James HUMPHRIES

1849 - 1920  (70 years)

• Name	James HUMPHRIES
  Birth	1 Nov 1849	Horton Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1881	Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	Blacksmith
  Occupation	1901	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	Grocer
  Census	1911	Main St., Cobden, Renfrew Co., Ontario   [3]
  1861 Census	Horton Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Obituary	Cobden Sun Jan 8, 1920
  Origin	1911
  	Irish
  Occupation	1911
  	Agent
  Religion	1911  [3]
  	Methodist
  Death	2 Jan 1920	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Burial	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: Cobden Union Cemetery Cobden, Ontario
  Person ID	I2401	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Francis HUMPHRIES,   b. 15 Sep 1815, Kilnacreeva, P. Castleterra, Co. Cavan, Ireland d. 5 Nov 1906, Horton Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Jane DONNELLY,   b. 1816, , , Co. Carlow, Ireland d. 4 Nov 1885, Horton Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F289	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Janet W. BROWNLEE,   b. 10 Sep 1857, North Gower, Carleton, Ontario, Canada d. 30 Aug 1946, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1880
  Children	1. Eric Brownlee HUMPHRIES,   b. 10 May 1881, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 5 May 1974, Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada (Age 92 years) + 2. Iva Victoria HUMPHRIES,   b. 3 Aug 1883, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Mar 1974, Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada (Age 90 years)   3. Lorne Otto HUMPHRIES,   b. 23 Aug 1885, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 5 Aug 1932, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 46 years)   4. Lloyd Cecil HUMPHRIES,   b. 1 Aug 1887, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. Jan 1957, Watrous, Saskatoon Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 69 years)   5. Mabel Gordon HUMPHRIES,   b. 14 Aug 1889, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 1985 (Age 95 years)   6. William Morphy HUMPHRIES,   b. 31 Jul 1893, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 21 May 1949 (Age 55 years)   7. Ethel Rebecca HUMPHRIES,   b. 14 Mar 1899, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 1996 (Age 96 years)
  Family ID	F1713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2008

  
  

• Photos		CHx-Main St. Cobden, in front of James Humphries Groceries Cobden's First Bicycle Club, c1900 People with bicycles in front of James Humphries store Main & Gould (west side) (approximately 32 Main St.)
  		CHx-Main St. Cobden, in front of James Humphries Groceries Cobden\'s First Bicycle Club, c1900; People with bicycles in front of James Humphries store Main & Gould (west side) (approximately 32 Main St.) This picture has had colour added by Rick Kelly

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Chx-Main St. Cobden corner of Main & Gould (west side) First automobile dealership, 1912 - James Humphries Newspaper clipping - Photo in The Cobden Sun submitted by Sam Blackwell (from Village of Cobden Binder)
  		CHx-Ad for Jas Humphries & Co. The Cobden Sun, Feb 22, 1912, held at Whitewater Historical Society
  		Humphries, James obituary The Cobden Sun, Jan 8, 1920
  		CHx-James Humphries automobile repair advertisement The Ottawa Citizen, Apr 10, 1916 p. 4

  
  

  Headstones

  Gravestone-Humphries, James & Jennie nee Brownlee; Dau Mabel Gordon Gill Block 4 - Presbyterian Cobden Union Cemetery photographed by Fay Bennett, Sept 2016

  
  

• Notes

  !Source: 1. bmd renfrew mercury paper date jan 9 1920 1881 Census Place:Ross, Renfrew North, Ontario, Canada Source:FHL Film 1375870 NAC C-13234 Dist 114 SubDist H Div 1 Pa ge 48 Family 183 SexMarrAgeOriginBirthplace James HUMPHRIESMM30IrishOntario Occ:BlacksmithReligion:Episcopal Methodist Jannie HUMPHRIESFM23IrishOntario Religion:Baptist Renfrew Mercury Mar 14 1879 Mr James Humphries has also left town but only to go into business in Cobden

  
  

• Sources

  [S576] Automated Genealogy, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1901, (Index to 1901 Census of Canada with Digital Images, http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/cache/index.html). [S605403] Automated Genealogy, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1901, (Index to 1901 Census of Canada with Digital Images, http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/cache/index.html). [S633] Library and Archives of Canada, Archivia Net On-Line Research Tool ,, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1911, (Database, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html). [S52] Newspaper - The Cobden Sun, (Weekly Publication), Jan 8 1920 (Reliability: 3). [S605481] Jan 8 1920 (Reliability: 3).