Ancestral Trails 2016 » James RANGER (1811-1880)

Personal data James RANGER 

Sources 1, 2, 3

Household of James RANGER

He is married to Ann BRIGDON.

They got married on December 26, 1838 at Chiddingstone, Kent, he was 27 years old.Sources 20, 21, 22


Child(ren):

  1. Joseph RANGER  1854-????
  2. Harriet RANGER  1848-???? 
  3. John RANGER  1846-1928 
  4. Unamed RANGER  1854-????
  5. Charlotte RANGER  1841-1911 
  6. Joseph RANGER  1849-1849
  7. Hannah RANGER  1859-1861
  8. James RANGER  1852-1885 
  9. Mary Ann RANGER  1845-1891 
  10. Edward RANGER  1847-1899 
  11. Henry RANGER  1839-1860


Notes about James RANGER

1841 aged 25, living at Cox's Cottage, Sundrige with his wife Ann 25 and 1 year old son Henry.

Was living at Somerden Farm when he married. When his son Henry was baptised in 1839, James was shown as a labourer of Chiddingstone. Somerden includes part of Chiddingstone.

Emigrated to New Zealand in 1842. On May 1 1842 the barque Sir Charles Forbes 365 tons left Gravesend for Nelson New Zealand. Captain Thomas Bacon, Surgeon William Henry Kater. 169 souls on board, including:- James Ranger age 30, Ag Lab/Stock Manager Wife Ann age 26 Son Henry age 2 Dau Charlotte age 8 months. Arriving in New Zealand on August 22 1842 There were no deaths on the voyage His half brother John Spittle and his wife Charlotte were also on board. Farmed at Waimea West section 22.

1845 census shows that he had 2 sons and 4 daughters. He was a bailiff. The 1849 census has an additional 2 sons, with the ages spread lower than 14. Six of the children did not know how to read, and two knew how to read and write. James' trade was as a labourer. His birth place was Kent, England, and religion was "E" presuming Church of England. He had 2 acres of cleared ground, 1 3/4 cultivated and 1 1/2 wheat. One quarter he had as a garden. He was the tenant of the section, and lived in an earth house that was roofed with thatch. His only animal was a pig.

James appeared on jury lists with different residences and occupations: 1844 - Waimea West - labourer 1845 - Waimea East - labourer 1846 - Waimea East - Farm Bailiff 1847/48 - Hardy St - Brewer 1849/61 - Waimea East - labourer He is listed on the Electoral Roll of 1865/66 as leasing section 101 at Waimea West. He had been crossed off the 1868/69 roll indicating that he had moved. He is not on the Wairau (Blenheim) rolls.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James RANGER

MICHAEL RANGER
1746-1824
ELIZABETH COGGER
1746-> 1800
William Spittle
1759-1847
Mary Fry
1759-1844
Edward RANGER
1779-1857
Mary SPITTLE
1784-1852

James RANGER
1811-1880

1838

Ann BRIGDON
1815-1888

Joseph RANGER
1854-????
Harriet RANGER
1848-????
John RANGER
1846-1928
Unamed RANGER
1854-????
Charlotte RANGER
1841-1911
Joseph RANGER
1849-1849
Hannah RANGER
1859-1861
James RANGER
1852-1885
Mary Ann RANGER
1845-1891
Edward RANGER
1847-1899
Henry RANGER
1839-1860

