James PENNINGTON ^156,317,318

   Cause of his death was Chronic myocanditis.³²⁰

   FamilySearch ID: 9XH3-7KC

  General Notes:

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Subject: Query: John Pennington, b.1781, d. 1866

James was the son of John and Ann Wakely Pennington. He was born in Cornwall, England in August 1854. He had four brothers: John, Thomas, William and Charles and one sister Margaret. The family operated a stone grist mill in the Western area of England: Clovelly, Bucks, and Bideford. The sons left and traveled back and forth to England, working their way, before settling in Canada. There is a possibility that shipping was involved. James' brother John owned a furniture factory in Canada and was quite wealthy. Margaret stayed in England and cared for thier parents until they died, she then came to the Sault. She married Thomas Hare and they had on son Cyril. They were supposed to be on the Titanic but Cyril got sick so they waited for the next voyage. James came to the United States in 1876 with two of his brothers. James and Charles farmed and settled in Pickford, MI. Charles first wife Melinda Davey died in 1899. Charles went back to England and married Mary Jane Dunn, and returned to the same farm he had left. His granddaughter still lives on Pennington Rd. in Pickford, MI.

James met Margaret Watson in Canada st the Sault St. Marie where she was working as a waitress at the Locks. The couple married and had four children: Thomas John (my grandfather), the oldest, born January 8, 1886 and died October 16, 1979; Ivy, Anna, and Tillie. They all lived to be 93 years old. James died in 1928 of consumption. He is buried at the cemetery in Sault ST. Marie, MI.
--- Pat Clemens, clemens@intella.net

  Medical Notes:

Age 73 years, 5 months and 27 days at time of death.

  Burial Notes:

Event Description: Pine Grove Cemetery
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. James appeared in the household of John PENNINGTON in the 1861 British census on 7 April 1861 in Woolfardisworthy, Torridge, Devon, England. ^{166 166} 1861_ENG_DEV_Woolfardisworthy_05_01. This event was shared from John PENNINGTON who also shared it with Ann WAKELY (1823-1910), Charles PENNINGTON (1860-1935), Grace SLEE (Abt 1810-), James PENNINGTON (1854-1928), John PENNINGTON (Abt 1848-), Thomas PENNINGTON (Abt 1858-After 1935), and William PENNINGTON (1850-1915).

2. He was an occupant at the residence of John PENNINGTON on 7 April 1861 in Woolfardisworthy, Torridge, Devon, England: Lane Mill. ^{166 166} This event was shared from John PENNINGTON who also shared it with Ann WAKELY (1823-1910), Charles PENNINGTON (1860-1935), Grace SLEE (Abt 1810-), James PENNINGTON (1854-1928), John PENNINGTON (Abt 1848-), Thomas PENNINGTON (Abt 1858-After 1935), and William PENNINGTON (1850-1915).

3. James appeared in the household of John PENNINGTON in the 1871 British census on 2 April 1871 in Woolfardisworthy, Torridge, Devon, England. 1871_ENG_DEV_Woolfardisworthy_1. This event was shared from John PENNINGTON who also shared it with Ann WAKELY (1823-1910), Charles PENNINGTON (1860-1935), James PENNINGTON (1854-1928), Margaret PENNINGTON (1865-1953), and Thomas PENNINGTON (Abt 1858-After 1935).

4. He was an occupant at the residence of John PENNINGTON on 2 April 1871 in Woolfardisworthy, Torridge, Devon, England: Lane Mill. This event was shared from John PENNINGTON who also shared it with Ann WAKELY (1823-1910), Charles PENNINGTON (1860-1935), James PENNINGTON (1854-1928), Margaret PENNINGTON (1865-1953), and Thomas PENNINGTON (Abt 1858-After 1935).

5. He owned acquired via the Homestead Act of 1862 on 10 December 1889 in , Chippewa, Michigan, United States.
East half of the south west quarter and the west half of the south east quarter of section twenty seven in township forty four north of range one east of Michigan Meridian in Michigan and containing one hundred and sixty acres.

6. He immigrated Canada in 1894 to , , , United States. ³¹⁷

7. He appeared on the 1900 United States census on 6 June 1900 in Pickford, Chippewa, Michigan, United States. 1900_USA_MI_Chippewa_12_18_03b. This event was shared with Anna Mae PENNINGTON (1887-1962), Ivy Jane PENNINGTON (1889-), Margaret WATSON (1853-1936), Matilda Sarah PENNINGTON (1892-1985), Thomas John PENNINGTON (1886-1979), and William PENNINGTON (1850-1915).

8. He worked as a Farmer on 6 June 1900 in Pickford, Chippewa, Michigan, United States. ¹²¹

9. He had a residence on 6 June 1900 in Pickford, Chippewa, Michigan, United States. ³¹⁷ With Brother James. This event was shared with Anna Mae PENNINGTON (1887-1962), Ivy Jane PENNINGTON (1889-), Margaret WATSON (1853-1936), Matilda Sarah PENNINGTON (1892-1985), Thomas John PENNINGTON (1886-1979), and William PENNINGTON (1850-1915).

James married Margaret WATSON, daughter of Thomas WATSON and Unknown, on 18 December 1883 in Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States ³¹⁶.^,317 (Margaret WATSON was born on 3 January 1853 in Goderich, Huron, Ontario, Canada,^317,321,322 died on 26 March 1936 in Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States ^322,323 and was buried on 29 March 1936 in Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States ³²³.)

  Marriage Notes:

James met Margaret Watson in Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada where she was working as a waitress at the Locks. The couple married and had four children:

Thomas John, born 1886
Anna Mae, born 1887
Ivy Jane, born 1889
Matilda Sarah, born 1892