James ALGAR was born on 23 Feb 17941 in Norwich, Norfolk, England1 as the fourth child of Zephaniah ALGAR and Mary AYTON.
He was the youngest child, his three older siblings, were Sarah (abt 1783), Thomas (1786), and John (1790).
James ALGAR was baptized on 09 Mar 17941 in Norfolk, England1.
When he was 23, he married Hannah DADY, daughter of John DADY and Mary BISHOP, on 05 Oct 18173,4 in Norwich, Norfolk, England3,4 (St. Michael Coslany3,4). The banns were first called on 14 September 1817. Hannah’s brother Jonathan, and his fiancé Charlotte Knapp stood for them at the wedding, they themselves married on 25 December and James stood for them.
James ALGAR and Hannah DADY had the following children:
1. John ALGAR was born in Aug 1818 in Norwich, Norfolk, England. He died on 08 Jan 18878 in Great Yarmouth, Norfok, England8 (Cerebral Disease (Stroke)8). He married Ann GREEN on 28 Mar 18549 in Norwich, Norfolk, England9 (married in the registrar’s office9).
2. James ALGAR was born about 1821 in Norwich, Norfolk, England. He died in 1823 in Norwich, Norfolk, England.
3. Charles ALGAR was born about 1824 in Norwich, Norfolk, England. He died on 01 Oct 1898 in St. Faiths, Norwich, England (in Asylum). He married Susannnah “Susan” TUFFS between Jan-Mar 1852.
4. Stephen ALGAR was born in May 1826 in Norwich, Norfolk, England. He died in Jun 1846 in Norwich, Norfolk, England.
5. Abraham ALGAR was born on 20 Mar 1829 in Norwich, Norfolk, England. He died in Apr 1831 in Norwich, Norfolk, England.
He lived on Sun Lane, St Clement, Norwich, Norfolk, England5 in 18415. James was working as a shoemaker. At that time, John, Charles and Stephen were all living at home.
In 1851, he was still working as a shoemaker, a journeyman. He lived at Tubby’s Yard, St. Mary of Coslany in Norwich, Norfolk, England6 in 18516. John and Charles were still living there (Stephen having died in the intervening time).
Hannah died in 1858 and sometime after that, James stopped working and moved to the workhouse.
He died on 21 Feb 18662 in Norwich, Norfolk, England2 of natural decay. He was listed as living in the workhouse in West Wymer in Norwich.
Link to James Algar in genealogy.
1 Baptisms (PR) England, Norwich, Norfolk. 2 March 1794. ALGAR, James. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQMW-3SQ : accessed August 2020.
2 Deaths (CR) England, Height, West Wymer, Norwich, Norfolk. 21 February 1866. ALGAR, James. #81.
3 Marriages (PR) England, St. Michael, Coslany, Norwich, Norfolk. 5 October 1817. ALGAR, James and DADY, Hannah. England, Norfolk Bishop’s Transcripts, 1685-1941. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27CS-4V9 : accessed August 2020.
4 Banns (PR) England, St. Michael at Coslany, Norwich, Norfolk. 14 September 1817. ALGAR, James and DADY, Hannah. Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940. https://www.ancestry.ca : accessed August 2020.
5 Census. 1841. England. St. Clement, Norwich, Norfolk. H0107/788/5. p. 26. http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed October 2019.
6 Census. 1851. England. St Mary of Costang, Norwich, Norfolk. H0107/1812. p. 216. http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed October 2019.
7 Census, 1861. England. Smallburgh, Norfolk. RG9/1198. http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed August 2020.
8 Deaths (CR) England. Great Yarmouth, Yarmouth Southern, Norfolk. 8 January 1887. ALGAR, John. No #181.
9 Marriages (CR) England, Registrar’s Office, Norwich, Norfolk. 28 March 1854. ALGAR, John and BELL (previously Green), Ann. No 63.
