James Ingram

James Ingram (1784 - unknown)

FATHER:	MOTHER:	SPOUSE:	OFFSPRING:
Unknown	Unknown	Hannah (unknown) (b.1784)	Luke Ingram (b.1814) Matthew Ingram (b.1818) James Ingram (b.1828)

BIRTH:	Either in Cheshire or Newcastle-upon-Tyne in approximately 1784
MARRIAGE:	No details
DEATH:	No details

KNOWN ADDRESSES:

An unknown address in Sheriff Hill, Gateshead - 1851 & 1861

BIOGRAPHY:

James was born in approximately 1784. I don't know who his parents were or if he had any siblings.
The 1851 census lists James as the sixty-five-year-old husband of Hannah and father of at least three sons, Luke, Matthew and James. His occupation is recorded as 'botanist' and he records his birthplace as in Cheshire (possibly Moxford). He lives with his sister, Sophia Miller (who was born in Leeds, Yorkshire), his wife Hannah (born in Derbyshire), son Luke (born in County Durham), son Matthew (born in Rochdale, Lancashire), son James (born in County Durham) and Luke and Matthew's wives and children.

The different birthplaces of his children suggest he may have lived in the following places:
c.1784 - Cheshire
c.1810 - possibly in Derbyshire where his wife was born. If not, how did they meet?
c.1814 - County Durham, where his eldest son, Luke, is born
c.1816 - Rochdale, Lancashire, where his second son, Matthew, is born
c.1828 - County Durham, where his youngest son, James, is born

The 1861 census records James as being seventy-seven years old and his occupation is recorded as 'medical botanist'. He lives with his wife, Hannah (also seventy-seven), his sister, Sophia Miller (aged eighty), his youngest son's (James's) wife, Ann Eliza, and their three children. This census records James's birthplace as Newcastle-upon-Tyne which is in direct conflict with the earlier census of 1851.

I have not been able to establish when James died.

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James in the 1851 census as the sixty-five father of at least three sons

James in the 1861 census which records him as the seventy-seven-year-old husband of Hannah Ingram.

HISTORICAL EVENTS:

1793 – BRITAIN IS AT WAR WITH A “REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE”. They remain at war, apart from a brief respite, until 1815.
1801 – IRELAND UNITES WITH GREAT BRITAIN TO FORM THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
1801 – HENRY ADDINGTON, later Viscount Sidmouth (Tory), becomes Prime Minister.
1804 - WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM (Tory), becomes Prime Minister for the second time. Also known as “Pitt the Younger”.
1806 – WILLIAM WYNDHAM GRENVILLE, BARON GRENVILLE (Whig) becomes Prime Minister in a coalition cabinet.
1807 - WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, DUKE OF PORTLAND (Tory), becomes Prime Minister for the second time.
1809 – SPENCER PERCEVAL (Tory) becomes Prime Minister.
1810 – KING GEORGE III IS PROCLAIMED INSANE. His eldest son, the Prince of Wales (the later George IV) acts as Prince Regent.
1812 – SPENCER PERCEVAL, the Prime Minister, is assassinated.
1812 – ROBERT BANKS, EARL OF LIVERPOOL (Tory) becomes Prime Minister.
1820 – GEORGE IV ASCENDS THE THRONE following the death of his father, George III.
1827 – GEORGE CANNING (Tory) becomes Prime Minister.
1827 – FREDERICK JOHN ROBINSON, VISCOUNT GODERICH and the later Earl of Ripon (Tory) becomes Prime Minister.
1828 – ARTHUR WELLESLEY, DUKE OF WELLINGTON (Tory) becomes Prime Minister.
1830 – WILLIAM IV ASCENDS THE THRONE following the death of his brother, George IV. William is the third son of George III.
1830 – EARL CHARLES GREY (Whig) becomes Prime Minister.
1830 – SIR ROBERT PEEL DEVELOPES THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY which succeeds the Tory Party.
1832 – REFORM BILL OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS BECOMES LAW, extending the vote to more people and redistributing the constituencies to secure more equitable distribution of representation.
1834 – WILLIAM LAMB, VISCOUNT MELBOURNE (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister.
1834 – SIR ROBERT PEEL (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister.
1835 - WILLIAM LAMB, VISCOUNT MELBOURNE (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister for the second time.
1837 – QUEEN VICTORIA ASCENDS THE THRONE following the death of her uncle, William IV. Victoria was the daughter of George III’s fourth son, Edward (Duke of Kent).
1837 – COMPULSORY RECORDING OF ALL BIRTHS, DEATHS & MARRIAGES INITIATED.
1841 - SIR ROBERT PEEL (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister for the second time.
1843 – THE POLICE FORCE FOUNDED. Policeman were often called ‘Bobbies’ and ‘Peelers’ in reference to the then Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel.
1846 – REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS, thus enabling a greater amount of trade.
1846 – EARL JOHN RUSSELL (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister.
1852 – EDWARD GEORGE GEOFFREY SMITH STANLEY, EARL OF DERBY (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister.
1852 – GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, EARL OF ABERDEEN (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister in a coalition cabinet.
1854 – BRITAIN JOINS WITH FRANCE IN THE CRIMEAN WAR aimed at blocking Russia’s access to the Mediterranean. The war lasts until 1856.
1855 – HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, VISCOUNT PALMERSTON (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister.
1858 - EDWARD GEORGE GEOFFREY SMITH STANLEY, EARL OF DERBY (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister for the second time.
1859 - HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, VISCOUNT PALMERSTON (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister for the second time.
1859 – CHARLES DARWIN PUBLISHES HIS GREAT WORK, “ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION” to diverse public opinion. In it he puts forth the view that animals are not created individually, but rather, that they evolve through a process he calls natural selection.
1861 – OUTBREAK OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. Though having no direct affect on Britain since America had severed colonial ties, the lack of raw cotton shipped from North America to Northern England sent many into unemployment.