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Augusta (Gussie) James

Female 1849 - 1933  (84 years)


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  • Name Augusta (Gussie) James  [1
    Birth 1849  Stockport, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Death 31 Jan 1933  North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7
    Burial 2 Feb 1933  Hillside Cemetery, North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7
    Notes 
    • Listed in 1850 NY Census, Columbia County, Stockport, age 1, born in New York.

      Listed in 1860 NY Census, Columbia County, Stockport, attended school within the year, born in New York.

      LIsted in 1880 MA Census, age 28, single, In Print Works, born New York, living with parents

      Listed as a child of Edward James, of full age, living in No. Adams, MA in Probate petition re: Henry James to Columbia County Surrogates Court by George Tator, 13 Jun 1893

      Living in No. Adams, MA on 29 Jan 1895

      Listed in 1900 MA Census, as Agusta, step-daughter of Margaret James, born May, 1864, age 36, single, born NY, Pentagraper

      Listed in 1910 MA Census, Berkshire Co., No. Adams, age 50, single, born NY, parents born England, living at 29 Montgomery St. with sister Elizabeth and brother Theodore

      Listed in 1920 MA Census, own home free of mortgage, age 65, single, no occupation, living at 29 Montgomery St. with sister Elizabeth and brother Theodore

      1930 MA Census, Berkshire Co., No. Adams, Agusta James, age 77, single, lives with sister-in-law Adeline James

      Church burial record: Augusta James, 83y, residence 161 Eagle St., died 31 Jan 1933, cause chronic myocarditis, buried 2 Feb 1933, Hillside Cemetery, Rev. Arthur Murray

      Came to No. Adams with other members of her family about 1872 and had resided here since them. Died at the home of a niece, Miss Emma James, of 161 Eagle Street, from the effects of a shock suffered a week ago last Saturday. Survived by Miss Emma James and two other nieces, Miss Jessica James of No. Adams, and Mrs. Arthur Darling of Manchester, VT

      AE: 83y, 8d

      Alternate year of birth: 1851 [5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18]
    Person ID I13264  Mindrum
    Last Modified 12 Aug 2008 

    Father Edward Thomas James,   b. 4 Dec 1822, Spetisbury, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1896, North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Dorothy Hallowell,   b. Aft 4 Oct 1816, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 1860 (Age < 43 years) 
    Marriage 17 Jan 1844  Stockport, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [19
    • Rev. Loyal B. Andrews
    Family ID F9219  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Headstones
    James, Edward family headstone
    James, Edward family headstone
    James, Augusta
    James, Augusta

  • Sources 
    1. [S251] Letter from Alice Bradford Bolt to George K. Pratt, 12 Feb 1992, Gussie.

    2. [S1121] 1910 Massachusetts Census, Berkshire Co., No. Adams, Enum. Dist. 55, p. 24B, place.

    3. [S1140] Miss Augusta James obituary, No. Adams Transcript, 31 Jan 1933, place.

    4. [S2670] Hillside Cemetery Headstones, North Adams, Massachusetts.

    5. [S1140] Miss Augusta James obituary, No. Adams Transcript, 31 Jan 1933.

    6. [S993] Cemetery Dept., No. Adams, MA City Hall.

    7. [S1011] St. John's Church Parish Register, Vol. 6, North Adams, Massachusetts, p. 146.

    8. [S987] 1850 New York Census.

    9. [S1096] 1860 New York Census.

    10. [S1133] 1880 Federal Census, No. Adams, Berkshire County, MA, Enum. Dist. 55, page 50.

    11. [S183] Probate petition re: Henry James to Columbia County Surrogates Court by George Tator, 13 Jun 1893.

    12. [S998] Letter from Columbia County, NY probate regarding estate of Henry James, deceased. 29 Jan 1895.

    13. [S1141] 1900 Federal Census, No. Adams, Berkshire County, MA, Ward 4, Enum. Dist. 52, sheet 14.

    14. [S1121] 1910 Massachusetts Census, Berkshire Co., No. Adams, Enum. Dist. 55, p. 24B.

    15. [S1142] 1920 Federal Census, No. Adams, Berkshire County, Mass., Enum. Dist. 40, sheet 7B.

    16. [S1143] 1930 MA Census, Berkshire Co., No. Adams, Enum. Dist. 35, p. 7A.

    17. [S1011] St. John's Church Parish Register, Vol. 6, North Adams, Massachusetts.

    18. [S224] St. John's Church Parish Register, Vol. 3, List of Families and Persons, North Adams, MA.

    19. [S990] Deaths, Marriages and Miscellaneous from Hudson, New York Newspapers, Kinship, Rhinebeck, NY 1980, from Hendrick Hudson Chapter, DAR, Hudson, NY.