James Henry Cross 
James was born in August 1910 in Birkenhead.1 Birth Notes
Assuming Elizabeth Eddowes mentioned her grandchildren in date of birth order in her will, William was born in 1910, possibly as Lillian died giving birth.
Births Sep 1910 (99%)
CROSS James H Birkenhead 8a 497
James was 7 months in 1911
Death Notes
James Cross died in Kingston, Ontario, Canada on 8 July 2010.
General Notes
In April 1911, James was 7 months and his father and siblings were living with his uncle Albert and Alice Slater in Birkenhead. His mother had been killed the previous year. His uncle James was Prussian (i.e. German).
With no mother to look after them, John, Mary, Willian and James were sent to St. Vincent's, a Poor Law School in Fulwood, Preston, and subsequently all except John sent to Canada as "British Home Child" through the Catholic Emigrating Association.
Sometime after 1926, William returned to live in England. In 1944, James married Margaret J Mather in Manchester.
James Cross and Margaret married they emigrated back to Ontario, Canada.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.01 Oct 1880 in Liverpool d.1943 in Birkenhead
- b.Aug 1910 in Birkenhead d.08 Jul 2010 in Ontario
- b.1767 d.Jan 1834 in Wrexham
- b.1797 in Worthen d.09 May 1852 at Beast Market
- b.~ 1770
- b.Apr 1843 in Wrexham d.26 May 1884 in Birkenhead
- b.1769 in Is-y-Coed d.28 Nov 1852 in Wrexham
- b.20 Aug 1804 in Gresford d.Oct 1868 in Birkenhead
- b.1733 in Bangor-Is-coed (on-Dee) d.May 1824 in Abenbury (Fawr & Fechan)
- b.09 Mar 1761 in Holt d.Jul 1842 in Gresford
- b.1732 in Wrexham d.> 1824 in Abenbury (Fawr & Fechan)
- b.Mar 1882 in Birkenhead d.17 Nov 1910 in Birkenhead
- b.1845 in Birkenhead d.02 Sep 1911 in Birkenhead
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James and Margaret were married in a religious ceremony on November 11th, 1944 in Manchester.2
Marriage/Union Notes
Name: James Cross
Registration Date: Oct-Nov-Dec 1944
Registration district: Manchester
Inferred County: Lancashire
Spouse: Margaret J Mather
Volume Number: 8d
Page Number: 142
West Didsbury, Christ Church , Manchester (Ref: 52/5/371)
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