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James Attwood 1841–1893 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 01 Nov 1841

Birth Location: Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland

Death Date: Abt. 1893

Death Location: Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland

Father: Thomas ATTWOOD

Mother: Hannah Hefferton

Spouse(s): Anna Dyke

Children(s): Elsie Attwood, Tobias Attwood, Edward Attwood, Samuel Attwood, Sarah Attwood, Jacob Attwood, Jesse Attwood_G

James Attwood was born in 1841 in Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, the child of Thomas Attwood And Hannah Hefferton. James Attwood married Anna Dyke, and had children including Edward Attwood, Elsie May Attwood, Jacob Attwood, Jesse Attwood G, Samuel Attwood, Sarah Maude Attwood, Tobias Attwood. James Attwood passed away in 1893 in Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland.

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Biography

  • James Attwood was born in 1841 in Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, the child of Thomas Attwood And Hannah Hefferton.
  • James Attwood married Anna Dyke, and had children including Edward Attwood, Elsie May Attwood, Jacob Attwood, Jesse Attwood G, Samuel Attwood, Sarah Maude Attwood, Tobias Attwood.
  • James Attwood passed away in 1893 in Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas ATTWOOD
1816–1896
Birth Location: Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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Hannah Hefferton
1820–1898
Birth Location: Pool's Island, Nl, Can.
HH

Spouses(s)

Anna Dyke
1850–
Birth Location: Cape Freels, Newfoundland
AD

Children(s)

Elsie Attwood
1886–1953
Birth Location: Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland
EA
Tobias Attwood
1873–1906
Birth Location: Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland
TA
Edward Attwood
1875–1903
Birth Location: Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland
EA
Samuel Attwood
1877–1903
Birth Location: Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland
SA
Sarah Attwood
1882–
Birth Location: Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland
SA
Jacob Attwood
1884–1971
Birth Location: Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland
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Jesse Attwood_G
1880–1911
Birth Location: Pool's Island
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James Attwood's Ancestors

Self
James Attwood
1841–1893
Birth Place: Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland
Parents
Thomas ATTWOOD
1816–1896
Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Hannah Hefferton
1820–1898
Pool's Island, Nl, Can.
Grandparents
Esau (Jacob) Attwood
1748–1835
Sherborne, Dorset, England
Hannah Hefferton
1774–1853
James Hefferton
1793–1835
Greenspond, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Susanna Harding
1799–1827
Great-Grandparents
Jacob Attwood
1700–1768
Ann Poyden
1710–1782
Edward Harding
1754–1833
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Attwood's Descendants

1.
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James Attwood (01 Nov 1841–Abt. 1893) m. Anna Dyke (1850–)
  1. 1. Elsie (May) Attwood 1886–1953 m. Cator Burry 1883–1937
    1. 1. Edith (Mereda) Burry 1911–1976 m. Henry (Joseph ("Harry")) Wells 1895–1964
    2. 2. Henry Burry 1927–1949
    3. 3. Tobias Burry 1905–1906
    4. 4. Jessie Burry 1912–1913
    5. 5. Margaret (Josephine) Burry 1917–1993 m. Llewelyn Blackwood 1913–1977 m. Lewellyn Blackwood 1913–1977
      1. 1. Raymond (Claude) Blackwood 1944–2002
      2. 2. Harry (Burry) Blackwood 1947–2009
    6. 6. Annie (Maud) Burry 1919–1998 m. Charles Murcell 1916–1981
    7. 7. Alice (Muriel) Burry 1921–1925
  2. 2. Tobias Attwood 1873–1906 m. Elizabeth (Louisa Jane) Knee 1872–1895 m. Mary Hefferton 1879–
  3. 3. Edward Attwood 1875–1903
  4. 4. Samuel Attwood 1877–1903
  5. 5. Sarah (Maude) Attwood 1882– m. Andrew (Knee) Janes 1895–1929 m. William Wareham 1883–1974
    1. 1. Howard (Eugene) Janes 1928–1984
    2. 2. Claudine Janes 1925–2009
    3. 3. Frank (Reginald) Janes 1923–2018
    4. 4. Barbara Wareham 1934–2014
    5. 5. Cecil ("Baxer") Janes 1926–2017
    6. 6. Clyde (Coell) Wareham 1933–2017
  6. 6. Jacob Attwood 1884–1971 m. Ellen (Margaret) Burry 1886–1945
    1. 1. Flora (Jane) Attwood 1909–2005 m. Albert Reid 1918–2005
    2. 2. Beatrice (Minnie) Attwood 1912–1912
    3. 3. Elsie (May) Attwood 1914–1947 m. Samuel Kean 1910–
    4. 4. Gertrude Attwood 1914–1914
    5. 5. Maisie (Ellen) Attwood 1916–2006 m. Abraham Kean 1913–1976
    6. 6. Myrtle (Phyllis) Attwood 1927–1930
    7. 7. Peter (James) Attwood 1918–
    8. 8. Edward (Maxwell) Attwood 1920–1999
  7. 7. Jesse Attwood_G 1880–1911 m. Ida (Mary) Burry 1880–
    1. 1. Clara (Mae "Gordie") Attwood 1904–1946 m. Josiah Winter 1896–1961

James Attwood's Timeline

2 Records

1841
01 Nov 1841
Birth of James Attwood in Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland
Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland
1893
Abt. 1893
Age 52
Death of James Attwood in Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland
Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 01 Nov 1841
    Event Place: Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt. 1893
    Event Place: Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland
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