James Darnley, 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.
James Patterson Darnley (1856-1908)
Family history information about the 3rd great-grandfather of Colleen Greene.
#52Ancestors: My 3rd Great Grandfather James Patterson Darnley, Shot & Killed
Third great grandfather Darnley died 18 March 1908, in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, from a homicidal gun shot wound to the abdomen! And his murderer was acquitted!
#52Ancestors: The Many Husbands of My 2nd Great Grandmother Catherine Darnley
I did not even know the name of my second great grandmother until March 2012, when I discovered the marriage record for her daughter. My second great grandmother Catherine Darnley appears to have had at least a complicated history of marriages.
