James Bealby

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James was born on February 13th, 1872 in Newton on Trent, England and his christening took place there on April 28th, 1872.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  Notes for JAMES BEALBY (JIM):
  1881 Census James age 10 living at Newton on Trent Lincs. England with parents and brothers and sisters.
  
  More About JAMES BEALBY (JIM):
  Census: 1881, Newton on Trent Lincs. England
  Christening: 28 April 1872, Newton on Trent England.
  Emigration: America
  Occupation: Rancher & Farmer
  

James' father was James Bealby and his mother was Ann Brown.  His paternal grandparents were William Bealby and Elizabeth Wright; his maternal grandfather was William Brown and his maternal grandmother is Emma. He had three brothers and four sisters, named James, William, Thomas, Kate, Maude, Emma and Ada.  He died at the age of 71 on January 14th, 1944 in Paradise, Kansas.  He was buried in January 1944 in Paradise, Kansas.^2 2 

• Death Notes

  Born in Newoton-On-Trent, Lincolnshire, England
  
  Died in Paradise, Kansas
  
  Buried in Paradise, Kansas

• General Notes

  Note:  James answered to Jim.  Believe that the face that he had a younger borther, who died at an early age, named James.
  
  James Bealby was age 11 when he immigrated from England in 1882, the family coming to Kansas to raise cattle. He was wed to Mary Hoss, a Lincoln girl. In 1913, they bought the Cedar Bluff ranch and drove their Herefords to the place and later brought five wagon load's of equipment and household goods.
  
  They met at the first literary she attended at the Pleasant Hill School, yet another advantage of those early-day social events. Later, he farmed 80 acres of land for her father.
  
  The couple set up in housekeeping on a 120-acre farm in Victor Township, eight miles southwest of Covert. Of the acreage, only 50 were broke for wheat and he had some cattle and hogs.
  

Details of James' family with Mary Lucinda Hoss