James Joseph ROSE
Date of Birth:
c 1864
Date of Death:
4 Apr 1946
James was born at Bridge in kent, England.
He married Rosetta Jones (of Welsh origin, born at Clunbury, Shropshire, England in 1866) at Feilding in 1884.
They had 6 children, 3 boys & 3 girls. The family had tragedies. One boy died in infancy. Two of the daughters died within 3 months of each other in 1911, one aged 25, the other 19.
One son, William died in the WW1, Battle of Passchendael, Ypres, Belgium.
When the couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary only two children were still alive.
James was a blacksmith by trade, starting in Feilding and moving to Levin around 1887. He worked for Bartholomew's sawmill for about 30 years before going back to his trade.
10 of the family, including his parents are buried in Levin.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
James Joseph Rose, Joseph Rose, Lucy Maria Olive, Rosetta Jones, John Jones, Anne Evans, Elizabeth Mary Rose, William John Whyte, Rosetta Mary Rose, Arthur John Hawkins, Alethea Stewart, Ivy Hope Margaret Bayliss, James Wilfred Rose, Euphemia Annie Rose, Ernest Edmund Penwarne Curtis, Rubina Grace Amer, William Austin Rose, Joseph Henry Rose, Florence Gertrude Annie Burnard.