James Alfred Somerville b. 7 Mar 1911 Wilmslow, Cheshire , England . d. 25 Jun 1989 New South Wales, Australia: Queensland Family Trees

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Name	James Alfred Somerville
Born	7 Mar 1911	Wilmslow, Cheshire , England .
	Birth Name: James Somerville Registration Year: 1911 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration district: Bucklow Inferred County: Cheshire Volume: 8a Page: 143 (England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915) Wilmslow is a town in Cheshire, England, that is 11 mi (18 km) south of Manchester (Wikipedia) Name James Alfred Somerville Event Type Baptism Event Date 19 Apr 1911 Event Place Runcorn, Wesleyan Methodist Church, Weston, Cheshire, England Gender Male Father's Name James H Somerville Mother's Name Sarah Somerville Page 104 "England, Cheshire Non-conformist Records, 1671-1900," database, FamilySearch Possible Emigration Name: James Somerville Gender: Male Age: 17 Birth Date: abt 1912 Departure Date: 7 Feb 1929 Port of Departure: London, England Destination Port: Sydney, Australia Ship Name: Beltana Shipping line: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co Official Number: 131853 Master: Captain W Rollo ( UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960) S.S Beltana Departure 7 Feb 1929 from the Port of London. Somerville, James, Lyndena, 58, Dunelt Road, Blackpool, Clerk, age 17. ( UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960) Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England, on England's northwest coast. The town is on the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries (Wikipedia) Possible Parents 1911 England Census Wilmslow, Cheshire, England Nursery Lane Wilmslow James Hannah Somerville, age 38, born in Chester, Cheshire, England, occupation, Registrar Of Births Deaths Marriages, registration district, Bucklow Sarah Somerville, age 38, wife, born in Runcorn, Cheshire, England Dovis Somerville [Doris Somerville], age 12, daughter, born in Northwick, Cheshire, England William Francis Somerville, son, age 9, born in Northwick, Cheshire, England Marjorie Somerville, age 8, daughter, born in Northwick, Cheshire, England John Somerville, under 1/12, son, born in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England Birth Name: James Hannah Somerville Registration Year: 1873 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration district: Chester Inferred County: Cheshire Volume: 8a Page: 450 (England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915) Death of James Hannah Somerville Name: James H Somerville Birth Date: abt 1873 Date of Registration: Jun 1929 Age at Death: 56 Registration district: Fylde Inferred County: Lancashire Volume: 8e Page: 769 (England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007) Probate of Sarah Name: Sarah Somerville Probate Date: 27 Jul 1961 Registry: Manchester, Chester, England Death Date: 10 Jun 1961 Death Place: Cheshire, England (England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966) Somerville, Sarah, of 20 Bourne Street, Wilmslow, Cheshire, widow, died 10 June 1961, probate Manchester, 27 July to Marjorie Sumner (wife of James Leslie Sumner). Effects, £700 3 s. (England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966) Probable Parents 1881 England Census Thomas Hazlehurst and Betsey Hazlehurst 12 Eaton Street, Runcorn, Cheshire, England Sarah Hazlehurst, daughter, age 8, born in Runcorn, Cheshire, England Birth Name: Sarah Hazlehurst Registration Year: 1872 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration district: Runcorn Inferred County: Cheshire Volume: 8a Page: 212 (England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915) Parents of James Hannah Somerville 1881 England Census Wrights Row, Weston, Cheshire, England Sub District, Runcorn David Somerville age 40 born in Scotland, Stonemason and Maria Somerville, age 44, born in Scotland James H. Somerville, son, age 8, born in, Chester, Cheshire, England Marriage Name: David Somerville Name: Maria Hannah Registration Year: 1866 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration district: Great Boughton Inferred County: Chesire Volume: 8a Page: 587 (England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915) Possible Death of David Somerville (Son of John Somerville and Janet Somerville, 1851 Scotland Census) Name: David Sumerville Estimated birth year: abt 1841 Registration Year: 1890 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Age at Death: 49 Registration district: Runcorn Inferred County: Cheshire Volume: 8a Page: 190 (England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915) (1851 Scotland Census, David Somerville was born abt 1832 in Linton, Peebles) Death Name: Maria Somerville Birth Date: abt 1837 Date of Registration: Dec 1921 Age at Death: 84 Registration district: Runcorn Inferred County: Cheshire Volume: 8a Page: 263 (England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007) Birth Name: Doris Somerville Gender: Female Baptism Date: 8 Dec 1898 Baptism Place: Wincham, Cheshire, England Father: James Hallah Somerville Mother: Sarah Somerville FHL Film Number: 1594192 Reference ID: item 5 England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Birth Name: William Francis Somerville Registration Year: 1901 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration district: Northwich Inferred County: Cheshire Volume: 8a Page: 247 (England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915) Possible marriage Name: Williamf F Somerville Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1926 Registration district: Fylde Inferred County: Lancashire Spouse: Alice L Dagnell Volume Number: 8e Page Number: 1133 (England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005) Death Name: William Francis Somerville Birth Date: 3 Oct 1901 Date of Registration: Jun 1978 Age at Death: 76 Registration district: Blackpool and Fylde Inferred County: Lancashire Volume: 40 Page: 0458 (England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007) Burial Name: William Francis Somerville Birth Date: 1902 Age at Death: 76 Death Date: 21 Apr 1978 Burial Place: Lytham St. Anne's, Lancashire, England (Find A Grave) Name: William Francis Somerville Birth Date: 1902 Death Date: 21 Apr 1978 Cemetery: Lytham Park Cemetery and Crematorium Burial or Cremation Place: Lytham Saint Annes, Fylde Borough, Lancashire, England (UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current) Birth Name: Marjorie Somerville Registration Year: 1904 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration district: Northwich Inferred County: Cheshire Volume: 8a Page: 255 (England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915) Marriage Name: Marjorie Somerville Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1930 Registration district: Bucklow Inferred County: Cheshire Spouse: James L Sumner Volume Number: 8a Page Number: 550 (England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005) Death Name: Marjorie Sumner Birth Date: 8 Jan 1904 Date of Registration: Mar 1978 Age at Death: 74 Registration district: Macclesfield Inferred County: Cheshire Volume: 35 Page: 0923 (England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007)
Christened	19 Apr 1911	Runcorn, Wesleyan Methodist Church, Weston, Cheshire, England
	Name James Alfred Somerville Event Type Baptism Event Date 19 Apr 1911 Event Place Runcorn, Wesleyan Methodist Church, Weston, Cheshire, England Gender Male Father's Name James H Somerville Mother's Name Sarah Somerville Page 104 "England, Cheshire Non-conformist Records, 1671-1900," database, FamilySearch
Gender	Male
Military Service WW2	28 Aug 1941-21 Nov 1945	Royal Australian Air Force
	Service Record Name SOMERVILLE, JAMES Service Royal Australian Air Force Service Number 60708 Date of Birth 7 Mar 1911 Place of Birth WILMSLOW, ENGLAND Date of Enlistment 28 Aug 1941 Locality on Enlistment MULLUMBIMBY Place of Enlistment SYDNEY, NSW Next of Kin SOMERVILLE, NORMA Date of Discharge 21 Nov 1945 Rank Leading Aircraftman Posting at Discharge 6 AIRCRAFT DEPOT WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display Prisoner of War No (Australian Government, Department of Veterans' Affairs)
Died	25 Jun 1989	New South Wales, Australia
Buried	27 Jun 1989	Lismore Memorial Gardens, Skyline Road, Goonellabah, New South Wales
	SOMERVILLE James Alfred, Funeral notice 25 JUN 1989, Death, age 78, late of Sousth Lismsore Northern Star (Lismore) 27 JUN 1989 The Ryerson Index Online Database
Person ID	I13040	Hickey, List, Bundesen, Thomsen, Jensen, Jessen
Last Modified	16 Jul 2016

