| Birth: | 21 Oct 1887 in HALSEY ST.,NEWPORT,R.I. 4 |
| Death: | 1932 in NEWPORT,RHODE ISLAND 33 WASHINGTON ST.Newport Hospital |
| Sex: | F |
| Father: | John H. Walsh,@@ b. Sep 1864 in CASTLETOWN,BERE,IRELAND,Inchintaglin,Adrigole Parrish |
| Mother: | Isabella Jane 2 Glass.,@@ b. 1862 in CASTLETOWN,BERE,IRELAND |
| Cause of Death: HEART ATTACK |
| DAY BORN: 1999 FrIDAY |
| Burial: Common Burial Ground,Farewell St.Newport,R.I. |
| Reference: 17 33 WASHINGTON ST. NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND USA |
| Spouses & Children |
| Jonathan Anthony James,@@%% (Husband) b. 25 Apr 1888 in WeDNSDAY | |
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| Marriage: | 19 NOV 1908 in NEWPORT,RHODE ISLAND |
| Children: | |
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| Notes |
I KNOW LITTLE ABOUT ANNE JAMES,MY GRANDMOTHER, AS SHE DIED IN 1930 BEFORE I WAS BORN.
I HAVE A PICTURE OF HER WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG,I HOPE IT SURVIVES,SHE WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.
MY FATHER HAD FOND MEMORIES OF HER, SAYING SHE WAS A GENTLE WOMAN BUT THE LAST TIME HE SAW HER ALIVE WAS WHEN HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AND HE SAW HE WHEELED PAST HIS ROOM.HE FOUND OUT LATER THAT SHE HAD DIED OF A HEART ATTACK WHILE HE WAS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL,LISTED ON DEATH CERTIFICATE AS CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE.
BORN HALSEY ST.NEWPORT,R.I.,ALSO LIVED AT 33 WASHINGTON ST AND 29 MARSH ST.NEWPORT.
I GUESS THE HARD LIFE SHE LIVED PUT HER THERE,IN THE HOSPITAL, QUITE A FEW TIMES. I WAS TOLD THAT MY GRANDFATHER HAD A JOB EARLY ON AS A SALESMAN AND WAS AWAY FROM HOME MOST OF THE TIME,LEAVING THE REARING OF THE CHILDREN TO MY GRANDMOTHER.I KNOW HOW THE HOUSES ARE IN NEWPORT;COLD AND DRAFTY.THE HOUSES THEY LIVED IN WERE RIGHT BY THE BAY AND NONE OF THEM HAD CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS SO THEY MUST HAVE FROZEN IN THE COLD NEWPORT WINTERS.
, WHEN AUNT GWEN,HER DAUGHTER, WAS A LITTLE OLDER, PROBABLY AROUND 11 OR 12,MY GRANDMOTHER HAD TO TAKE A JOB SO THE FAMILY COULD EAT.GWEN HAD TO CARE FOR THE 3 BOYS EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS A LITTLE TYKE HERSELF. SHE MUST HAVE HAD IT REAL ROUGH BECAUSE SHE RAN AWAY, AT 17,TO MARRY MORRIS WELSH
.MY FATHER WASNT A REAL HEALTHY KID SO IM SURE THE STRAIN ON GWEN WAS TREMENDOUS.SHE REALLY DIDNT HAVE A REAL CHILDHOOD.TIMES WERE DIFFERENT THEN AND YOU REALLY HAD TO GROW UP IN A HURRY IF YOU EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.
THE HOUSE SHE LIVED IN AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH WAS 33 WASHINGTON ST.THIS IS ALSO THE HOUSE MY FATHER LIVED IN WHEN GRANDMAS SISTER,ISSABELLA JOHNSON, CAME TO NEWPORT FINDING MY FATHER HUDDLED IN HIS BED ALL COLD AND WET.SHE TOOK HIM TO LIVE WITH HER IN NEW JERSEY, AS HER SISTER WAS REAL SICK AND COULDNT CARE FOR HIM.CAN YOU IMAGINE IF THIS EVENT DIDNT HAPPEN.MY FATHER WOULD HAVE NEVER MET MY MOTHER AND I WOULDNT BE HERE WRITING THIS FAMILY HISTORY. FATE...............
She lived on Halsey St.,Newport,R.I.,before marriage.
| Sources |
- Title: Birth Certificate Providence # 55
- Title: Fed.Census 1920
Text: Jonathan was not there at the time.He must have been working as an out of town salesman when the census was taken.
- Title: My Grandmother--Norman Vincent James,Jr.
Page: She died before I was born.My father was only 13 at the time of her death.Died in Newport Hospital
- Title: State Office,Providence,R.I.
Page: Local file # 55---filing date 1888
- Title: Book 3 ,page 94,Newport,R.I.
Text: Div.of Vital Records