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Preston Everett JAMES

Male 1899 - 1986  (87 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Preston Everett JAMES was born on 14 Feb 1899 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts (son of Frank Everett JAMES and Gertrude WOODWORTH); died on 5 Jun 1986.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1910, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    Born Feb. 14, 1899, in Brookline, Mass. American geographer. Professor at the University of Michigan (from 1934), Syracuse University (from 1945), and other universities.

    James was a consultant to and director of various organizations concerned with Latin American geography and social development. From 1948 to 1953 he was a member of the National Research Council of the American Geophysical Union. In 1951, James became the president of the Association of American Geographers and in 1957 the president of the Council on Latin American Affairs. He wrote a monograph on Latin American geography and a series of text-books on geography for high school and college students.

    Works
    An Outline of Geography. New York, 1935.
    Geography of Man, 2nd ed. Boston, 1959. (In collaboration with H. G. Kline.)
    One World Divided: A Geographical Look at the Modern World. New York, 1964.
    In Russian translation:
    Latinskaia Amerika. Moscow, 1949.

    Family/Spouse: Eileen WOODBURY. Eileen was born on 1 Oct 1910 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 26 Jun 2001 in Honolulu, Hawaii. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Everett Woodbury JAMES was born about 1945.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Frank Everett JAMES was born about 1856 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1900, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1910, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    By 1884, 17 Hereford St. (Boston) was the home of Frank Everett James and his wife, Gertrude (Woodworth) James. He was a banker with the firm of Richardson, Hill & Co. They were joined by Gertrude James’s father, Alfred Skinner Woodworth, a tea importer, and her brother, Arthur Vernon Woodworth, who was a clerk at Richardson, Hill & Co. Gertrude James’s mother, Anna Gorton (Grafton) Woodworth, had died in September of 1883. Also living with Frank and Gertrude James in 1885 was his brother, Edward Preston James, whose wife, Carrie (Piper) James, had died in December of 1883.
    By 1886, Frank and Gertrude James had moved to Brookline, and Edward James had moved to Monadnock. Arthur Vernon Woodworth and his son, Alfred, continued to live at 17 Hereford in 1886. Arthur Woodworth remarried in October of 1886 and moved soon thereafter to the Hotel Vendôme. (Source: Back Bay Houses).

    Frank married Gertrude WOODWORTH on 21 Nov 1878 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Gertrude (daughter of Alfred Skinner WOODWORTH and Anna Gorton GRAFTON) was born about 1858 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Gertrude WOODWORTH was born about 1858 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts (daughter of Alfred Skinner WOODWORTH and Anna Gorton GRAFTON); and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1900, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1910, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts

    Children:
    1. Woodworth JAMES was born on 2 Dec 1880 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; and died.
    2. Gorton JAMES was born on 25 Sep 1886 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 9 Oct 1937 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio.
    3. 1. Preston Everett JAMES was born on 14 Feb 1899 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 5 Jun 1986.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Alfred Skinner WOODWORTH was born on 24 Apr 1836 in Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia (son of Ebenezer Foster WOODWORTH and Ann SKINNER); died on 2 Sep 1911 in Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1850, Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1880, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    • Occupation: 1880, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Tea Importer

    Alfred married Anna Gorton GRAFTON on 23 Apr 1857 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Anna (daughter of Daniel G. GRAFTON) was born on 17 Jan 1838 in Massachusetts; died on 27 Sep 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Anna Gorton GRAFTON was born on 17 Jan 1838 in Massachusetts (daughter of Daniel G. GRAFTON); died on 27 Sep 1883.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1880, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

    Children:
    1. 3. Gertrude WOODWORTH was born about 1858 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; and died.
    2. Herbert Grafton WOODWORTH was born on 27 Feb 1860 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died in 1949; was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    3. Arthur Vernon WOODWORTH was born on 30 May 1865 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 15 Jun 1950 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    4. Ethel WOODWORTH was born about 1862 in Nova Scotia; died on 5 Aug 1876.
    5. Stanley WOODWORTH was born about 1878 in Massachusetts; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Ebenezer Foster WOODWORTH was born on 5 Jun 1802 in Nova Scotia; died on 11 Apr 1875; was buried in Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1850, Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1860, Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1870, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts

    Ebenezer married Ann SKINNER on 21 Mar 1826. Ann (daughter of Alfred SKINNER and Abigail BIGELOW) was born about 1804 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 8 Jun 1897 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Ann SKINNER was born about 1804 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia (daughter of Alfred SKINNER and Abigail BIGELOW); died on 8 Jun 1897 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1850, Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1860, Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1870, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1880, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

    Children:
    1. Melinda WOODWORTH was born in 1827 in Nova Scotia; died on 17 Jan 1890 in Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts; was buried in Melrose Cemetery, Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
    2. Mary W. WOODWORTH was born on 27 Sep 1828 in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 18 Dec 1913 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    3. Robert Newton WOODWORTH was born about 1832 in Nova Scotia; died in 1888.
    4. 6. Alfred Skinner WOODWORTH was born on 24 Apr 1836 in Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 2 Sep 1911 in Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
    5. George L. WOODWORTH was born about 1838 in Nova Scotia; and died.
    6. Lavenia WOODWORTH was born about 1840 in Nova Scotia; and died.
    7. Ebenezer F. WOODWORTH was born about 1843; died on 3 Oct 1846 in Massachusetts.
    8. Clara WOODWORTH was born on 5 Sep 1846 in Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 23 Jan 1908 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    9. Laura Burton WOODWORTH was born on 8 Oct 1848 in Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 7 Feb 1936 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried in Mt Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

  3. 14.  Daniel G. GRAFTON
    Children:
    1. 7. Anna Gorton GRAFTON was born on 17 Jan 1838 in Massachusetts; died on 27 Sep 1883.