His birth date is unclear. In a Detroit Free Press article dated Thursday, July 4, 1878, page 1, an article about him falling from scaffolding on his father's property on McDougall Avenue near Franklin Street says he was 7 years old, which suggests he was born in about 1871. In the 1880 federal census, he was still living on McDougall Avenue and was 7 years old, suggesting he was born in about 1873. In the 1900 federal census, it says he was 28 years old and born in December 1874; in the 1920 federal census, it says he was 38 years old, suggesting he was born in about 1872; and his death certificate says he was about 38 years old when he died, suggesting he was born in about 1875. Without an original source such as a birth or baptismal record for James, it is hard to know which of the different years is correct or if he was born in another year.
His birth date is unclear. In a Detroit Free Press article dated Thursday, July 4, 1878, page 1, an article about him falling from scaffolding on his father's property on McDougall Avenue near Franklin Street says he was 7 years old, which suggests he was born in about 1871. In the 1880 federal census, he was still living on McDougall Avenue and was 7 years old, suggesting he was born in about 1873. In the 1900 federal census, it says he was 28 years old and born in December 1874; in the 1920 federal census, it says he was 38 years old, suggesting he was born in about 1872; and his death certificate says he was about 38 years old when he died, suggesting he was born in about 1875. Without an original source such as a birth or baptismal record for James, it is hard to know which of the different years is correct or if he was born in another year.
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