Hello all, thanks for all the input.
Unfortunately I have not made any headway on the subject. Ultimatley, I need to find information on the early years of James so I can advance further. I know that James was born Wesleyan Methodist in 1844 supposedly in Ireland, Fermanagh county. Exact whereabouts... not sure.
Trying to find baptismal records or any type of birthing information seems to be next to imposible. My father has found early pictures of relatives but with no information from an old family box `o papers.
It would even be nice to find relatives along the same line so we can compare notes.