Ava JAMES (c. 1915- )
1 Ava H. JAMES1 (c. 1915- ) [13950]. Born c. 1915, MI.1
2 North Granger JAMES1,2,3,4,5 (1873- ) [1078]. Born 7 Apr 1873, IN, CA or AR.2,3,4,5 Marr Tamaco ? 1 Apr 1910, Los Angeles, CA.6 Marr Bessie Diane CAREW 12 Feb 1916, Detroit, MI.7 Div 23 Feb 1916.6
The 1880 AR, Garland, Hot Springs census shows North Granger born about 1873 in IN.
The 1910 CA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles census shows North Granger born about 1878 in IN.
His Michigan marriage registration shows him born about 1881 in IN.
His WWI Registration shows him born April 17, 1883.
The 1920 MI, Oakland, Royual Oak census showns him born about 1879 in AR.
The 1920 CA, Los Angeles, San Antonio census (in the household of his sister and brother-in-law, North was born about 1874 in IN.
And in the 1930 MI, Oakland, Pleasant Ridge census, North was born about 1976 in CA.
In the 1940, MI, Oakland, Pleasant Ridge census he is shown born about 1890 in Arkansas.
Those researching this feel that 1873 in Indiana is closest to being correct, but we'll probably never know for sure.
Genealogist report:
"We know that Bessie Diane Carew, daughter of Harriet Rose, married (2nd) North Granger James. The James family appears in the 1940 MI, Oakland, Pleasant Ridge census. In various sources, North James is reported to have been born anywhere from 1873 to 1883 in Indiana, California or Arkansas. Here he is shown as being born about 1890 in Arkansas. Bessie is also lying about her age since we know she was born about 1881. This would indicate that she was born about 1892! An even greater mystery is the daughter Elizabeth born about 1918. This matches no known child of Bessie and North. This child, if 22, would have been 12 in the 1930 census and 2 in the 1920. However, Elizabeth does not appear with Bessie and North in either of these census reports. (However, we are showing Elizabeth as reported in the census.
Looking back at other census reports, I think it is pretty clear from the 1880 census report that North James was born about 1873 in IN, a son of Richard and Ava North. Another interesting report is the 1920 CA, Los Angeles, San Antonio report. Here, North is apparently living with a wife, Elizabeth, and a daughter, Ava H. At the same time, of course, he is shown in the 1920, MI, Oakland, Royal Oak census, living with Bessie, her daughter Virginia (by first husband John McGuire), and Ninette born about 1915, a daughter we have assumed to be Bessie's and North's. This, however, may not be true either. Ninette's father is shown as being born in Canada and in this report, at least, North was born in Arkansas. Bessie's first husband John J. McGuire was born in Canada but they were divorced in 1914. Ninette may have been Bessie's and John McGuire's. I have never been able to find anything further on Ninette. A most unusual family! (We are showing Ninette as a daugher of John McGuire)."
4 Richard H. JAMES4 ( - ) [10853].
5 Ava ?4 ( - ) [10854].
3 Tamaco ?6 ( - ) [10852].
Sources
| 1 | "1920 CA, Los Angeles, San Antonio census". |
| 2 | "1920 MI, Oakland, Royal Oak census". |
| 3 | "WWI Selective Service registration card". |
| 4 | "1880 AR, Garland, Hot Springs census". |
| 5 | "1940 MI, Oakland, Pleasant Ridge census". |
| 6 | "Divorce Record of North Granger James and Tamaco James". |
| 7 | "Michigan Marriage Records". |
