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About James Gaunt
James Gaunt, was married to Charlotte Ann Grantham in 1842. She was a cultured and refined girl, but physically not strong. One son was born to them but he died about 1845. The mother grieved so much that she never rallied and died about a year later, 1846
James married again in 1848 to Phobe Wilkinson. When they were married she was 33 and my James was 35. A son was born April, 1849, and they emigrated to America in June, 1850, taking a boat at Liverpool and arriving in New York with a very sick boy. He contracted bowel trouble on shipboard. He died in October 1850, about the time a second son was born, named Joseph. He later died of pneumonia about the time of the birth of John George Gaunt, April 16, 1852. Both children are buried in Milford, Michigan. The sickness of the second son was caused by the hired girl’s taking him out of doors and staying too long when my mother was sick in bed with John George.
They came through New York State on the Erie Canal. It was a very hot summer and an open boat. Phoebe (his wife) was sick too. When on the canal boat my James saw a woman milking a cow near the canal. He ran out and bought a quart of milk. Phoebe tasted it and said it was sour. James asked the Captain, "Do you cows give sour milk in this country?" "Oh yes," he replied, "anything to get money".
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James Gaunt's Timeline
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1813
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Goldington, Bedford, Bedford, England, United Kingdom
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| 1852 |
April 1852
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| 1854 |
February 22, 1854
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Tuscola, MI, United States
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May 9, 1856
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Tuscola, Michigan, United States
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1895
Age 82
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Gilford, Tuscola, Michigan, United States
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Riverside Cemetery, Tuscola, Michigan, United States
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