When Private James Edward Bisonet was born on 30 July 1923, in Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, United States, his father, Guy Albert Bissonette, was 24 and his mother, Carrie Schram, was 22. He married Alice Melvina Tousley on 20 October 1946, in Boyne City, Charlevoix, Michigan, United States. He lived in Horton, Hanover Township, Jackson, Michigan, United States in 1935 and Lyndon Township, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1943. He died on 21 July 2006, in Parma Township, Jackson, Michigan, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, United States.
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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.
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