James Stewart Tofflemire

22 July 1811–2 November 1905 (Age 94)
Essex, Ontario, Canada

The Life Summary of James Stewart

When James Stewart Tofflemire was born on 22 July 1811, in Essex, Ontario, Canada, his father, John T. Tofflemire, was 19 and his mother, Mary Stewart, was 15. He married Phoebe Monahan on 2 October 1843, in London, Ontario, Canada West, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Magnolia, Putnam, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Orient, Adair, Iowa, United States in 1885. He died on 2 November 1905, in Clay Center, Clay, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Clay Center, Clay, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Stewart Tofflemire
1811–1905
Phoebe Monahan
1814–1886
Marriage: 2 October 1843
Jemima Tofflemire
1845–1932
Charles Jerome Tofflemire
1856–1896
James Monroe Tofflemire
1848–
Esther A. Tofflemire
1850–1931
Albert Tofflemire
1858–

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World Events (8)

1812
Age 1
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1831
Age 20
Historical Boundaries: 1831: Cook, Illinois, United States [Spreads across Cook and DuPage counties]
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 25
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

form of the name borne in the New Testament by two of Christ's disciples, James son of Zebedee and James son of Alphaeus. This form comes from Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Iacobus, Latin form of Greek Iakobos. This is the same name as Old Testament Jacob (Hebrew Yaakov), but for many centuries now they have been thought of in the English-speaking world as two distinct names. In Britain, James is a royal name that from the beginning of the 15th century onwards was associated particularly with the Scottish house of Stewart: James I of Scotland ( 1394–1437 ; ruled 1424–37 ) was a patron of the arts and a noted poet, as well as an energetic ruler. King James VI of Scotland ( 1566–1625 ; reigned 1567–1625 ) succeeded to the throne of England in 1603 . His grandson, James II of England ( 1633–1701 ; reigned 1685–8 ) was a Roman Catholic, deposed in 1688 in favour of his Protestant daughter Mary and her husband William of Orange. From then on he, his son (also called James), and his grandson Charles (‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’) made various unsuccessful attempts to recover the English throne. Their supporters were known as Jacobites (from Latin Iacobus), and the name James became for a while particularly associated with Roman Catholicism on the one hand, and Highland opposition to the English government on the other. Nevertheless, it has since become one of the most perennially popular boys' names.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

Sources (10)

  • James Toffelmira, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Jas Toffleman, "United States Census, 1850"
  • James S Tofflemire, "Iowa State Census, 1885"

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