James Rawson

1840s–1860s

Born about 1848–1849 in Halifax, Yorkshire, the son of James Rawson. A stonemason; married Mary Ellen Widdop at Halifax Parish Church on 21 October 1869.

1870s–1880s

Living at Rawson's Court, off Stead Street, in St. Mary's parish, Halifax, where daughter Clara was born in 1872, followed by Sarah Ann and James.

1890s

Died of tuberculosis at home on Collins Street, Halifax, on 9 March 1890.

A Halifax Stonemason

James Rawson was born around 1848 or 1849 in Halifax, Yorkshire, the son of another James Rawson. He was a stonemason, and on October 21, 1869, he married Mary Ellen Widdop at Halifax Parish Church. From 1872 the family lived at 2 Rawson's Court, off Stead Street, in St. Mary's parish, where their daughter Clara, Ben's 2x-great-grandmother, was born on August 30, 1872. Their other children were Sarah Ann, born about 1875, and James, about 1877. In 1881 a boarder, Grace Brassey, lived with them.

James worked as a stonemason for twenty years. He developed tuberculosis and died at home at 18 Collins Street, Halifax, on March 9, 1890, at about forty-one. Six years later Clara and her husband, James Greenwood, left Halifax for Pennsylvania.