James Hennessy

James Hennessy, 1872-1945

• Born on 22 June 1872 in Murray, Northumberland, Ontario to Isaac Hennessy and Chloe Sharpe
• Married Thora Gustava Johnson in Winnipeg
• 1881 census for Murray, Northumberland, living with parents and 2 sisters. His mother died in 1884.
• 1891 census for Rat Portage, Algoma, Ontario, living with uncle, Jacob Hennessy, and sister, Florence.
• 1901 census for Rat Portage, Algoma, Ontario, occupation postal clerk, living with uncle, Jacob Hennessy, and sister, Flora.
• 1911 census for Winnipeg, Manitoba, manager of hotel
• 1931 census for Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan occupation postmaster, with wife and 7 children, three born in Manitoba and four in Saskatchewan.
• Died on 15 April 1945 in Port Alberni. Thora died there in 1949. Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Port Alberni, British Columbia.
• Loyalist Ancestor: Guysbert Scherp, 1741-1819, Fredericksburg, Lennox & Addington, Ontario.