James Andrew Dennis was born in Wadena, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. His grandfather Andrew Dennis was born in Ontario, Canada, but shortly after his marriage he with his family migrated to Chicago. Andrew Dennis and his family later moved to Wisconsin and then to northwestern Minnesota. James Andrew's father James Isaac Dennis and his family moved to Saskatchewan, Canada, before 1915. James Isaac received a homestead grant in 1915 near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The family had probably been working the land for a year or so before the grant was finalized. [Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada, Homestead Grant Registers, 1872-1930, Volume 1852 (1910). Ancestry.com, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada, Homestead Grant Registers, 1872-1930]. The family was recorded living in Saskatchewan in the Canadian census of 1916 [Canadian Census 1916; Saskatchewan, Moose Jaw, 01; Roll: T-21931; Page: 12; Family No: 168. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta ]
During the time the family was in Saskatchewan, World War I broke out, and James Andrew was called up to serve in the Canadian Army. His military personnel file includes demographic details about his birth and his physical examination. On 19 November 1917 James Andrew was called up to serve in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. [Canada, World War I CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; CEF Personnel Files; Reference: RG 150; Volume: Box 2443 – 55. Ancestry.com. Canada, World War I CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918]
James Andrew married Florence Emily Pollidor in 1919-1920. She immigrated from England to Canada in 1919. We do not know how they met or whether they met while he was serving in the Canadian military. The 1921 Canadian census records James Andrew and his wife "Dolly" with their first child living with his mother in the Moose Jaw region of Saskatchewan [1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 155; Census Place: 155, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; Page Number: 1. Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada.]
James Andrew and his family left Canada in 1928 and migrated to Los Angeles, California. U.S. emigration and border control records report their arrival in the United States on 26 June 1928 at Sweet Grass, Montana. They moved from Calgary, Alberta, to Los Angeles. Earlier, the family moved from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, to Calgary in neighboring Alberta in the mid-1920s. Their first children were born in Saskatchewan but their daughter Dorothy was born in Alberta the year before they moved to Los Angeles (1927). [U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Sweet Grass, Montana, August 1917-June 1954; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A3440; Roll Number: 005. Ancestry.com. U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960.]
James Andrew and Florence Emily (Pollidor) Dennis remained in Los Angeles and both are buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Four of their seven children were born in Canada, and the last three were born in Los Angeles. James Andrew's parents both moved to Los Angeles as well, and both are buried there as well.
Contributor: Robert R. King (49566961)
During the time the family was in Saskatchewan, World War I broke out, and James Andrew was called up to serve in the Canadian Army. His military personnel file includes demographic details about his birth and his physical examination. On 19 November 1917 James Andrew was called up to serve in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. [Canada, World War I CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; CEF Personnel Files; Reference: RG 150; Volume: Box 2443 – 55. Ancestry.com. Canada, World War I CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918]
James Andrew married Florence Emily Pollidor in 1919-1920. She immigrated from England to Canada in 1919. We do not know how they met or whether they met while he was serving in the Canadian military. The 1921 Canadian census records James Andrew and his wife "Dolly" with their first child living with his mother in the Moose Jaw region of Saskatchewan [1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 155; Census Place: 155, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; Page Number: 1. Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada.]
James Andrew and his family left Canada in 1928 and migrated to Los Angeles, California. U.S. emigration and border control records report their arrival in the United States on 26 June 1928 at Sweet Grass, Montana. They moved from Calgary, Alberta, to Los Angeles. Earlier, the family moved from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, to Calgary in neighboring Alberta in the mid-1920s. Their first children were born in Saskatchewan but their daughter Dorothy was born in Alberta the year before they moved to Los Angeles (1927). [U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Sweet Grass, Montana, August 1917-June 1954; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A3440; Roll Number: 005. Ancestry.com. U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960.]
James Andrew and Florence Emily (Pollidor) Dennis remained in Los Angeles and both are buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Four of their seven children were born in Canada, and the last three were born in Los Angeles. James Andrew's parents both moved to Los Angeles as well, and both are buried there as well.
