at Barlanark [Barlanerk], Lanarkshire, by the Very Rev. Principal Barclay, James Grahame, eldest son of William Richard Grahame, Esq., of the Moat, Annan, and of Muirdrum, Canada West, to Janet Hill, daughter of Laurence Hill, Esq., of Barlanark. [Barlanark House, Shettleston, Glasgow 55.8589066, -4.1435791]

From "William Henry Hill handwritten manuscript, Page 30 97 Jean Grahame 98 Euphemia Erskine Robison 99 Anne G Robison 100 James G author Sabbath 101 William Richard G 102 James G 103 Thomas G.jpg"

[WHH-REF:102] James Grahame eldest son of [WHH-REF:101] was born on 29 January 1838. He married firstly on 9 June 1859, Janet Hill [WHH-REF:56] and for their issue see supra. He married secondly on [blank] September 1878, Harriet [blank], daughter of [blank] Thomas [blank] by whom he had issue:

  • John Grahame [WHH-REF:102a] born on 8 July 1880

From Census of Canada, 1871 [link broken]

2 April 1871 Census for residents of Vaughan, York West, Ontario, Canada

  • James Grahame, married male aged 33 [born about 1838] in Scotland; Religion: Presbyterian; Farmer
  • Janet Grahame, married male aged 34 [born about 1837] in Scotland; Religion: Presbyterian;
  • William R Grahame, single male aged 10 [born about 1861] in Scotland; Religion: Presbyterian; Going to school
  • Marion Grahame, single female aged 9 [born about 1862] in Scotland; Religion: Presbyterian;
  • Janet E. Grahame, single female aged 7 [born about 1864] in Scotland; Religion: Presbyterian;
  • Laura L. Grahame, single female aged 7 [born about 1864] in Scotland; Religion: Presbyterian;
  • Hannah Grahame, single female aged 4 [born about 1867] in Scotland; Religion: Presbyterian;
  • James Grahame, single male aged 2 [born about 1869] in Scotland; Religion: Presbyterian;
  • Flora Grahame, single female aged 22 [born about 1849] in Scotland; Religion: Presbyterian;

From BillionGraves - James Grahame 1838 - 1888

  • James Grahame
  • Born: 1838
  • Died: 1888
  • [Victoria Anglican Church and cemetery, Road 81N, Balmoral, Manitoba MB R0C 0H0, Canada 50.1967752, -97.258232]

From Ancestry 19040425 probate James Grahame Victoria Manitoba Canada d 18881216 pr Edinburgh Arthur W. Goulding William Vincent Harriet Sophia Grahame widow £467

25 April 1904 confirmation of James Grahame, sometime of the township of Victoria, Province of Manitoba, Canada, who died 16 December 1888, at Victoria, aforesaid, testate, granted at Edinburgh on 25 April 1904 to Arthur W. Goulding, Clerk in Holy Orders, William Vincent, Yeoman, and Harriet Sophia Grahame, his widow, all of Victoria, executors nominated in Will or Deed, dated 1 October 1888, and recorded in Court Books of Commissariot of Edinburgh, 23 April 1904. Value of Estate: £467 9s. 3d.

From MyHeritage: James B Grahame: FamilySearch Family Tree

  • name: James B Grahame
  • birth name: James Graham
  • gender: Male
  • parents: Squire William Richard Grahame, Otilia Tilly Grahame (born Nighswander)
  • born: Monday, 29 January 1838 at Vaughan, York, Ontario, Canada
  • siblings: Thomas Grahame, Richard Grahame, John Grahame, Robert Grahame, Susanna Grahame, Martin Grahame, William Richard Grahame II, Alexander Dunlop Grahame, David James Grahame, Janet Ottilie Graham, Louisa Harms Grahame
  • marriage: Janet Hill on Thursday, 9 June 1859
  • marriage: New Paper; Paisley Herald and Renfrewshire Advertiser on Saturday, 11 June 1859 at Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • marriage: Harriet Sophia Thomas on Thursday, 5 September 1878 at Victoria township, Manitoba, Canada
  • census: Sunday, 30 March 1851, residence: Vaughan, York, Canada West, British Colonial America
  • census: Sunday, 2 April 1871, residence: Vaughan, York, Ontario, Canada
  • census: Sunday, 3 April 1881, residence: Rockwood, Manitoba, Canada
  • died: Sunday, 16 December 1888 at Rockwood, Manitoba, Canada
  • burial: All Saints Victoria Anglican Cemetery, Rockwood, South Interlake Census Division, Manitoba, Canada
  • occupation: Farmer
  • spouses: Janet Grahame (born Hill), Harriet Sophia Grahame (born Thomas)
  • children: William Richard Grahame, Marion Wright (born Grahame), Otilia Susannah Grahame, Laura Laetitia grahame, Janet Eliza Grahame, Hanna Ottilie Avery (born Graham), James Grahame, John East Grahame, Susannah Harriet Vincent (born Grahame), Jane Barbara Grahame, Ethel Maud Sinclair (born Grahame)
  • source: FamilySearch

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. II, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. p. 1120


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James Grahame's Timeline

1838
January 29, 1838
Vaughan, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
1860
October 19, 1860
Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
1862
February 11, 1862
Vaughan, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
1864
September 29, 1864
Ontario, Canada
September 30, 1864
"Muirdrum", Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
1866
July 31, 1866
Vaughan, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
1869
1869
Ontario, Canada
1888
December 16, 1888
Age 50
Stonewall, Division No. 14, Manitoba, Canada