A notice in the Liverpool Mercury recorded James' marriage to his first cousin, Jane in 1873. After the birth of their first two children in Birkenhead they subsequently emigrated to Japan circa 1877. The baptism records of the Union Protestant Church in Kobe [courtesy of Allan Gray whose great-grandfather Hugh W Hagart lived and died there] recorded the births/baptisms of several of their children - indicated as * - recording James as a Civil Engineer living at 13 Concession, Kobe, in 1884.
Known details of their children:
James - born in 1875/Q4 at Birkenhead (per GRO Index). Died of typhoid in Japan, 1902.
Marion - born in 1876/Q4 at Birkenhead, Lancs. (per GRO Index). Married twice: (1) George Henry Davies on 26/10/1899 in Kobe, Japan (2) E.J.Marshall. On 24th November 1942 The Canberra Times reported that "Civil Internees released on exchange" from Japan and arriving in Sydney included "Mr and Mrs Montague Ellerton who were with the Australian Legation in Tokyo, Mr Ellerton's sister, Mrs Marshall, and Mrs J L Clements who lived for 30 years in Shanghai".
Frederick - born 1877 in Kobe, Japan. Died on 29/12/1905 of typhoid in Japan (per the 1857 Letter)
Montague - see his own webpage
Herbert - born on 11th Nov 1881 in Kobe and baptised on 18/2/1883*. Shown in the 1901 Census living with his brother Montague at Hampstead, London, aged 19, but then moved to Canada pre-WW1. Married Miriam McIlveen (b. Belfast 1890; d. Calgary 1945). Children - probably all born in Calgary - Mona (b.1918), James Herbert (1920-1984), Jane (b.1921; mother of researcher Alan Best), and Marion (b.1925). Herbert died in January 1970.
Dorothy - born on 2nd March 1884 in Kobe and baptised in May 1884*. Shown in the 1901 Census for Cheltenham, Gloucester (aged 17; College Student). Married "Stewart" and had two daughters.
Edith - born on 8th January 1886 in Kobe and baptised on 28/2/1886*. Shown in the 1901 Census for Cheltenham, Gloucester (aged 15; College Student). Married Percy Layton Spence, and had two sons and a daughter.
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