James ROUGH

   Research Notes:

In 1870, James Rough (43) of England, miner, was living in Negaunee, Marquette, Michigan, USA. Present were children: Frances M. (20) of England, keeps house, Anibel [Hannibal] (16) of Wisconsin, miner, Benjamin (12), at school, James H. (10), at school, Eliza (6), at school — the latter three born in Michigan.

   Marriage Information:

James married Mary EDWARDS, daughter of Jasper EDWARDS and Elizabeth TUCKER, on 29 Jun 1847 in Camborne, Cornwall. (Mary EDWARDS was born about 1829 in Camborne, Cornwall and died before 1870 in Marquette, MI, USA.)

   Marriage Notes:

James Rough, full age, of Ladowick, Scotland, bachelor, miner, son of Henry* Rough, miner, and
Mary Edwards, minor, of Camborne, spinster, daughter of Jasper Edwards, miner & sexton

Married by Banns

Witnesses: Jasper Edwards Jnr., John Duckham

* Note: The only James Rough born in Phillack in the mid 1820s was James, son of Hannibal and Ann, christened 1825 in Gwinear (resident of Phillack). The only James Rough in the 1841 Census was with [his mother] Ann. Note that James' eldest son is named Hannibal. However, a Henry Rough (born c.1800) and his wife Mary Ann were living in Camborne in 1851, with children all of whom were born in Stoke Climsland.

   Marriage Information:

James also married Elizabeth HEAD on 24 Jan 1871 in Negaunee, Marquette, MI, USA. (Elizabeth HEAD was born about 1849 in England.)