olive prosser

[trish1120]

1841 Census
Castle Cary, Somerset
HO107/937/11/Castle Cary
William JAMES, 35, Ag Lab
Jane, 40
Eliza, 15
Sarah, 13
Caroline, 10
Ann, 7
Emma, 4
THOS, 2
All born in County
Thos appears born c 1838 on the 1851 Census with Seth and Parents.

Marriage IGI Extracted;
William JAMES/Jane LAVER, 31 January 1825, Pitcombe, Somerset, England

[trish1120]

Under BALSOM on Anc

1861 Census
Castle Cary, Somerset
RG9/1647/16/26
John BULSOM, 50, Head, Mar, Labourer
Jane, 48, Wife, Mar
JANE ANN, 20, Daug, Unm
William, 16, Son
Ellen, 13, Daug
Jno, 10, Son
James, 8, Son
Charles, 5, Son
All born Castle Cary

1851 Census
Castle Cary, Somerset
HO107/1931/170/30
John BULSON, 41, Head, Mar, Ag Lab
Jane, 38, Wife, Mar
Maria, 17, Daug, Unm, Servant
JANE, 11, Daug, Scholar
George, 8, Son, Scholar
William, 6, Son, Scholar
Ellen, 4, Daug
John, 11mths
All born Castle Cary


1841 Census
Mill Lane,
Castle Cary, Somerset
HO107/937/11/Castle Cary
John BULSON, 30, Ag Lab
Jane, 25
Maria, 7
Elizabeth, 5
Mary, 3
JANE ANN, 1
All born in County

[PatrickSullivan]

Hi, just read your article on Olive May Prosser.  She was my great aunty.  I have done some research a few years back on Seth James and also John Prosser but only today have got back into it.  I have a photo of Sarah Jane James my Great Grandmother and also a photo of John Prosser's headstone (married to Margaret Prosser).

[WelshLo86]

Hello there!

I've been researching my family tree and I think I'm related to Seth James. Do you guys have any information about him? I've traced him through to 1911 and I've discovered he was a retired green grocer & an army pension. Also from his marriage certificate I know he was in the army and I have found his army record. This is fascinating stuff as I think he would have been in the Second Opium War (or The Arrow War) (1856 - 1860)!

What details do you guys have? If you are on ancestry please do look us up (Mogsy22 and sueliderth62)

Thanks!
Laura and Sue

[PatrickSullivan]

Hi Sue.  If your Seth James was born on 14th September 1841 at Castle Cary in Somerset it will definitely be the same one has mine. His father was William James and his mother Jane James formerly Laver.  I'm not on Ancestry so can't keep in touch with you that way. My e-mail is fochriw88@msn.com.  I'm also on Face Book.

[ssdcampb]

I recently came across an original document with an official seal in a family members home that has these 3 names on it:
Albert Thomas James
Seth James
Jane Ann (formerly bulson)

I'm thinking about doing our family tree but for now Iwas wondering if someone could (simply) tell me how all 3 of these people were related? Are Seth & Jane married? Is Tom their son? I think one might be my great-great grandfather. One of these names lives on in our family today so I'm very curious! Thanks for the help!

[PatrickSullivan]

Seth James was married to Jane Ann James (nee Bulson) both born in Burn Castle Cary, Somerset in 1841. Their son Albert Thomas James was born in Pitcomb, Somerset in 1872. I had this information from the 1881 census.  They were living in 26 Martins Row, Fochriw which is the village I still live at. Twenty years later in the 1901 census Seth owned a shop at 4 Railway Terrace in Fochriw with Jane Ann and there was a 12 year old girl living there as a servant and I think it says "cook domestic".  Her name was............. Sarah Bulson.