#52Ancestors: James PERRY, 1875-1966, England

Continuing the #52Ancestors year-long challenge by genealogist Amy Johnson Crow, here is my son-in-law's great-grandfather, James PERRY, born in Hartshill, Warwickshire, England.  The photo is apparently of James' father, John PERRY, jr.  

James, born in 1875 in Hartshill, Warwick, was the youngest of the 9 children of his parents, John PERRY jr & Sarah WHITE. His father worked as a hand-looming ribbon-weaver according to the 1841 Census, as did many others on the Census pages for Hartshill, a small hamlet. This was a fading occupation as mechanized looms began to take over the piece-work done on home looms. 

On Aug 2, 1898, James married Martha Jane DONAGHY, in Glasgow, Scotland. The certificate states both are working, James as a Coachman, Martha as a Restaurant Hostess.  Scottish marriage certificates are wonderfully detailed with names of both parents, their occupations, and mother's maiden name.  See below: 

The 1901 Census in Glasgow shows James working as an Iron Foundry Labourer, living in the parish of Townhead, with a number of other workers from Ireland. Here we see their first daughter, Lillian, 2 yrs old. I suspect the Foundry paid fairly well - and there were pages of Foundries listed in the Glasgow city Directory!! 

James and Martha had the following 5 known children:

   1.  Lillian Martha, b. Mar 23, 1899, Glasgow

   2.  John Robert, b. May 13, 1901, Glasgow

   3.  James Edward [ancestor], b. abt 1904, Hartshill, Warwick;
          m. Oct 6, 1928 Alberta Canada to Margaret Alice
          ATHERTON; 7 children

   4.  Ralph, b. Oct 1907, Hartshill, Warwick, d. Mar 1990
           Warwickshire

   5.  Edwin, b. Oct 1909, Warwickshire

As can be seen above, before 1904 James and Martha moved down to the hamlet of Hartshill in Warwickshire where his parents and some of his siblings were living. On the 1911 Census, James states his occupation as Inn Keeper - see image below of the Bowling Green Inn on Coventry Rd in Southam. Here in this photo one can also see that it is still open for business.

I do wonder how James came to be an Innkeeper, having worked in various servant or labouring jobs until this time. Southam is south of the large city of Coventry; Hartshill where he and his younger three children were born, is just north of Southam, a total of almost 25 miles between the two places. Perhaps there's a family story about his new opportunity, between 1909 and 1911.  

I have yet to do significant research on James' children other than for his namesake, James Edward PERRY. Clearly some research could be done by his descendants-?  

At the age of 91 years, James died April 1st 1966, in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, and is apparently buried there. His wife, Martha, died 2 years later aged 93 years, on May 11, 1968, in Staffordshire.  There have been several trips to England, and perhaps one of the great-grandchildren have photos of their gravestones. 

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#52Ancestors: Jane Rebecca McCABE, 1803-1883

Another in the year-long challenge, #52Ancestors by genealogist Amy Johnson Crow. I am a little behind, but every post is another post! This week I am writing about Jane Rebecca McCABE, my 2nd great-grandmother on my mother's KUHN line, 3rd great-grandmother to my children, 4th to my grandchildren. 

Jane,  born Oct 25, 1803 in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, was the youngest of the three children of Edward McCABE from County Monaghan & Rebecca HUDSON.

Jane married Joseph Jacobus KUHN (1803-1878) on Nov 5, 1826 in the Conewago Chapel, Conewago, Adams, Pennsylvania. The service was presided over by the Reverend DeBarth. There is a lovely image of the KUHN obelisk in the Conewago Chapel cemetery, listing many of the Kuhn ancestors, siblings, their marriages, etc.

Children of Joseph & Jane, all born in East Berlin, Adams, PA: 

