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Yes |
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Place of birth (No map yet) |
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Yes |
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No |
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Place of marriage |
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No |
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No |
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Residence |
Research Dates
8 August 06
Not very much is known about James. He was originally found in
the 1891 census whilst a search was being carried out for his father, William.
At the time of the census, James was aged 13, and living at the Staff of Life
beer house, where his father was the beer house keeper. James then
disappears from view, he has not yet been found in the 1901 census, though there
are three possible entries in the register for his marriage, with dates ranging
from 1910 through to 1914. None of the locations give any strong
indications as to which of the certificates is most likely to be the James in
question, so they will be obtained one at a time until the correct one is found.
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| The birth certificate for James shows that he was born to parents William and Sarah Ann Pettit (Middleditch) on the 29th November 1877, in the hospital at Shorncliff Camp, Kent. At the time of the birth, father William was a Colour-Sergeant in the Coldstream Guards, a rank he was to hold for some time. Mother Sarah Ann reported the birth on the 3rd December 1877, to the Deputy Registrar M Birch. |