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Donald JAMES

Male 1922 - 2001  (78 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Donald JAMES was born on 23 Dec 1922 in Wells, York, Maine (son of Gorton JAMES and Margaret Adams HOBBS); died on 17 Nov 2001.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1930, North Hempstead, Nassau, New York
    • Census: 1940, Arlington, Virginia


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Gorton JAMES was born on 25 Sep 1886 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts (son of Frank Everett JAMES and Gertrude WOODWORTH); died on 9 Oct 1937 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1900, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1910, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1930, North Hempstead, Nassau, New York

    Notes:

    Gorton James was Professor at Oxford Univ.

    Gorton married Margaret Adams HOBBS on 30 Jul 1922 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine. Margaret (daughter of George Sayward HOBBS and Mary P. ADAMS) was born on 4 May 1890 in Marquette, Marquette, Michigan; died on 6 Dec 1955 in Alexandria, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Margaret Adams HOBBS was born on 4 May 1890 in Marquette, Marquette, Michigan (daughter of George Sayward HOBBS and Mary P. ADAMS); died on 6 Dec 1955 in Alexandria, Virginia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1930, North Hempstead, Nassau, New York
    • Census: 1940, Arlington, Virginia

    Children:
    1. 1. Donald JAMES was born on 23 Dec 1922 in Wells, York, Maine; died on 17 Nov 2001.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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. 5.  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. 2. Gorton JAMES was born on 25 Sep 1886 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 9 Oct 1937 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio.
    3. Preston Everett JAMES was born on 14 Feb 1899 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 5 Jun 1986.

  3. 6.  George Sayward HOBBS was born in Nov 1859 in Wells, York, Maine; and died.

    George married Mary P. ADAMS. Mary was born in Jun 1859 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Mary P. ADAMS was born in Jun 1859 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; and died.
    Children:
    1. 3. Margaret Adams HOBBS was born on 4 May 1890 in Marquette, Marquette, Michigan; died on 6 Dec 1955 in Alexandria, Virginia.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  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. 11.  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. 5. 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.