   1.  Edward John, b. 23 Sep 1827, d. 25 Feb 1906 Hanover PA; m. abt 1856
          in Missouri 1st Annie P. Gill [d.1862], 3 children; m. 2nd Sarah Jane
          Hilt, abt 1870 in PA, 6 children
   2.  Dr. Louis/Lewis DeBarth, Ancestor, b. 22 Oct 1829, d. 7 May 1908
            NY; m. 17 Jan 1864 to Amelia A PETTYGROVE [d. 1888], 10
            children
   3.  Sarah Jane, b. 25 Dec 1831, d. 29 Apr 1834. 
   4.  Maria Rebecca, b. 2 Feb 1834, d. 8 Nov 1857 in Cuba on honeymoon;
            m. 1857 to Charles F. Leisen.
   5.  Charles Edmund, b. 16 Nov 1836, d. 23 Nov 1909 in Denver CO;
            m. 1862 to Jennie M. Myers; 1 daughter
   6.  Jane Elizabeth, b. 5 Feb 1839, d. 8 Jun 1916; m. abt 1865 to Philip
            Reilly, 5 children
   7.  Joseph Augustine, b. 1 Sep 1841, d. 4 Oct 1918 Port Townsend WA
   8.  John Randolph, b. 28 Aug 1844, d. 2 Nov 1926; m. 13 Feb 1870
             Brooklyn NY to Henrietta M. Rabitte; 13 children
   9.  Dr. George Richard Montgomery, b. 2 Sep 1847, d. 5 Nov 1915
             Brooklyn NY; m. 13 Nov 1879 to Mary E. Hussey; 5 children

Unfortunately there is nothing further I have found about Jane Rebecca, aside from her having borne 9 children in 20 years. I have newspapers to search soon, hoping for any obituary write up on her. Her husband, Joseph J KUHN, died 18 Sep 1878, aged 74, in McSherrytown, Adams, PA. Five years later, she died 15 June 1883 in Brooklyn NY, aged 79 years.

She is listed on the very large KUHN obelisk with her husband, showing her maiden name - a treasure when I found this image.  

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#52Ancestors: Joseph WHITEHEAD, 1716-1781, Virginia/NC, USA

Another in the year-long challenge, #52Ancestors by genealogist Amy Johnson Crow. I am a little behind, but every post is another post! This week I am writing about the little I have found on my ex-husband's 5th Great-Grandfather, Joseph WHITEHEAD; 6th great-grandfather to my children, 7th to my grandchildren

Much of my information on this family came mainly from an online genealogy/descendancy site on Sumner County Tennessee settlers on Rootsweb, following Whitehead settlers from Virginia and North Carolina. A number of Whitehead men show up on Virginia Land Records indexes in the late 1600s and into the 1700s, including Richard, Thomas, John, Arthur, and William. However I am unable to access the actual record images at this point, which might assist in finding any possible relationships between the individuals, and to place Joseph and his parents more specifically in Isle of Wight county, Virginia. .

Born in [est] 1714 in Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA, apparently Joseph [and parents?] moved to settle in Edgecombe County, North Carolina when he was a young child. Joseph apparently married Faith LANE in North Carolina, likely about 1735 when he would have been 21 years of age, Faith 20 years. Her father is sometimes listed as Benjamin Lane [not verified as yet]. Some genealogies/trees state that Faith died much later, marrying a second time to William Bynum. Confusion reigns. 

Three children were born in Edgecombe county, North Carolina:

   1.  Benjamin, b. abt 1736

   2.  Mary, ancestor, b. 1 July 1738, d. abt 1773; m. abt 1762 to Matthew
            JOYNER, 4 children

   3.  Joseph jr., b. abt 1740

Four other possible children have been connected to Joseph sr: Tobias, John, Martha, and Elizabeth.  However I do not feel confident here, as it also appears that trees and histories mix the two Josephs' details, marriages, other children. On the other hand, they may indeed be Joseph & Faith's children. 

Joseph's wife, Faith, died in May 1752, in Edgecombe co., North Carolina. He married a second time, to Pheribe Applewhaite [a fascinating name], in 1771, in Halifax North Carolina. Apparently no children were born to them. Pheribe would have been over 40 yrs. His children by Faith,were adults by the time he married Pheribe. 

Joseph died 17 Feb 1781 in Halifax, Halifax Co., North Carolina. His will names his wife Pheriby, and the 4 children mentioned above. There is no mention of the first two male children Benjamin & Joseph jr.  This confusion might indicate that the will is actually for his son, Joseph Jr.  At this point, I am assuming that Joseph WHITEHEAD sr, and Faith LANE his first wife, may NOT be valid, and/or may have been confused with others of the same name. The daughter [listed above] - Mary, who married Matthew JOYNER - has additional records on her marriage and children so support that her father was Joseph. Their first child's name was Benjamin Joyner.  

As can be seen, Joseph's history is scant and poorly substantiated.  More research on the websites of the Library of Virginia, as well as in the Virginia Historical Society, is necessary. My to-do list is long on this Whitehead family line. 

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