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Frank Everett JAMES

Male Abt 1856 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  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]

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


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Woodworth JAMES Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frank1) was born on 2 Dec 1880 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1900, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts
    • Military Service: 1942; Wold War II Registration

    Woodworth married Esther M. FARNSWORTH on 9 Mar 1909 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Esther (daughter of Edward FARNSWORTH and Esther MORSE) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Gorton JAMES Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frank1) was born on 25 Sep 1886 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts; 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]

    Children:
    1. 5. Donald JAMES  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Dec 1922 in Wells, York, Maine; died on 17 Nov 2001.

  3. 4.  Preston Everett JAMES Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frank1) was born on 14 Feb 1899 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts; 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. 6. Everett Woodbury JAMES  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1945.


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Donald JAMES Descendancy chart to this point (3.Gorton2, 1.Frank1) was born on 23 Dec 1922 in Wells, York, Maine; died on 17 Nov 2001.

    Other Events and Attributes:

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


  2. 6.  Everett Woodbury JAMES Descendancy chart to this point (4.Preston2, 1.Frank1) was born about 1945.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Matthew JAMES  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 8. Landon JAMES  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 7.  Matthew JAMES Descendancy chart to this point (6.Everett3, 4.Preston2, 1.Frank1)

  2. 8.  Landon JAMES Descendancy chart to this point (6.Everett3, 4.Preston2, 1.Frank1)