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Re: James P MAJOR of New York
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 14 January 10 10:20 GMT (UK) »
I'm really at a bit of a loss. Emma and James are two of eleven children born to Richard and Sarah MAJOR, and baptised in Frome in Somerset.

The whole family seems to have emigrated around 1832, and I have found various marriages in New York. Four of them seem to have been in the same Dutch Reformed Church, all within a few years of each other.

I don't know what became of Emma and George - whether they moved away, emigrated, died, changed their names or just got mis-transcribed. But I fully hoped and expected to find them both in 1850, so close on time to the 1844 marriage!

Anyway, many thanks for all your help; it is allowing me to build up a picture of the family. By the way, all the sons seem to have been engravers or artists; in James's case quite a famous one.

Kind regards

Phil Candy

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Re: James P MAJOR of New York
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 14 January 10 17:02 GMT (UK) »
Hi Phil:

I was looking for the family as merchants.  I do remember seeing engravers.  I saw the following last night, but didn't read all of the names, since his occupation was engraver.

1850 Williamsburg, Kings County, NY
James P Major, age 32, born in England, Engraver.
Mary, age 10, Frances age 5.
Richard, age 24, born England, Engraver.
Maria, age 22, born England.
Sarah age 1.
All children born New York.
Also included with this group was Henry? Thrush, age 22, Printer, born England.
Ellison: Co. Wicklow/Canada       Fowley: Sligo/Canada       Furnival: Lancashire/Canada       Ibbotson: Sheffield/Canada       Lee/DeJongh: Lancashire & Cheshire       Mumford: Essex/Canada       Ovens: Ireland/Canada       Sarge: Yorkshire/Canada             Stuart: Sligo/Canada       Sullivan: Co. Clare/Canada      Vaus: Sussex/Surrey      Wakefield: Tuam or Ballinasloe, Ireland              (Surname: Originated/Place Last Lived)  (Canadians lived in Ontario)

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Re: James P MAJOR of New York
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 14 January 10 17:20 GMT (UK) »
1860 Brooklyn Ward 13 District 2, Kings County, NY
Post Office: Williamsburgh
James T (looks like P) Major, age 42, occupation looks like "Enginen", born England
Charlotte A?, age 25?, born New York
Mary L, age 18
Fanny E, age 16
Pauline, age 9
Kate, age 7
Georgianna?, age 4
Minnie?, age 2
? Lyon, age 25, Servant, born Ireland
All of the girls were born in New York
No column for married, divorced, single.

Ellison: Co. Wicklow/Canada       Fowley: Sligo/Canada       Furnival: Lancashire/Canada       Ibbotson: Sheffield/Canada       Lee/DeJongh: Lancashire & Cheshire       Mumford: Essex/Canada       Ovens: Ireland/Canada       Sarge: Yorkshire/Canada             Stuart: Sligo/Canada       Sullivan: Co. Clare/Canada      Vaus: Sussex/Surrey      Wakefield: Tuam or Ballinasloe, Ireland              (Surname: Originated/Place Last Lived)  (Canadians lived in Ontario)

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Re: James P MAJOR of New York
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 14 January 10 17:32 GMT (UK) »
1870 Brooklyn Ward 19
Image does look like Meyer
James Meyer, age 53, born England, Engraver, citizen of U.S.
Charlotte, age 37, born New York, Keeping House
Fannie, age 24
Pauline, age 18
Kate, age 16
Georgeanna, age 14
Minnie, age 11
Bell, age 3
William, age 1
Ellen Clark, age 17, Serv't Domestic, born New York, parents of foreign birth
Kate? Clark, age 22, Serv't Domestic, born New York, parents of foreign birth
All children were born in New York
No indication of married, single or divorced
Columns for parents of foreign birth: James has father and mother foreign born.  Children do not have this mark in their columns.  :-\

On the following page is Charles Gerbert?, age 40, Printer.  He is at the top of the page; the Majors are at the bottom of the prior page, would probably indicated they lived next door to each other.

Cannot read Charles' place of birth, looks like Prusva.  Could be Prussia, I guess.  Only noting this family because he was a printer and his family members were:
Lizzie, Minnie, Bell, Lizzie and Ella.

By the way, both Bells were females.

I believe the 1880 census may be found here:
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#
You may find additional information on this site, regarding the family members.

