Mary was born January 19, 1868 in Greenwich, England. She immigrated with her family on the S. S. Niger from Liverpool to Quebec City when she was only 3. She married William C. James of Rutherglen, who was the brother of John “Jack” James who married her sister Eliza. Mary died October 3, 1955 in North Bay, Ontario.
The family gossip is that Mary and William “adopted” a daughter Mary. Mrs. McNeilly felt that Mary was overworking the adopted daughter, so took her from Mary and William to the United States. I have no idea is this is true or who this “Mrs. McNeilly” is. But this is a picture of the adopted daughter Mary and her husband.
Descendants of Mary Ann & William James
- Christopher “Christi” Richard James b. 1885 m. Mary Jane Campbell [FGS* from Bernice Hunt]
- Grenville Campbell James, b. 1916, m. Irene “Renie” Sullivan
- Marshall George James, b. 1923, m. Olive Elizabeth Carruthers
- Stanley William James, b. 1914, m. Hazel Emma Shute
- Robert Manly James, b. 1921, m. Florence McKenney
- Bernice Marie James, b. 1925, m. Edward Donald Hunt
- Margaret Mary Hunt b. 1950
- Michael Wayne Hunt
- Alice Elizabeth “Betty” Hunt, b. 1953, d. 1977, m. Ian Gilmore
- Dennis Edward Hunt, b. 1946, m. Barbara Frost
- Margaret Mary Hunt b. 1950
- Ross Christopher James, b. 1912 m. Edna Mary Johanna Hill (dau. of Johanna Eady, Leah’s sister)
- Arnold Warren James m. Gertrude Rose (dau. of Tom and Blanche Rose)
- Irene Dagmar James, b. 1919, m. John Anderson, b. 1900, m. 1944
- Martha Mary Irene Anderson m. Richard Gibson
- John Christopher Anderson m. Mary Ann Kirk
- Kenneth Roderick James, b. 1927, m. Frances Mitchell
- Richard Kenneth James m. Ellen Roache
- Roderick Mitchell James m. Edna Wilsak
- Clinton John James, b. ?, d. 1933 young
- Warren Alexander James, b. 1932, m. Valerie Edith Prescott
- Arnold Wilson James, b. 1933, m. Beth Gertrude Rose
- John Thomas Victor James, b. 1887, 59th Battalion WWI (picture below), member of Orange Lodge and Elk Lake Masonic Lodge, m. Annie Gertrude “Gerti” Smith (dau. of Willard Smith, widow of William Smith, son of Alexander Smith, Willard’s cousin. They had a son “Billy”.), then m. Julia McNulty [NOTE**]
- Eleanor James w/Gerti, m. Lloyd Lewis
- Ruth James w/Gerti, m. Lorne Pollard
- Randy Pollard
- Larry Pollard
- Catherine Pollard (twin)
- Carol Pollard (twin)
- Cherryl Pollard
- Tawny Pollard
- Lorna Pollard
- Jack James w/Julia
- Dale James w/Julia
- Darwin James w/Julia
- Bill Smith James w/Julia
- James Richard James, b. 1889, m. I. McDonald, WWI vet (picture below)
- Rachel Sarah “Rae” James [picture below], b. 1891, m. R. Colbon
- Alice Maria James, b. 1894, member of Eastern Star, W.A., m. Samuel Stewart, d. 1953
- Olive “Ollie” Stewart, m. J. R. Green
- Lois Green
- Donna Green
- Jimmy Green, Airforce
- Jean Stewart, m. Courtney Pennell
- Olive “Ollie” Stewart, m. J. R. Green
- Elizabeth “Lizzie” Frances James, b. 1894, m. Hugh Ferguson
- Florence “Flossie” James, b. 1897, m. P. Riddler
- William James, b. 1900, WWI veteran (picture below), m. Mary Ellen Steep
- Delbert William James b. 1933 m. Lorna Mae Larson
- Shane Colin James
- Shauna Loreen James
- Delbert William James b. 1933 m. Lorna Mae Larson
- George Matthew James, b. 1902, m. Martha
- Frankie James
- Georgina James, m. Cecil Netickshik
- Russell Sylvester James, b. 1904, m. Yvonne Belaire
- Courtney Wilson James, b. 1906
- Violet Marie James, b. 1909, m. Geoffrey Louis Mussell
- Phyllis Eliza James, b. 1911, d. 1915 (funeral card says “Eliza” and grave marker says “Maria”, church record says she was born Phyllis Eliza, so I conclude the funeral card is wrong.)
**Two of the 4 sons of John and Julia are twins. Their marriage of rocky and at least three of the four sons spent time in jail and were known to be a part of the “Kelly Gang” of North Bay.
*FGS=Family Group Sheet
| Joyce ‘s best guess | Randall’s best guess | Elaine’s best guess | Phyllis’s best guess | Consensus | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Violet Mussell | Violet James | |||||
| 2 | Russell James | Russell James | Russell James | Russell James | Russell James | ||
| 3 | Christopher James | Christopher James | Christopher James | Christopher James | |||
| 4 | Earl Craig | Earl Craig | Earl Craig | Earl Craig | Earl Craig | ||
| 5 | Grenville James | Grenville James | Grenville James | Grenville James | |||
| 6 | Joyce Canning | Joyce Canning | Joyce Canning | Joyce James | |||
| 7 | Maggie James | Maggie James | Marguerite McDonald | ||||
| 8 | Betty Whalley | Betty James | |||||
| 9 | Margaret James | Phyllis Woods | Phyllis Woods | Phyllis James | |||
| 10 | Martha James | Martha James | Martha White | ||||
| 11 | Bill James | Jim James | Jim James | Jim James | |||
| 12 | Hugh Ferguson | Bob James? | |||||
| 13 | |||||||
| 14 | William James | William James | William James | William James | William James | ||
| 15 | Gertrude James | Gertrude Sampson | |||||
| 16 | John James | William James | Wilfred Craig? | ||||
| 17 | Robert James Sr | ||||||
| 18 | |||||||
| 19 | Yvonne James | Yvonne James | Yvonne James | Yvonne James | Yvonne Bellaire | ||
| 20 | Elisabeth Ferguson | Alice Stewart | Elisabeth Ferguson | Elisabeth Ferguson | Elisabeth James | ||
| 21 | Joyce James | Joyce James(Jim’s) | Joyce James | ||||
| 22 | Alex James | Alex James | |||||
| 23 | Edna James | Edna Hill | |||||
| 24 | George James | George James | George James | George James | |||
| 25 | |||||||
| 26 | |||||||
| 27 | Hugh Ferguson | Jim James | Hugh Ferguson | Hugh Ferguson | Hugh Ferguson | ||
| 28 | |||||||
| 29 | |||||||
| 30 | Eliza James | Grandma James | Eliza Jane Pennell | ||||
| 31 | Alice Smith | Eliza Jane James | Alice Marie Pennell | ||||
| 32 | Ollie Green | Ollie? | |||||
| 33 | Ray Green | Ray? | Kate Craig? | ||||
| 34 | Ross James | Ross James | Ross James | Ross James | Ross James | ||
| 35 | Alice Stewart | Alice Stewart | Alice James | ||||
| 36 |