Contributor: Robert R. King (49566961)
James Andrew Dennis was born in Wadena, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. His grandfather Andrew Dennis was born in Ontario, Canada, but shortly after his marriage he with his family migrated to Chicago. Andrew Dennis and his family later moved to Wisconsin and then to northwestern Minnesota. James Andrew's father James Isaac Dennis and his family moved to Saskatchewan, Canada, before 1915. James Isaac received a homestead grant in 1915 near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The family had probably been working the land for a year or so before the grant was finalized. [Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada, Homestead Grant Registers, 1872-1930, Volume 1852 (1910). Ancestry.com, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada, Homestead Grant Registers, 1872-1930]. The family was recorded living in Saskatchewan in the Canadian census of 1916 [Canadian Census 1916; Saskatchewan, Moose Jaw, 01; Roll: T-21931; Page: 12; Family No: 168. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta ]
During the time the family was in Saskatchewan, World War I broke out, and James Andrew was called up to serve in the Canadian Army. His military personnel file includes demographic details about his birth and his physical examination. On 19 November 1917 James Andrew was called up to serve in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. [Canada, World War I CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; CEF Personnel Files; Reference: RG 150; Volume: Box 2443 – 55. Ancestry.com. Canada, World War I CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918]
James Andrew married Florence Emily Pollidor in 1919-1920. She immigrated from England to Canada in 1919. We do not know how they met or whether they met while he was serving in the Canadian military. The 1921 Canadian census records James Andrew and his wife "Dolly" with their first child living with his mother in the Moose Jaw region of Saskatchewan [1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 155; Census Place: 155, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; Page Number: 1. Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada.]
James Andrew and his family left Canada in 1928 and migrated to Los Angeles, California. U.S. emigration and border control records report their arrival in the United States on 26 June 1928 at Sweet Grass, Montana. They moved from Calgary, Alberta, to Los Angeles. Earlier, the family moved from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, to Calgary in neighboring Alberta in the mid-1920s. Their first children were born in Saskatchewan but their daughter Dorothy was born in Alberta the year before they moved to Los Angeles (1927). [U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Sweet Grass, Montana, August 1917-June 1954; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A3440; Roll Number: 005. Ancestry.com. U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960.]
James Andrew and Florence Emily (Pollidor) Dennis remained in Los Angeles and both are buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Four of their seven children were born in Canada, and the last three were born in Los Angeles. James Andrew's parents both moved to Los Angeles as well, and both are buried there as well.
Contributor: Robert R. King (49566961)
During the time the family was in Saskatchewan, World War I broke out, and James Andrew was called up to serve in the Canadian Army. His military personnel file includes demographic details about his birth and his physical examination. On 19 November 1917 James Andrew was called up to serve in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. [Canada, World War I CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; CEF Personnel Files; Reference: RG 150; Volume: Box 2443 – 55. Ancestry.com. Canada, World War I CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918]
James Andrew married Florence Emily Pollidor in 1919-1920. She immigrated from England to Canada in 1919. We do not know how they met or whether they met while he was serving in the Canadian military. The 1921 Canadian census records James Andrew and his wife "Dolly" with their first child living with his mother in the Moose Jaw region of Saskatchewan [1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 155; Census Place: 155, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; Page Number: 1. Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada.]
James Andrew and his family left Canada in 1928 and migrated to Los Angeles, California. U.S. emigration and border control records report their arrival in the United States on 26 June 1928 at Sweet Grass, Montana. They moved from Calgary, Alberta, to Los Angeles. Earlier, the family moved from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, to Calgary in neighboring Alberta in the mid-1920s. Their first children were born in Saskatchewan but their daughter Dorothy was born in Alberta the year before they moved to Los Angeles (1927). [U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Sweet Grass, Montana, August 1917-June 1954; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A3440; Roll Number: 005. Ancestry.com. U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960.]
James Andrew and Florence Emily (Pollidor) Dennis remained in Los Angeles and both are buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Four of their seven children were born in Canada, and the last three were born in Los Angeles. James Andrew's parents both moved to Los Angeles as well, and both are buried there as well.
Contributor: Robert R. King (49566961)
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