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| BIRTH: | 1828 - Merrington, County Durham |
| MARRIAGE: | 6 May 1852 - The Parish Church, Preston, Lancashire |
| DEATH: | No details |
| KNOWN ADDRESSES: |
An unknown address in Sheriff Hill, Gateshead - 1851 Water Street, Preston, Lancashire - 1852 |
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James was born in approximately 1828, the son of James and Hannah Ingram. He had at least two brothers, Luke and Matthew Ingram, and may have had sisters. In the 1851 census he is recorded as being twenty years old and living with his parents, his aunt (his father's sister, Sophia Miller), his brother Luke and his wife Jane, his brother Matthew and his wife Margaret and his nephews, Thomas, Henry and Luke Ingram. In this census James is recorded as being a 'botanist' as is his father and his two brothers. By May of 1852 James was living in Water Street, Preston and was marrying Ann Eliza Skirrow. He records his age as being twenty-four and his occupation of him and his father as 'surgeon'. The marriage was witnessed by a John Ingram so it may have been possible he had moved to Preston to live with a relative. In 1860 James and Ann Eliza have their third son, William, in Sheriff Hill, Gateshead. James's occupation is recorded as being a 'botanist' again. By the time of the 1861 census Ann Eliza was living with James's parents in Sunderland with their three sons. It does not appear that James is living at this address.
The birthplaces of James's six children suggest that James may have lived in the following places: Twenty-three years later in 1883 when James's youngest known son, William, marries he records his father's occupation as 'traveller'. I don't know when he dies. I cannot find reference to James in the 1881 census so I am uncertain whether he is alive at this time. |
 James in the 1851 census as the twenty-year-old son of James and Hannah Ingram |
 James's marriage certificate |
 James absent from the 1861 census which records his wife and children living with his parents. |
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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. 1865 - EARL JOHN RUSSELL (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister for the second time. 1866 - EDWARD GEORGE GEOFFREY SMITH STANLEY, EARL OF DERBY (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister for the third time. 1867 – SECOND REFORM BILL OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS gave the vote to most urban male workers. 1868 – BENJAMIN DISRAELI, EARL OF BEACONSFIELD (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister. 1868 – WILLIAM GLADSTONE (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister. 1870 – EDUCATION ACT IS PASSED providing the establishment of government schools and for compulsory education. 1874 - BENJAMIN DISRAELI, EARL OF BEACONSFIELD (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister for the second time. 1876 – ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL SENDS A VOICE MESSAGE AND THE TELEPHONE IS INVENTED. The first words that were clearly heard by the recipient were, “Watson, come here, I want you”, heard by his assistant, Mr Watson in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. 1880 - WILLIAM GLADSTONE (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister for the second time. 1884 – FURTHER REFORMS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS gives the vote to almost all adult males. 1885 – ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNE-CECIL, MARQUIS OF SALISBURY (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister. 1886 - WILLIAM GLADSTONE (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister for the third time. 1886 - ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNE-CECIL, MARQUIS OF SALISBURY (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister for the second time. 1892 - WILLIAM GLADSTONE (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister for the fourth time. 1894 – ARCHIBALD PHILIP PRIMROSE, EARL OF ROSEBERY (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister. 1895 - ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNE-CECIL, MARQUIS OF SALISBURY (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister for the third time. 1899 – BRITAIN ENTERS THE BOER WAR in South Africa against Dutch and German forces. The war lasts until 1902. Popular opinion at home is against the war and the effect is that further colonial expansion is not favored. 1901 – EDWARD VII ASCENDS THE THRONE following the death of his mother, Queen Victoria, Britain’s longest serving monarch. Edward is the eldest son of Victoria and Albert and marks the start of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. 1902 – ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR (Conservative) becomes Prime Minister. 1905 – SIR HENRY CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister. 1908 – HERBERT HENRY ASQUITH (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister. 1910 – GEORGE V ASCENDS THE THRONE following the death of his father, Edward VII. George is Edward’s second son. 1914 – BILL GRANTING HOME RULE TO IRELAND BECOME LAW. 1914 – WORLD WAR I, the Great War, starts. 1916 – DAVID LLOYD GEORGE (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister. 1917 – GEORGE V CHANGES THE NAME OF THE ROYAL HOUSE FROM SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA TO WINDSOR. 1918 – UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ACT PASSED giving the vote to women over thirty years old. 1918 – WORLD WAR I ENDS. |