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Looking for burial site of Rosina Delilah JAMES
published by on Mon, 28/09/2015 - 3:31

I am looking for the burial site of Rosina Delilah James DOB: 1865/66 Draycott Somerset, town of Saltley. She died in 1937 in Weston-super-Mare.

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Submitted by Pat Hase on Mon, 28/09/2015 - 10:50

I cannot find her in the Weston-super-Mare Cemetery. Although her death was registered in the Weston District that did cover a fairly large area. The parishes included in that District can be seen here so you can see it would be helpful to have a copy of her death certificate to narrow down the search.

I am puzzled by your mention of "Saltley" - I'm not sure what that refers to - there is no town of Saltley in Somerset - where did you find this? Was JAMES her married name?

Submitted by on Mon, 28/09/2015 - 15:40

Thank you very much for your help. James was her married name and I do not have her maiden name, as yet but there is the suggestion it could be Hollier as a woman named Mary Hollier is name in the household of Rosina in the 1911 England Census and her age suggests she could be a parent. In the 1901 England Census, Saltley was given as the Town's name, County: Warwickshire, Civil Parish: Aston. My father-in-law, who would be her grandson, has said the family moved to Weston-super-Mare after living in Cheddar Somerset. I'm new to researching family history so any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks again!
Karen

Submitted by daveerasmus on Mon, 28/09/2015 - 20:57

You are right about the HOLLIER connection. Rosina Delilah HOLLIER married Jesse JAMES in 1895 in the Axbridge RD (Q2 vol 5c p931).

At the time of the 1881 Census she was living in Rodney-Stoke with parents Edwin and Mary and various siblings. In 1871 they were living in Cheddar.

Dave Erasmus

Submitted by on Wed, 30/09/2015 - 1:36

Thank you Dave for the information. The kindness of strangers continues to amaze me!

Submitted by on Tue, 29/09/2015 - 3:31

A picture of Three Military Medals of above are to be found at www.the-saleroom.com with a biography of Ewart Walter James. Quote: "Ewart Walter James was born in Cheddar, Somerset in 1897; he later moved to New Street, Little Eaton, Derby (with his parents Jesse and Rosina James). Serving with the 9th Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment he entered Galipoli on 21 August 1915. ......."

Joy.

Submitted by on Wed, 30/09/2015 - 1:29

Thank you so much for the information, however I could not find the medals/picture you describe on that link. We actually have some medals of Ewart James, so I'm not sure where these are coming from......should be kept in the family.

Submitted by on Wed, 30/09/2015 - 1:53

Ah, have found the medals picture through a Google search. Will have to find out who put them up for auction....
Thanks once again Joy!

Submitted by on Tue, 29/09/2015 - 2:49

Maybe Rosina is buried with her husband Jesse in Little Eaton, Derbyshire.

In the process of looking for her burial place, I found this following information that you may not have of her husband or children.

Saltley is in Warwickshire, their place of residency on the 1901 Census. On the 1911 Census, they are resident in Little Eaton, Derbyshire.

Source: Ancestry.com Derbyshire, C/E Parish Registers: Jesse James Burial Date: 14 Aug 1912. Burial Place: Little Eaton, Derbyshire, England

Source: Ancestry.com National Probate Calender - Index of Wills and Administrations.

Jesse James of New Street, Little Eaton, Derbyshire, Paper Maker, died 11 Aug 1912. Administration Derby 4 September to Rosina Delilah James, Widow. Effects £211 19s. 3d.

THE DERBY DAILY TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1912. Page 3

SUDDEN DEATH AT LITTLE EATON

Mr Jesse James of Little Eaton, died suddenly on Saturday night. He returned from Derby by the last train on Saturday evening, apparently in his usual health, but about midnight, during a fit of coughing, he broke a blood vessel, death ensueing shortly afterwards. Mr James was a well-known as a local Liberal, and was manager for Messrs. Dowding's paper mill. He leaves a widow and two children. Mr. W. Harvey Whiston, the coroner in whose district the death occurred, has decided that no inquest is necessary, and Mr. James' medical man will give the required certificate.

Ewart Walter James - Birth Registered in the Mar Qtr., 1897, at Axbridge, Somerset Vol 5c Page 505

Source of following: Find A Grave

Captain Ewart Walter James - Died 21 Dec 1946. Buried: Gauhati War Cemetery, Guwahati, Assam, India. Created by International War Graves. Inscription: Indian Engineers. Plot: 3. C. 7.

Marion Alvis James - Birth Registered in the Mar Qtr., 1899, at Axbridge, Somerset Vol 5c Page 475

Joy.

Submitted by on Wed, 30/09/2015 - 1:34

Thank you again for finding this information! I did have the burial site already for Ewart James and probate of wills, but the newspaper article on the death of his father Jesse James was an unexpected and welcome surprise!