It appears that James did marry Charlotte and apparently her surname was Lyon.
Ellison: Co. Wicklow/Canada       Fowley: Sligo/Canada       Furnival: Lancashire/Canada       Ibbotson: Sheffield/Canada       Lee/DeJongh: Lancashire & Cheshire       Mumford: Essex/Canada       Ovens: Ireland/Canada       Sarge: Yorkshire/Canada             Stuart: Sligo/Canada       Sullivan: Co. Clare/Canada      Vaus: Sussex/Surrey      Wakefield: Tuam or Ballinasloe, Ireland              (Surname: Originated/Place Last Lived)  (Canadians lived in Ontario)


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Re: James P MAJOR of New York
« Reply #13 on: Thursday 14 January 10 17:45 GMT (UK) »
Richard Major is also on later census returns.  If you cannot view his information on the above site, please let us know.
Ellison: Co. Wicklow/Canada       Fowley: Sligo/Canada       Furnival: Lancashire/Canada       Ibbotson: Sheffield/Canada       Lee/DeJongh: Lancashire & Cheshire       Mumford: Essex/Canada       Ovens: Ireland/Canada       Sarge: Yorkshire/Canada             Stuart: Sligo/Canada       Sullivan: Co. Clare/Canada      Vaus: Sussex/Surrey      Wakefield: Tuam or Ballinasloe, Ireland              (Surname: Originated/Place Last Lived)  (Canadians lived in Ontario)

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Re: James P MAJOR of New York
« Reply #14 on: Thursday 14 January 10 19:53 GMT (UK) »
Thanks so much for all this work, Lisa, and for such clever detective work (MEYER indeed!!)

I set out to find more about Emma's family through her brother, and you have done a great job of filling in the blanks.  He ended up being quite well known and there was even a useful obituary for him in the New York Times in 1900 when he died; he and his brothers Henry Brougham MAJOR and Richard MAJOR seem to have been quite well known as engravers and artists.

I am increasingly thinking that it was their father Richard who was the wool merchant in New York. I suspect that the whole family will be found with Richard (senior) in 1840.

Emma had a sad story because she married a man named Joseph STENT in 1838 who turned out to be already married. There was a messy Bigamy case in New York in 1842 (brought by Emma but including her brother James P MAJOR as a witness) , and after that I was hoping - for her sake - that she married and had a better life. That's why I was hoping to learn more about the George M CARTER marriage, which I found on IGI. Several of her brothers and sisters also married in the same Church, but of course it's all just inferential at this stage.

I really appreciate all your help with this inquiry.

Many thanks for your help

Phil Candy

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Re: James P MAJOR of New York
« Reply #15 on: Thursday 14 January 10 20:18 GMT (UK) »
Hi Phil:

You are quite welcome.

You may already know where James Major and Charlotte are buried, but in case you don't:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi

I tried searching the cemetery for any Carters; no luck.

Will continue to have a look around; I haven't exhausted all leads for Emma yet.  I wish we had some idea of George's birthdate or birthplace, it could help with Emma's search.  ::)
Ellison: Co. Wicklow/Canada       Fowley: Sligo/Canada       Furnival: Lancashire/Canada       Ibbotson: Sheffield/Canada       Lee/DeJongh: Lancashire & Cheshire       Mumford: Essex/Canada       Ovens: Ireland/Canada       Sarge: Yorkshire/Canada             Stuart: Sligo/Canada       Sullivan: Co. Clare/Canada      Vaus: Sussex/Surrey      Wakefield: Tuam or Ballinasloe, Ireland              (Surname: Originated/Place Last Lived)  (Canadians lived in Ontario)

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Re: James P MAJOR of New York
« Reply #16 on: Thursday 14 January 10 20:48 GMT (UK) »
1840 New York Ward 14, New York County
Rich'd Major
3 males ages 15 and under 20
1 male 20 and under 30
1 male 30 and under 40
1 male 50 and under 60
1 female under 5 years of age
1 female 5 and under 10
1 female 10 and under 15
2 female 15 and under 20
1 female 20 and under 30
1 female 50 and under 60
(I believe I copied it correctly)
Ellison: Co. Wicklow/Canada       Fowley: Sligo/Canada       Furnival: Lancashire/Canada       Ibbotson: Sheffield/Canada       Lee/DeJongh: Lancashire & Cheshire       Mumford: Essex/Canada       Ovens: Ireland/Canada       Sarge: Yorkshire/Canada             Stuart: Sligo/Canada       Sullivan: Co. Clare/Canada      Vaus: Sussex/Surrey      Wakefield: Tuam or Ballinasloe, Ireland              (Surname: Originated/Place Last Lived)  (Canadians lived in Ontario)

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Re: James P MAJOR of New York
« Reply #17 on: Thursday 14 January 10 21:56 GMT (UK) »
Lisa

This is great.  I'm sure you have found the whole family here, so it might be possible (eventually) to locate what became of Richard MAJOR (senior).

In the meantime, thank you so much for tidying up this particular inquiry for me.

Kind regards

Phil