Table of Contents

James Major

(George - William - Samuel - Joseph)

James MAJOR was born 14 Jun 1853 at 2 William Street, Ratcliff (Stepney) London.

At the time of the 1911 Census, he was living at 2 Catherine Villa, Staines Road, Sunbury, Middlesex, with his wife, Emma and 6 children. He was a bricklayer for the East London Waterworks Company, having previously (1901 Census) been a stoker for the company.


Marriage & Children

He married his first cousin Emma CHEESEMAN 25 Dec 1877, Hanworth, Middlesex.

jamesmajoremmacheesemanmarr1877c.jpg

Children of James Major and Emma:

  1. George James MAJOR, born 18 Sep 1878 - Middlesex.
  2. Charlotte Ellen MAJOR, born 1880 - Middlesex.
  3. Sarah MAJOR, born 1881 - Middlesex.
  4. Emily Edith MAJOR, born 1884 - Middlesex.
  5. William Thomas MAJOR, born 1884 - Middlesex.
  6. Rose May MAJOR, born 1885 - Middlesex.
  7. Annie Lily MAJOR, born 1887 - Middlesex.
  8. Esther MAJOR, born 1888 - Middlesex.
  9. Herbert Stephen MAJOR, born 1890 - Middlesex.
  10. Albert MAJOR, born 1892 - Middlesex.
  11. James MAJOR, born 1894 - Middlesex.
  12. Florence Ethel MAJOR, born 1896 - Middlesex.
  13. Elsie Jane MAJOR, born 1898 - Middlesex.
  14. Ernest Harold MAJOR, born 1898 - Middlesex.
  15. Gertrude Violet MAJOR, born 1900 - Middlesex.