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Sources

  1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=32282088&pid=54 9
    / Ancestry.co.uk
  2. Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints / NAME Family History Library ADDR 35 N West Temple Street CONT Salt L
  3. Gazetteer of England 1841
    Gazetteer of England 1841: Leigh, or West Leigh, a parish in thehundreds of Codsheath And Somerden, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, union of Sevenoaks, county of Kent; 2 3/4 miles west of Tunbridge; bounded on the south by the Medway, and intersected by the South-Eastern railway. Living, a vicarage in the archd. and dio. of Rochester; rated at 9 pounds 18s. 9d.; gross income 390 pounds. Patron, in 1835, the Rev T May. Here are 2 day and Sunday National schools, and a small daily school. Charities. in 1836, about 26 pounds per annum. Poor rates, in 1838, 646 pounds 7s. On an average of 7 years to 1835, hops have annually been cultivated in this parish to the extent of 136 6/8 acres: average of hops charged, 110,988 lbs: of duty, 924 pounds 18s. A fair for toys is held here on June 16th. Acres 3,840. Houses 153. A.P. 4,696 pounds. Pop. in 1801, 739; in 1831, 1,011 Maidstone:A parish, borough and market town in the hundred and union of Maidstone, lathe of Aylesford, county of Kent, in the centre of the county
  4. Leigh Parish Register
  5. Pioneer Passengers, June E Neale
  6. Shipping Lists, re Sir Charles Forbes
    Nelson, NZ 23 Aug 1842 on Sir Charles Forbes. Commanded by CaptainThomas Bacon. The 363 ton barque sailed from Gravesend on 1 May 1842. Especially recomended by Rev M Bloxham passenger list of Sir Charles Forbes RANGER,James M 30 agri. Lab & stock manager RANGER,Ann M 26 wife RANGER,Charlotte C 8 mths RANGER,Henry C 2 yr
  7. Birth Certificate - original, photocopy, or sighting, of son James
  8. Birth Certificate - original, photocopy, or sighting, of daughter Hannah
  9. Death certificate - original, photocopy, or sighting
    email from David Walker 7/4/2004 - aged 71. Buried with her husband James Walker. GS 218
  10. Jury Lists, Nelson 1844 - 1861 / NAME Nelson Provincial Museum ADDR Nelson CONT New Zealand
  11. Census - England 1841
  12. Census - 1845 Nelson, New Zealand
  13. Census - 1849 Nelson, New Zealand
  14. Birth Certificate - original, photocopy, or sighting, of Joseph (reg unanmed)
  15. Electoral Roll
  16. Birth Certificate - original, photocopy, or sighting, of grandson Amos, was informant
  17. Ranger Family History (Original Research), Milton Ranger & Marion Read (compilers)
  18. Blenheim Court Death Index / NAME Marlborough Historical Society Archives
  19. EVENING MAIL (Nelson)
    DEATH: Bronchitis - from Evening Mail "On the 24 May 1880, at hisson's residence Blenheim, Mr James Ranger, late of this city at 69 yrs"
  20. LDS Member submitted entry
    Batch 2034773 James Ranger of full age, bachelor, Labourer, SomerdenFarm, Father Edward Ranger, Labourer. Ann Brigdon, full age, spinster, of Bore Place, father Joseph Brigden, Blacksmith. Witness Thomas Spittals, Charles Carpenter, Parish Clerk. James Marked, Ann signed
  21. BMD Index
    Dec Qtr 1838 Sevenoaks 5 569
    / www.findmypast.co.uk
  22. Marriage Certificate
    The marriage certificate states that they were married in the presenceof James and Mary Ann Ranger. Witnesses - Henry Pritchard, hotel keeper, Blenhiem; Eliza Horton, Blenhiem. Minister - William Shirriffs

Historical events

Christening day June 21, 1811

  • The temperature on June 21, 1811 was about 13.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1811: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 1 » Leaders of the Mamluk dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.
    • March 12 » Peninsular War: A day after a successful rearguard action, French Marshal Michel Ney once again successfully delays the pursuing Anglo-Portuguese force at the Battle of Redinha.
    • May 5 » Peninsular War: In the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, the British-Portuguese Army repels an attempt by the French Army of Portugal to relieve the besieged city of Almeida.
    • May 18 » Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by José Artigas.
    • October 11 » The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.
    • December 26 » A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable.

Day of marriage December 26, 1838

  • The temperature on December 26, 1838 was about -3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1838: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 6 » Alfred Vail and colleagues demonstrate a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).
    • June 10 » Myall Creek massacre: Twenty-eight Aboriginal Australians are murdered.
    • July 15 » Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage.
    • September 1 » Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established.
    • September 3 » Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
    • September 18 » The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.

Day of death May 24, 1880

  • The temperature on May 24, 1880 was about 14.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
    • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
    • May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
    • May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
    • November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
    • December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.

Day of burial May 29, 1880

  • The temperature on May 29, 1880 was about 14.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
    • June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
    • June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
    • July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
    • August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
    • December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.


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