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2 children
Birth: August 1, 1812 — Cookstown (near Omaugh), County Tyrone, Ireland
Emigration: 1850 — Came to New York with brother George and George's family. James went back to Ireland, but George went on to Canada with his family.
Emigration: 1852 — James with wife and 7 children set sail from Ireland to Warwick Twp.
Childhood: Raised on a farm
Fact 1: James and his eldest son James who was 11 cleared the land for a house and farming.
Fact 2: youngest Matilda died at sea; a later child was named Matilda as a result
Fact 3: Annie Baird (from outside Canada) said he never learned to use an axe very well, but he dug ditches and made roads. His sons learned to chop.
Death: buried at Bethel Cemetery, Warwick, Ontario — October 27, 1895 — Warwick Twp., Lambton County at home of daughter Agnes, Mrs Alexander Karr
Burial: Bethel Cemetery, Warwick Township, Lambton County, Ontario
Religion: Presbyterian
Reference number: B
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Matilda McElroy John Brandon Letitia Brandon Margaret Brandon Agnes Brandon William Brandon James (I.M.O.) Brandon Matilda Brandon Thomas Brandon Matilda Brandon
James Brandon
1812–1895
Birth: August 1, 1812 — Cookstown (near Omaugh), County Tyrone, Ireland
Death: buried at Bethel Cemetery, Warwick, Ontario — October 27, 1895 — Warwick Twp., Lambton County at home of daughter Agnes, Mrs Alexander Karr
Birth: 1807
Death:
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jane McElroy Thomas Brandon Ann Brandon Agnes Brandon
George Brandon
1807–
Birth: 1807
Death:

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