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James Edward Aranha

Birth
Matthew Town, Inaqua, Bahamas
Death
31 Aug 1918 (aged 55)
Nassau, New Providence District, Bahamas
Burial
Nassau, New Providence District, Bahamas Add to Map
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He married Rosetta Agnes Minns (younger daughter of Samuel Minns, Sr. and Samuel's second wife, Jane Jeanette (Cox) Minns) in St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Nassau, on 5 December 1885. The service was performed, by licence, by the Rev. Saunders in the presence of Robert A. Pearce and Wm. A. Deal. Agnes was born on 27 June 1856, in Nassau, and died on 31 Mar 1941 at her home on Village Road, New Providence, Bahamas. She was buried, the next day, in the Eastern Cemetery, Lover's Lane.

1918 - NASSAU GUARDIAN 27 April 1918 - page 2 col 3:
We learn, with regret, that Mr. Jas. Aranha, Surveyor General's Dept., is seriously ill. A few weeks ago, he returned to Nassau, from Fortune Island, where he was surveying, having had a slight stroke of paralysis.
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1918 - The Guardian of Saturday 31 August 1918 announced:

"DEATH - Mr. James E. Aranha, of the Surveyor General's Department, died this afternoon at his residence in Dowdeswell St. The funeral will take place at 5 p. m. tomorrow - St. Matthew's Cemetery".

The BURIAL REGISTER shows that James E. Aranha of Dowdeswell Street [aged 56 years] was buried on 1 September 1918 by the Rev Weigall and, on 4 September 1918, The Guardian carried the following:-

"A CARD - Mrs. Aranha thank [sic] her friends for their kind expressions of
sympathy shewn on the occasion of the death of her husband".
He married Rosetta Agnes Minns (younger daughter of Samuel Minns, Sr. and Samuel's second wife, Jane Jeanette (Cox) Minns) in St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Nassau, on 5 December 1885. The service was performed, by licence, by the Rev. Saunders in the presence of Robert A. Pearce and Wm. A. Deal. Agnes was born on 27 June 1856, in Nassau, and died on 31 Mar 1941 at her home on Village Road, New Providence, Bahamas. She was buried, the next day, in the Eastern Cemetery, Lover's Lane.

1918 - NASSAU GUARDIAN 27 April 1918 - page 2 col 3:
We learn, with regret, that Mr. Jas. Aranha, Surveyor General's Dept., is seriously ill. A few weeks ago, he returned to Nassau, from Fortune Island, where he was surveying, having had a slight stroke of paralysis.
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1918 - The Guardian of Saturday 31 August 1918 announced:

"DEATH - Mr. James E. Aranha, of the Surveyor General's Department, died this afternoon at his residence in Dowdeswell St. The funeral will take place at 5 p. m. tomorrow - St. Matthew's Cemetery".

The BURIAL REGISTER shows that James E. Aranha of Dowdeswell Street [aged 56 years] was buried on 1 September 1918 by the Rev Weigall and, on 4 September 1918, The Guardian carried the following:-

"A CARD - Mrs. Aranha thank [sic] her friends for their kind expressions of
sympathy shewn on the occasion of the death of her husband".


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  • Created by: Researcher
  • Added: Nov 12, 2016
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172612744/james_edward-aranha: accessed ), memorial page for James Edward Aranha (9 Sep 1862–31 Aug 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 172612744, citing Saint Matthews Anglican Episcopal Church Cemetery, Nassau, New Providence District, Bahamas; Maintained by Researcher (contributor 47327837).