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James Robert Ernest Old 1862 – 1944 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 May 1862

Birth Location: New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

Death Date: 1944

Death Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Father: James Old

Mother: Betsy Wills

Spouse(s): Anna Hawthorne

Children(s): Robert Old, Cyril Old

In 1862, James Robert Ernest Old entered the world in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, born to James Old and Betsy Rickard Wills. James Robert Ernest Old married Anna Margaret Hawthorne, and had children including Robert Clifford Old, Cyril Old. James Robert Ernest Old passed away in 1944 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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Biography

  • In 1862, James Robert Ernest Old entered the world in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, born to James Old and Betsy Rickard Wills.
  • James Robert Ernest Old married Anna Margaret Hawthorne, and had children including Robert Clifford Old, Cyril Old.
  • James Robert Ernest Old passed away in 1944 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Old
1831 – 1882
Birth Location: Retallick Mills, Cornwall, UK
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Betsy Wills
1837 – 1870
Birth Location: St. Mawgan-in-Pydar, Cornwall, UK
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Spouses(s)

Anna Hawthorne
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Robert Old
Birth Location: Queensland, Australia
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Cyril Old
Birth Location: Queensland, Australia
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James Old's Ancestors

Self
James Old
1862 – 1944
Birth Place: New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Parents
James Old
1831 – 1882
Retallick Mills, Cornwall, UK
Betsy (Rickard) Wills
1837 – 1870
St. Mawgan-in-Pydar, Cornwall, UK
Grandparents
Richard Old
1790 – 1871
St Merryn, Cornwall, UK
Jane Liddicoat
1794 – 1854
St Columb Major, Cornwall, UK
James (William) Wills
1800 – 1869
Betsy Brooming
1802 – 1875
Great-Grandparents
John Owld
1749 – 1832
Martha Ivey
1752 – 1837
Robert Liddicoat
1760 –
Margaret Rawlings
1748 – 1816
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Ould
1721 – 1804
Jennifer Leverton
1724 – 1810
Stephen IVEY
1702 –
Elizabeth Brewer
1712 –
William Liddicoat
1731 –
Jane Chapell
1726 –
William RAWLINGS
1713 – 1800
Margaret Powell
1713 – 1796

James Old's Descendants

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James (Robert Ernest) Old (23 May 1862 – 1944) m. Anna (Margaret) Hawthorne
  1. 1. Robert (Clifford) Old
    1. 1. Jeffrey (Clifford) Old
      1. 1. Robert (Jeffrey) Old
      2. 2. Susan Old m. Unknown Hille
  2. 2. Cyril Old m. Alice Summers
    1. 1. Unknown Old m. Unknown
      1. 1. Carol Bennett

James Old's Timeline

2 Records

1862
23 May 1862
Birth of James Robert Ernest Old in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
1944
1944
Age 82
Death of James Robert Ernest Old in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 May 1862
    Event Place: New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1944
    Event Place: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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