James WATERS

1845 – 1932 · Selling by Faversham, Kent

Father: Thomas WATERS · Mother: Eleanor Elizabeth DANIELS

👶 Birth	abt 1845	Selling by Faversham, Kent 📍 🏛️ Irish Potato Famine — mass emigration
💒 Marriage	08 Dec 1868	Elizabeth Ann CHAPMAN St Mary & St Eanswythe Parish Church, Church Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1SW 📍 ⓘMarriage Certificate 📎 View
💼 Occupation	1868	Farmer
🏠 Lived	1881	Pay Street, Elham, Kent 📍 with Elizabeth Ann CHAPMAN ⓘ1881 Census 📎 View
💼 Occupation	1881	Brewer's Store Keeper ⓘ1881 Census
🏠 Lived	1891	Pay Street, Elham, Kent 📍 with Elizabeth Ann CHAPMAN ⓘ1891 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Free elementary education
💼 Occupation	1891	Farmer ⓘ1891 Census
🏠 Lived	1901	43 Brockman Road, Folkestone, Kent 📍 with Elizabeth Ann CHAPMAN ⓘ1901 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Second Boer War · Death of Queen Victoria — Edward VII accedes
💼 Occupation	1901	Milk Dairyman ⓘ1901 Census
🏠 Lived	1911	Elm Farm, Paddlesworth, Folkestone, Kent 📍 with Elizabeth Ann CHAPMAN ⓘ1911 Census 📎 View 🏛️ National Insurance Act
💼 Occupation	1911	Dairyman ⓘ1911 Census
✝️ Death	04 Jul 1932	Faversham, Kent 📍 ⓘDeath Civil Registration Index 🏛️ Great Depression

Children with Elizabeth Ann CHAPMAN

Eleanor Elizabeth WATERS

b. 1869, Elham, Kent · d. 1957, Belvedere, Kent · m. Walter Edward THRING

James Fuller WATERS

b. 1872, Swingfield, Elham, Kent · m. Janet Lillian HULL

Emma WATERS

b. 1875, Acrise, Elham, Kent · m. Robert MILLS

Thomas WATERS

b. 1877, Acrise, Elham, Kent

William WATERS

b. 1880, Elham, Kent · d. 1947, Proston, Queensland, Australia · m. Lilian Maud HOTTEN

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