John Baptiste James (1810-1895) and Amelia Moreau (1830-1897)

John Baptiste James Parents First Marriage

Born: 14 December 1810 in Missouri.^1,2

Christened: 8 January 1811.¹

Married: Amelia Moreau between 1853 and 1860.³

Died: 29 December 1895.⁴

Buried: ? in Glenn County, California.⁴

Amelia Moreau

Born: about 1830 in Missouri.⁵

Died: 19 November 1897.⁶

Children

No children.

Notes on John Baptiste James

He was a trader in 1850.²
He was a stock raiser in 1860.⁷
In 1870 he was a farmer.⁸
Was a hotel keeper in the 1880 census.⁹
Has a entry about his life in Guinn's History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Tehama County, 1902, 1906, p. 1711. If anyone can email me this page, I'd appreciate it.

Notes on Amelia Moreau

She had a brother named Edward Moreau.⁶

Sources

1. Register of St. Ferdinand parish, Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri (christening record 8 January 1811). His christening record calls him "Jean Baptiste James."

2. 1850 Federal Census of District 82, St. Louis, Missouri.

3. John James's first wife died in 1853 and he is married to Amelia Moreau in the 1860 census.

4. Newville Cemetery Census.

5. 1860 Federal Census of Monroeville, Colusa, California.

6. Lingenfelter Archives, housed by California State University at Chico.

7. The Newville Cemetery Census states that he was born 3 May 1845.

8. 1870 Federal Census of Stoney Creek, Tehama, California.

9. 1880 Federal Census of Paskenta, Tehama, California.