Thread: 1930 Death James T Duffield

There are two James T Duffields :

James Duffield 1875 Paper Stainer Bollington Cheshire
Sarah A Duffield Wife 1875 Paper Stainer Hyde Cheshire

James Duffield 1875 Stationery Engine Tenter Sheffield Yorkshire
Anne Duffield Wife 1872 Flimby Cumberland

I don't think the one in Cumberland is yours. I also believe Sarah A was live after 1907.

Hi Pauline

So this is the info I have so far – if you want to know anything specific please ask and I will do what I can to help. Not found their death records though as yet but now we have an idea of where to look we may be more successful – I have checked the info on each record and it fits with your James and Sarah Ann - So am happy that each relates to the same couple - hope this helps you to fit round pieces in to square holes!!


Canadian Passenger Lists

Name: James Duffield
Gender: Male Age: 36
Estimated birth year: abt 1876
Date of Arrival: 27 Sep 1912
Vessel: Empress of Ireland
Port of Arrival: Montreal, Quebec
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Roll: T-4792

Canadian Passenger Lists

Name: James Duffield
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Estimated birth year: abt 1875
Date of Arrival: 11 Sep 1920
Vessel: Metagama
Port of Arrival: Montreal, Quebec
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Roll: T-14709

James is travelling with his wife Sarah Ann


Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A)

Name: James Duffield
Gender: Male
Estimated birth year: abt 1875
Birth Place: Bollington, England
Age: 45
Date of Arrival: 11 Sep 1920
Port of Arrival: Quebec
Ship Name: Metagama

On this record he states that he is going to his sister in Montreal and his nearest relative in the country where he has just come from is his brother Samuel of Clarence Terrace Bollington.

Detroit Border Crossings and Passenger and Crew Lists

Name: James Duffield
Arrival Date: 17 Sep 1923
Age: 45
Birth Date: abt 1878
Birthplace: Cheshire Birth
Country: England
Gender: Male
Race/Nationality: English
Port of Arrival: Detroit, Michigan

Travelling with Sarah Ann


1930 United States Federal Census

Name: James Duffield
Home in 1930: Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan
Age: 54
Estimated birth year: abt 1876
Birthplace: England
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Sarah Duffield
Race: White

Household Members:
Name, Age
James Duffield, 54
Sarah Duffield, 54



US Naturalization Record Indexes, 1794-1995

Name: James Thomas Duffield
Birth Date: 28 Jan 1875
State: Michigan
Locality, Court: Detroit, District Court

Hi Pauline

Bear with me as there were a lot of records to look at in order to prove which sister, but I got there in the end!

The Canada Ocean Arrivals record above shows that James Thomas states that he is going to his sister – Mrs Wm Vickers, 10th Avenue, Rosemont, Montreal.

So after lots of confusion with children that didn’t seem to fit etc. etc. I finally found the following records which together confirm that Mrs Wm Vickers was Elizabeth Ann Duffield:-

Marriage Index

Name: Elizabeth Ann Duffield
Year of Registration: 1907
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Macclesfield
County: Cheshire, Derbyshire
Volume: 8a Page: 365

Possible spouses:
William Vickers
Horace Edward Woodruff

Canada Soldiers of the First World War

George Vickers
373 10th Ave Rosemont
B: 1st Feb 1894 Bollington, Cheshire

Father: William Vickers

ErnestVickers
373 10th Ave Rosemont
B: 2 Nov 1895 Bolton, Lancashire, England

Father: William Vickers

So Elizabeth Ann had a ready-made family when she married.

Records that I believe relate to William are the following:-

Marriage Index

Name: William Vickers
Year of Registration: 1890
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Macclesfield
County: Cheshire, Derbyshire
Volume: 8a Page: 185

From this Census record I believe that he married Mary Emily Heald.

1901 Census

Name: William Vickers
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1866
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Mary Emily Vickers
Gender: Male
Where born: Bolton, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Bolton
Ecclesiastical parish: Halliwell St Luke
County/Island: Lancashire

Household Members:
Name, Age
William Vickers, 35
Mary Emily Vickers, 32
William Vickers, 8
George Vickers, 7
Ernest Vickers, 5
Thomas Vickers, 3
Hannah Edith Heald, 29
George Herbert Heald, 19

Deaths Sep 1906

Vickers Mary Emily 37 Bolton Vol:8c Page:233


Canadian Passenger Lists

Name: William Vickers
Gender: Male Age: 46
Estimated birth year: abt 1866
Date of Arrival: 12 Aug 1912
Vessel: Lake Manitoba
Port of Arrival: Montreal, Quebec
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Roll: T-4790

Travelling with
Elizabeth 41, Ernest 16, Thomas 14, Herbert 9, Emily 8, Benjamin 6

Finally I have just found Ernest Vickers’ marriage record which states that he is the son of William Vickers and Elizabeth Duffield his wife.

Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection)

Name: Ernest Vickers
Spouse: Grace Blackman
Event Year: 1919
Event: Mariage (Marriage)
Religion: Presbyterian
Place of Worship or Institution: Lachine (Presbyterian, Saint Andrew)
Province: Québec