William Francis James

William Francis James

Male 1857 - 1916  (59 years)

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  • Name William Francis James 
    Born 30 Apr 1857  Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 23 Nov 1916  Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 26 Nov 1916  Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I343  James
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2007 

    Father Joseph James,   b. 26 Feb 1830, Halse, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1893, Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Sarah Holyoak,   b. 4 Aug 1835, Kings Norton, Worcester, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1916, Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 3 Oct 1854  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F157  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Julia Ellen Whitehead,   b. 19 Feb 1860, North Newton, North Petherton, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1925, Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 19 Aug 1877  Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. William Henry James,   b. 14 Jun 1878, Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Feb 1950, Martinez, Contra Costa, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. Julia Rosabell James,   b. 6 Oct 1879, Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1955, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. Joseph Benjamin James,   b. 27 Jul 1881, St. Johns, Apache, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1883, St. Johns, Apache, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     4. George Morris James,   b. 4 Mar 1883, St. Johns, Apache, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1962, Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     5. Mary Elisabeth James,   b. 1 Jan 1885, St. Johns, Apache, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1899, Wilson, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 14 years)
     6. Nephi Moroni James,   b. 11 Jan 1887, Ramah, Valencia, New Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1893, , Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 6 years)
     7. Clara Ellen James,   b. 8 Nov 1888, Ramah, Valencia, New Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1926, Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
     8. Sarah Lillian James,   b. 30 Jun 1890, San Pedro, Chihuahua, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1976  (Age 86 years)
     9. Evelyn Louise James,   b. 4 Feb 1892, Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1947, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     10. Florence May James,   b. 8 Nov 1894, Wilson, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1982, Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     11. Pearl Amelia James,   b. 8 Nov 1896, Wilson, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1962, near Hazelton, Jerome, Idaho Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     12. Myrtle Ada James,   b. 11 Nov 1898, Wilson, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1914  (Age 15 years)
     13. Nellie Alberta James,   b. 11 Aug 1900, Wilson, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1901, Wilson, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     14. Alfred Robert James,   b. 23 Jan 1902, Wilson, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1967, Pacoima, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     15. Living
    Photos
    William F. James Family
    William F. James Family
    Back of photo shows:
    Top row left to right: Evelyn Sorensen, William H., Clara, Rose Belnap, George M., and Lillian.
    Middle row left to right: Florence, William Francis, Laura, Julia Ellen Whitehead, and Pearl.
    Bottom row left to right: Alfred and Myrtle.
    Family ID F67  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    William Francis James
    William Francis James
    W.F. James & Sons Ice Wagon
    W.F. James & Sons Ice Wagon
    Ice Wagon & Team, White Horses, Jim & Juan. Taken in Front of Ogden Post Office When it was being Built down on 24th Street year of 1903. William H. James on seat of wagon, Brother George M. James standing.
    Wm. F. James Ice Wagon
    Wm. F. James Ice Wagon
    Evan Belnap and W.F. James & Sons W.H. James & George M. James. Evan B. was step son of Rosabella James Belnap. He's still alive in 80's lives in Oregon yr of 1981
    William Francis James Family
    William Francis James Family
    Photograph taken of original photo
    William F. James
    William F. James
    Photograph from "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah" 1854
    Family Photo of Joseph James' children and Joseph Henry James' wives.
    Family Photo of Joseph James' children and Joseph Henry James' wives.
    Left to right, top row: Mary Eliza Bloomfield James (2nd wife of Joseph Henry James), Joseph Henry James, Elizabeth Salome Bloomfield James (1st wife of Joseph Henry James).
    Left to right, middle row: Orpha Rogers James (3rd wife of Joseph Henry James), William Francis James, Sarah Hannah James Rushton, Abinadi James.
    Left to right, bottom row: Charles Willard James, Mary Elizabeth James, Hyrum Robert James.