Father	James Hannah Somerville, b. Abt 1873, Chester, Cheshire, England , d. Jun 1929, Fylde, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 56 years)
Mother	Sarah Hazlehurst, b. 1872, Runcorn, Cheshire, England , d. 10 Jun 1961, Wilmslow,, Cheshire, England (Age 89 years)
Married	19 Jan 1898	Runcorn, St Paul's Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Runcorn, Cheshire, England
	Name James Hannah Somerville Event Type Marriage Event Date 19 Jan 1898 Event Place Runcorn, St Paul's Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Runcorn, Cheshire, England Gender Male Age 25 Marital Status Bachelor Father's Name David Somerville Spouse's Name Sarah Hazlehurst Father's Name: Thomas Hazlehurst ("England, Cheshire Non-conformist Records, 1671-1900," database, FamilySearch )
Family ID	F4754	Group Sheet

Family	Norma Helen Adams, b. 1922, New South Wales, Australia , d. 8 Jul 2016, Caroona Kalina Nursing Home, Goonellabah, New South Wales, Australia (Age 94 years)
Married	1942	New South Wales, Australia
	Marriage Registration Name: James Alfred Somerville Spouse Name: Norma Helen Adams Marriage Date: 1942 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Byron Bay, New South Wales Registration Year: 1942 Registration Number: 20731 New South Wales Marriage Index 1788-1985)
Last Modified	16 Jul 2016
Family ID	F4753	Group Sheet

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James Alfred Somerville
Inscription for James Alfred Somerville
Cemetery: Lismore Memorial Gardens NSW
Inscription Id: 9169873
Surname: Somerville
Given Names: James Alfred
Birth Date: 1911?
Death Date: 25 Jun 1989
Age: 78
Gender: M
Portion: G
Row: 53
Military Service no: 60708
Remarks: 60708 LAC RAAF
Photographed and transcribed by: Sandra & Warren Cockbain, Australian Cemeteries Index