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Henry James

Birthdate:
Birthplace: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Death: July 09, 1900 (83)
West Kensington, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of John James, Secondary of London and Hester James (Combe)
Brother of John Edwin James; Hester West (James); William Boyce James; Anne James; Sibilla Vickers (James) and 6 others

Occupation: General Practitioner
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About Henry James

Occupation: Physician

Baptism: 20 April, 1819, St. Stephen Walbrook, City of London

August 10, 1844: Henry James married Charlotte Mariott Rance, 2nd daughter of Thomas Francis Rance at Broadwater Church near Worthing, Sussex. At some point before 1851, Dr. James and his wife Charlotte James (Rance) appear to have separated. In the 1851, 1861, 1871 Censuses, Charlotte James is not residing with Henry James. She is living with her sister and Henry James is living with members of the James family.

1851 England Census, Finsbury, St. Luke Old Place, Middlesex: Henry James (head), aged 34, married, general practioner (his wife is not present and is never present for the next 30 years); John James, father, married, aged 66, Secondary of London, born City of London; Hester, mother, married, aged 59, born Shere, Surrey; Anne, sister, unmarried, aged 35, born City of London; Mary, sister, unmarried, aged 28, born Stamford Hill; Julia, sister, unmarried, aged 25, born Newington; Edmund, brother, unmarried, aged 26, law student, born Newington; Alfred, brother, aged 19, born Newington; 3 servants.

1880, Henry James, widower, married Katherine Maria MacDonald, widow, in Ramsgate.

Probate: Henry James of 62 Comeragh rd. West Kensington, Middlesex, F.R.C.S. died 9 July 1900 probate- London 1st Aug.to Katherine Maria James, widow & Charles Edmund Vickers solicitor [his nephew, his sister Sibilla's son]. Effects £ 8976.19s.3d.

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Henry James's Timeline

1817
February 19, 1817
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1900
July 9, 1900
Age 83
West Kensington, Greater London, England, United Kingdom