    NOTE: Hyrum does not look like he is about seven years old, so either the photo date is wrong, this is someone else, or he is large for his age. All siblings alive in 1885 are shown.
    FAMILY OF JOHN ALBERT BROWN
    FAMILY OF JOHN ALBERT BROWN
    Standing, left to right: William F. James (Clara's father), John Albert Brown (Clara's husband), Julia Ellen Whitehead James (Clara's mother),.
    Seated, left to right: Sarah Holyoak James (Clara's paternal grandmother), Clara Ellen James Brown holding Marva Harriet Brown; Albert's mother Celestia Jane Stephens Brown (wife of Nephi F. Brown), Albert's Grandmother Stephens (Harriet Orilla Shaw Brown -wife of John Cornelus Stephens).

    James Albert Brown family photo contributed to this page by Albert Clark Brown and Joan Henefer Clark. Identification of individuals assisted by Lucy Brown Archer.
    Death Certificate of William Francis James
    Death Certificate of William Francis James
    Utah death certificate found at FamilySearch.com

    Documents
    W.F. James (Ice) Company
    W.F. James (Ice) Company
    "Beneath Ben Lomond's Peak - A History of Weber County, 1824 - 1900," by Milton R. Hunter, Ph.D., Deseret News Press, S.L.C., Utah, 1944, pg. 115

    979.228 Alh
    1870 Census with James Family
    1870 Census with James Family
    Census with Joseph James, Sarah Holyoak, and their children in Ogden.

    Headstones
    Headstone of William Francis James
    Headstone of William Francis James
    Headstone of William Francis James at Ogden City Cemetery; taken by Daleen Johnston

    Histories
    History of Joseph Henry James
    History of Joseph Henry James
    Found this history at http://members.aol.com/Cballd/jamesj.html
    History of William Francis James
    History of William Francis James
    by Dowayne Delmont Jessop, a Grandson
    April 23, 2003
    Typed by: his daughter, DeeAnn Jessop Fisher

    Copied from http://www.jamesroots.com/Biographies/WFJbyJessop/Page01.htm and converted to Adobe PDF.

    Life Sketch of William Francis James
    Life Sketch of William Francis James
    History of William Francis James
    History of William Francis James
    History of William Francis James, by his grandson, Dowayne Jessop

  • Notes 
    • Church ordinances and offices:
      Baptism -- 6 Jul 1865 Ogden 2nd Robt. McInarrie
      Confirm -- 6 Jul 1865 Ogden 2nd Lester J. Herrick
      Elder -- 4 Sep 1874 Elias Lunter
      High Priest -- 1908 Wilson FHL film 026274

      Additional ordinance: E: 21 Aug 1970 AZ, film 538476.

      !LDS_WARD: Records of St. Johns, AZ Ward; Early-1895; St. Johns, AZ Ward;
      Record of Members, p. 8; FHL film 2456; received in 1880 from Ogden.

      !BIOGRAPHY: Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, pp. 414, 958.

      JAMES, WILLIAM F. (son of Joseph James and Sarah
      Holyoak). Born April 30, 1857, at Ogden, Utah.
      Married Julia E. Whitehead Sept. 5, 1877, St. George. Utah
      (daughter of George Whitehead and Julia Morris), who was
      born Feb. 19, 1860. Somersetshire, Eng. Their children:
      William H. b. June 14, 1878; Julia. R. b. Oct. 6, 1879; George
      M. b. March 4, 1882; Clara b. Nov. 8, 1888; Lillian b. June 30,
      1890; Evaline b. Feb. 14, 1892; Florence b. Nov. 8. 1894; Pearl
      b. Nov. 8, 1896; Myrtle b. Nov. 8, 1898; Alfred b. Jan. 22, 1902;
      Laura b. OCt. 22, 1903. Family home, Ogden.
      President and manager of James Coal & Ice company and
      the Pioneer Plate Ice plant.
      (Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, pg. 958)

      William F. James ran on the Liberal Ticket Salt Lake City Municipal Election February 13, 1888 for councilor of the 5th District. (From "Heart Throbs of the West," Kate B. Carter, Vol. 10, Pg. 16) -- ??? Is this really our Wm. James??? (Kenneth E. James' comment)
    • From Ogden City Cemetery records:
      Deceased Name: James, William F.
      Birth Date: 4/30/1857
      Birth Place: Ogden, UT
      Death Date: 11/23/1916
      Location: Annex-27-9-4E
      Found at http://ims.ogdencity.com/cemetery/default.asp


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