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James Prior 1861–1935 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. Dec 1861

Birth Location: Reading

Death Date: 1935

Death Location: Wantage, Berkshire, England

Father: Charles Prior

Mother: Harriet Purvey

Spouse(s): Harriet Jerome

Children(s): Grace Prior, James Prior, Edith Prior

In 1861, James Prior entered the world in Reading, born to Charles Prior And Harriet Purvey. James Prior married Harriet Jerome, and had children including Edith Maud E Prior, Grace Mary Prior, James Charles Prior. James Prior passed away in 1935 in Wantage, Berkshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1861, James Prior entered the world in Reading, born to Charles Prior And Harriet Purvey.
  • James Prior married Harriet Jerome, and had children including Edith Maud E Prior, Grace Mary Prior, James Charles Prior.
  • James Prior passed away in 1935 in Wantage, Berkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Charles Prior
1825–1899
Birth Location: Whitley, Berkshire, England
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Harriet Purvey
1832–1915
Birth Location: Theale, Berkshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Harriet Jerome
1859–1942
Birth Location: Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire, England
HJ

Children(s)

Grace Prior
1893–1968
Birth Location: Reading, Berkshire, England
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James Prior
1886–1963
Birth Location: Reading, Berkshire, England
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Edith Prior
1889–1939
Birth Location: Staines, Middlesex
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James Prior's Ancestors

Self
James Prior
1861–1935
Birth Place: Reading
Parents
Charles Prior
1825–1899
Whitley, Berkshire, England
Harriet Purvey
1832–1915
Theale, Berkshire, England
Grandparents
James Prior
1775–1858
North Stoke, Oxfordshire, England
Elizabeth Tidbury
1779–1866
Shinfield, Berkshire, England
Thomas Purver
1811–1856
Reading, Berkshire, England
Harriet Staples
1811–1883
Dhoon, Berkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Charles Prior
1750–
Mary Norris
1754–1821
Levi Tidbury
1754–1836
Sarah Boulton
1760–1816
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Tidbury
1726–1802
Sarah Hasker
1720–1792
William Boulton
1715–1790
Elizabeth Clark
1713–1800

James Prior's Descendants

1.
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James Prior (Abt. Dec 1861–1935) m. Harriet Jerome (Oct 1859–Apr 1942)
  1. 1. Grace (Mary) Prior 1893–1968
  2. 2. James (Charles) Prior 1886–1963 m. Ethel (Julia) Whitchelo 1888–1982
    1. 1. Ethel (J) Prior 1910–1910
    2. 2. Joseph (Harold) Prior 1924–1994 m. Mary (Elizabeth Rose (M:Tucker)) Woodage 1925–1995
    3. 3. Leonard (James) Prior 1927–1999
    4. 4. Winifred (Ethel) Prior 1919–2001
      1. 1. Brian (N) Long 1941–1941
    5. 5. Mildred (Grace) Prior 1911–1989 m. Leslie (William) Yeates 1910–1991
      1. 1. Avril (Pauline) Yeates 1942–1997
    6. 6. Nellie (Ellen Violet) Prior 1922–2006
    7. 7. Daniel (Charles) Prior 1917–2006 m. Joan (Violet) Prior 1920–2009
      1. 1. Jeffrey Prior 1938–1938
      2. 2. Eileen Prior 1941–1942
    8. 8. Phyllis (N M) Prior 1912–
  3. 3. Edith (Maud E) Prior 1889–1939

James Prior's Timeline

3 Records

1861
Abt. Dec 1861
Birth of James Prior in Reading
Reading
1886
Jul 1886
Age 25
James Prior was married in Berkshire
Berkshire
1935
1935
Age 74
Death of James Prior in Wantage, Berkshire, England
Wantage, Berkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. Dec 1861
    Event Place: Reading

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Jul 1886
    Event Place: Berkshire

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Wantage, Berkshire, England
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