James Valiant

1842-1911

James was born in Poulton Le Fylde Lancashire, he was baptised on the 21^st August 1842 in Poulton Le Fylde, the son of James ( a Saddler) and Betty Valiant (nee Hardman) who were married on the 24^th May 1826 in Poulton Le Fylde (Betty married as Elizabeth)

James and Elizabeth (Betty) also had the following children baptised in Poulton Le Fylde:

Robert 6^th October 1826

William 11^th October 1833

Margaret 29^th January 1835 (died 1835, buried 1^st August at Poulton Le Fylde)

Margaret 2st August 1836

Jane 25^th February 1838

His father James was a Master Saddler. He was born on the 22^nd October 1799, he was baptised on the 7^th November 1799 in Poulton Le Fylde, the son of Robert and Margaret Valiant (nee Jump) who were married on the 30^th January 1798 in Poulton Le Flyde. 

His mother Elizabeth (Betty) was born c1799 in Staining Lancashire

In 1851 James (8) was living in Queen’s Square, Poulton Le Fylde with his parents James (51) and Betty (52) and his sister Margaret (14).

James was a Master Mariner. He married in 1869

Marriage details:

Place: All Hallows, Bispham, Lancaster

Date: 4^th November 1869

Groom: James Valiant, full age, occupation: Seaman, abode: Poulton

Bride: Mary Butcher, full age, abode: Blackpool

Fathers: James Valiant and Thomas Butcher, both Farmers

Witnesses: Richard Butcher and Elizabeth Butcher

Bride and Groom both signed

James and Mary had a son James, his birth was registered in the September quarter of 1870 in West Derby. Sadly James died soon after birth, his death was registered in the same year and quarter.

In 1871 Mary (28) was living with her brother Thomas Butcher in Talbot Road, Poulton Le Fylde. (No record of James in the census for this year, possibly at sea)

Mary gave birth to a daughter, Nellie Singleton Valiant on the 9^th March 1872 (birth registered in Birkenhead Cheshire)

The 1881 census records Mary (38) as a Master Mariner’s Wife living at 9 Higher Lane, Walton on Hill, Lancashire. Also recorded in the household was her daughter Nellie (9) and a female domestic servant. (Again, no record found for James so probably at sea)

In 1891 James (48), Mary (48) and Nellie (19) were recorded living at 15 Melrose Terrace, Liscard, Cheshire.

The 1901 census records Mary (58) and Nellie (29), living at 22 Hydro Ave, West Kirby, Cheshire. (James again probably at sea as no record on him in the census for this year)

By 1911 James (68), a Retired Master Mariner, Mary (68) and Nellie (39) were living in Southcote, Enborne Road, Newbury, Berkshire

James died aged 69 on the 4^th September 1911, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 7^th September.

Mary died in 1928 and Nellie died in 1945. Both deaths registered in Bristol.

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