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Title: James John Grimes
Post by: Scott1940 on Tuesday 29 May 12 16:21 BST (UK)
Please could you find James John Grimes  on the US census who was born in Wales in 1879 and joined the US Marines in 1912 in Memphsis.

Yvonne
Title: Re: James John Grimes
Post by: shellyesq on Tuesday 29 May 12 16:26 BST (UK)
There are a number of US census records/transcriptions available for free on www.familysearch.org.  Have you tried looking there?
Title: Re: James John Grimes
Post by: *Sandra* on Tuesday 29 May 12 16:57 BST (UK)
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1958  have a  James J Grimes
Applied at R S Memphis. Tennessee. Mar 1912  - Enlistment Date: 19 Mar 1912
Transferred to Charleston. SC

Picking up a substantial family tree which seems to indicate James John died at Sea of Fever Whilst in The Navy. (No source) Maybe he died before he could appear on US Census  ??? When was your last sighting of James John in the UK ?

Family tree gives the mother Sarahs death as 17 th August 1921 Cook County. Illinois but looking at the family search info - it gives incorrect parents for her  ???
UK 1881 Census show her as the daughter of Joseph and Hannah Fear which should be  Tear.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQPY-3X2

In 1920 Sarah Jane Grimes is in Wisconsin with her daughter Nellie (Champness) and family

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFK3-JXQ

When Sarah entered Canada and the USA she had a son Cyril with her, he died in Cook. Illinois 16 July 1916 - the information on him is correct on family search. The border crossing for Sarah and Cyril in November 1914 mentioned a son George Grimes in Toronto but only gave an address they were going to in the USA.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N7S7-XLK

Cannot see anything on James  :(

Sandra
Title: Re: James John Grimes
Post by: Scott1940 on Tuesday 29 May 12 18:26 BST (UK)
Hello Sandra,

James left the UK on lst November, 1907 and arrived in New York.

His mother was staying with her parents in  London in 1881

All the information you gave his correct, Tear is always spelt incorrectly.

There were four brothers and sister who settled in Wisconsin and  Chicago, but the brothers lived in Canada first.   Cyril drowned in the Chicago Lido in 1916.

Perhaps James died before the1920 census and never married.

Thank you for your help.

Yvonne