James DUNSHEE

In 1841, James was innocently involved in an incident that led to a man’s death, after he and a man named Thomas Norton tried to get into the Roebuck public house in West Bromwich. Newspaper reports differ as to James’ part but he seems to have been guilty of no more than rowdy behaviour which sparked off a series of tragic events.

When James' youngest daughter Ann remarried in 1891, he had either moved up in the world or got ideas above his station - his occupation is described as 'Gentleman'.