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#52Ancestors: My 4th Great Grandpa James Darnley Immigrates from Scotland 1865

October 29, 2014 by Colleen Greene Leave a Comment

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My 34th entry in Amy Johnson Crow’s “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks family history blogging challenge.

The challenge: have one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor. It could be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem — anything that focuses on one ancestor.

I have fallen way behind in this challenge again due to continued health issues the last few months, but I am trying to catch up by the end of the year.


My 34th ancestor is my fourth great grandfather, James DARNLEY (1832- ). This James Darnley is the father of James Patterson DARNLEY (1856-1908), whose murder I blogged about last week.

Ships List. Caledonia, steerage, 1865. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Ships List. Caledonia, steerage, 1865. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.

James Sr., a miner, immigrated to the United States in 1865, along with his 7 year old son James Jr. and his 9 year old daughter Jeanette [Janet]. The family arrived at the Port of New York on 16 October 1865, on board the Caledonia (part of the Anchor shipping line), which embarked from Glasgow, Scotland. They crossed the Atlantic in poor steerage accommodations, sharing space with the ship’s cargo.

No wife for James Sr. or mother for the children accompanied the family on their journey to America. The first wife of James Sr., Anne BODMAN (married in April 1857), was already dead at this time.

Darnley New York Times advertisement

This advertisement in the New York Times ran the very date the family arrived (16 October 1865). It is for the return voyage back to Great Britain, on the Caledonia. The price for steerage passage was $30 U.S. Dollars (I assume, per person). My ancestor and his children traveled steerage from Glasgow, paying in British currency. Source: Newspapers.com.

By the time of the 1870 U.S. Census (enumerated 7 July 1870), James Sr. had remarried — to Margaret METZ (b. 1845) — and settled with their family in Lanaconing, Allegany County, Maryland. Both James Sr. and James Jr. were employed as miners. James and Margaret’s first child, 2 year old Jane, was born by this time.

 Darnley 1870 U.S. Census. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.

1870 U.S. Census. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Genealogy Snapshot

Name: Darnley, James (b. 1832)
Parents: Unidentified
Spouse: 1) Ann Bodman (*), 2) Margaret Metz
Surnames: Darnley
Relationship to CJRoots: 4th great grandfather
  1. Darnley, James (b. 1832)
  2. Darnley, James Patterson (1856-1908)
  3. Darnley, Catherine (1878-1926)
  4. Kennedy, Sarah (1898-1930)
  5. Flanagan, Michael John (1927-1997)
  6. Mom
  7. Colleen

Genealogy Snapshot

Name: Darnley, James Patterson (1856-1908)
Parents: James Darnley and Ann Bodman
Spouse: Sarah Ann Lloyd
Surnames: Darnley, Bodman
Relationship to CJRoots: 3rd great grandfather
  1. Darnley, James Patterson (1856-1908)
  2. Darnley, Catherine (1878-1926)
  3. Kennedy, Sarah (1898-1930)
  4. Flanagan, Michael John (1927-1997)
  5. Mom
  6. Colleen

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People Referenced: Bodman, Anne, Darnley, James (b. 1832), Darnley, James Patterson (1856-1908), Metz, Margaret (b. 1845)
Applicable Surnames: Bodman, Darnley, Metz, Smyth
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: #52Ancestors (2014), immigration, Maryland, New York, Scotland

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