Individual Details
Joshua Walter JAMES
(Abt Oct 1857 - 17 Dec 1926)
Events
| Birth | Abt Oct 1857 | King's Cross, Middlesex, England |  | ||
| Census | 1861 | 58 Richmond Road, Islington, Middlesex, England | | ||
| Census | 1871 | Scholar - The Elms, Thereas Terrace, Tottenham, Middlesex, England | | ||
| Census | 1881 | Mantle (Dress) Manufacturer - Balmoral, Holdenhurst, Hampshire, England |  | | |
| Marriage | Abt Oct 1885 | (Registration District), Islington, Middlesex, England - Eliza Alicia Ellard WOOD | | | |
| Census | 1901 | Wholesale Mantle Manufacturer - Deepdene, Torrington Park, Friern Barnet, Middlesex, England | | | |
| Census | 1911 | Mantle Manufacturer (Wholesale) - North Bank, Totteridge Lane, Totteridge, Hertfordshire, England | | | |
| Residence | Abt Mar 1922 | Copped Hall, Totteridge, Hertfordshire, England | |||
| Travel aboard | 18 Mar 1922 | Cape Town, South Africa | | | |
| Residence | Abt Dec 1926 | Stanthorpe, Athenaeum Road, Whetstone, Middlesex, England | | ||
| Death | 17 Dec 1926 | Whetstone, Middlesex, England | | ||
| Probate | 12 Jan 1927 | London, Middlesex, England | | |
Families
| Spouse | Eliza Alicia Ellard WOOD (1866 - ) |
| Child | Joshua Walter JAMES (1886 - ) |
| Child | Margaret Dorothy JAMES (1888 - ) |
| Child | Arthur Leslie JAMES (1889 - ) |
| Child | Robert Douglas JAMES (1894 - ) |
| Child | Katherine Mary JAMES (1895 - 1982) |
| Father | Joshua JAMES (1830 - ) |
| Mother | Mary Sophia OGDEN (1832 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Sophia JAMES (1859 - ) |
| Sibling | Eliza Eleanor JAMES (1862 - ) |
| Sibling | Eliza Peyton JAMES (1865 - ) |
| Sibling | Douglas Leonard JAMES (1868 - ) |
| Sibling | Mabel Grace JAMES (1870 - ) |
Notes
Census
Listed as boarders, with his sisters Mary & Eliza, in the following household:John Smith 58 - Head - Accountant / House Agent - born: Brarying, Herts
Hephzibah Smith 55 - Wife - - born: London, Middlesex
Elizabeth Dominy 18 - Servant - House Maid - born: Wareham, Dorset
Sarah A. Cobb 15 - Servant - Kitchen Maid - born: Southampton
Edwin J.F. Tylter? 24 - Boarder - Landowner - born: India
Mary F. Tylter ? 31 - Boarder - Dependant on Brother - born: India
Jeanie Thorpe 37 - Servant - Lady's Maid - born: Guestling, Sussex
Daniel J. Hawar 37 - Boarder (married) - Independent Minister - born: London, Middlesex
Sarah Hawar 40 - Boarder (married) - Independent Minister's wife - born: Sutton Valence, Kent
Thomas W. Shaw 60 - Boarder (married)- Cloth (Woollen) Merchant - born: Wolverhampton, Staffs
Annie H. Shaw 52 - Boarder (married) - Cloth (Woollen) Merchant's Wife - born: Wolverhampton, Staffs
Fanny W. Shaw 25 - Boarder - Cloth (Woollen) Merchant's Daughter - born: Wolverhampton, Staffs
Reginald Martin 15 - Boarder - Draper's Apprentice - born: Taunton, Somerset
Arthur E. Nichols 15 - Boarder - Draper's Apprentice - born: Ventor, Isle of Wight
Marriage
In 1911 census say married 25 years.Census
At the same address:Rebecca Dorothy Crouch 36 - Servant - Cook - born: Saudon, Herts
Mary Jane Forbes 38 - Servant - Nurse (domestic) - born: Ramsgate, Kent
Winifred Bartholomew 22 - Servant - House Maid - born: Wimbledon, Surrey
Census
At the same address:Jane Pratt 58 - Servant (married 34 years 1 child child has died) - Cook - born: Sawbridgeworth, Herts
Florence Emma Hobbs 28 - Servant - House Maid - born: Little Ravely, Huntingdonshire
Lily May Fryer 22 - Servant - Parlour Maid - born: Plaistow, Essex
Travel aboard
Extract from passenger list.Name of ship: Aeneas - Steamship line: Blue Funnel - Date of departure: 18 March 1922 - Where bound: Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane via Las Palmas & Cape Town - Passengers embarked at Glasgow.
Name: James, Joshua Walter
Last address in UK: C/O Copped Hall, Totteridge N. 20
Class: 1st
Port of landing: Cape Town
Age: 65
Occupation: -
Country of last residence: England
Country of intended residence: England
Also his wife Eliza & daughter Katherine.
Probate
Extract from probate calendar - Year: 1927James Joshua Walter of Stanthorpe Athenӕum Road Whetstone Middlesex died 17 December 1926 Probate London 12 January to Eliza Alicia Ellard James widow and Douglas Leonard James and Joshua Walter James manufacturers. Effects: £35556 11s 10d.
Endnotes
1. GRO (England & Wales) Birth Registrations Index, 1857 Oct/Dec - Clerkenwell - Vol: 1b Page: 500.
2. 1861 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG 9; Piece: 129; Folio: 127; Page: 24;.
3. 1871 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG10; Piece: 1340; Folio: 118; Page: 58; .
4. 1881 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG11; Piece: 1195; Folio: 111; Page: 48; .
5. GRO (England & Wales) Marriage Registration Index , 1885 Oct/Dec - Islington - Vol: 1b Page: 595.
6. 1901 Census of England and Wales , Class: RG13; Piece: 1235; Folio: 139; Page: 11.
7. 1911 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG14; Piece: 7138; Schedule Number: 14.
8. UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960.
9. England & Wales - National Probate Calendar 1858-1966, 1927 - James, Joshua Walter .
10. GRO (England & Wales) Death Registrations, 1926 Oct/Dec - Barnet - Vol: 3a Page: 448.
11. England & Wales - National Probate Calendar 1858-1966, 1927 - James, Joshua Walter .
12. England & Wales - National Probate Calendar 1858-1966, 1927 - James, Joshua Walter .