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James Edward Davis

James was born in 1854 in Rochdale.¹

Birth Notes
- Aged 7 in 1861, in Wardleworth, Born Rochdale
  Aged 17 in 1871, in Wardleworth
  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1854
  MATHER James Heywood, Rochdale H/20/495

He had two brothers and a sister, named George, Charles and Elizabeth. He was adopted by James Mathers & Mary Ann Harding(?). James is no longer alive.

General Notes
- James Edward Davis was aged 7 in 1861, living in Wardleworth as a "boarder" with James and Mary Mather.
  
  By 1871, James Edward is 17, still in Wardleworth and now described as James and Mary's son.

¹ 1871 UK Census