Alfred James

Born: 24 Oct 1844
Died: 14 Oct 1865, Colombo, Western Province, Ceylon aged 20

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bullet Birth Notes:

Birth date from Photo of Beaumont/James Family Tree in RAB's [2] possession

bullet Death Notes:

Death date from Photo of Beaumont/James Family Tree in RAB's [2] possession

Note H in Photo of Beaumont/James Family Tree in RAB's [2] possession records that:- "(Alfed James [325]) was drowned at Colombo, Ceylon in a gallant attempt to save a native. He was serving at the time as an Ensign in HM 25th Queens own Boarders. A monument to his memory was erected by his brother officers at Colombo & in Stoke Church."

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• General Comment. Alfred James [325] is person # 45/78 on the Photo of Beaumont/James Family Tree in RAB's [2] Possession

• General Comment. Photo of Beaumont/James Family Tree in RAB's [2] Possession records:- "
(Frank Alfred James 59/78 [140]) died of Cholera at Ahmedabad, Gooserat: he was named after (his uncle, Alfred James 45/78 [325]) who was drowned, who was named after (Alfred Tripe 26/78 [328]) who was also drowned"

• General Comment. Note H in Photo of Beaumont/James Family Tree in RAB's [2] Possession records that:- "(Alfed James [325]) was drowned at Colombo, Ceylon in a gallant attempt to save a native. He was serving at the time as an Ensign in HM 25th Queens own Boarders. A monument to his memory was erected by his brother officers at Colombo & in Stoke Church."

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Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

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The early South African records on this site would not have been as good as they are without the work done by Delia Robertson. Where there are website addresses containing http://www.e-family.co.za... I record the citation should read Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. This website can be found at First Fifty Years