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Capt James Delaney Buffett Sr.

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Capt James Delaney Buffett Sr. Veteran

Birth
Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death
2 Jan 1970 (aged 82)
Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
Plot
23-9
Memorial ID
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Gulf Coast Master Mariner - sail, steam, and motor
Sailed the Chiquimula and the General Howze
Fur Sealing in the Artic and Antartic

Petitioned for naturalization, 23 Feb 1943. In the form, #692, he stated that he had emmigrated from Halifax, Canada, but had been born in Sydney, Canada. He listed his birthday as 09 Nov but listed a slightly younger date than his gravestone states (giving 1893 as opposed to the gravestone's 1887).

He listed that he had married Hilda Seymour on 12 Aug 1918 in Gulfport, Mississippi... that he had been living at 316 McKinley Street in Pascagoula... and that they'd had children, who he listed as: James, Jr., Patricia, Catherine, and William.

Witnesses: P. H. Walker and C. B. Canty, both of Pascagoula. Naturalization was granted, certificate # 5820587

Note:
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Paternal grandfather of James William
"Jimmy" Buffett, musician and singer,
son of James Delaney Buffett, Jr and
Mary Loraine (Peets) Buffett

In an April 2002 interview, Jimmy Buffett told the
Mobile Register: "... We came on one side from a
seafaring family. My grandfather, in his travels,
certainly was an influence on all of us, it was one
window to the world..."
Gulf Coast Master Mariner - sail, steam, and motor
Sailed the Chiquimula and the General Howze
Fur Sealing in the Artic and Antartic

Petitioned for naturalization, 23 Feb 1943. In the form, #692, he stated that he had emmigrated from Halifax, Canada, but had been born in Sydney, Canada. He listed his birthday as 09 Nov but listed a slightly younger date than his gravestone states (giving 1893 as opposed to the gravestone's 1887).

He listed that he had married Hilda Seymour on 12 Aug 1918 in Gulfport, Mississippi... that he had been living at 316 McKinley Street in Pascagoula... and that they'd had children, who he listed as: James, Jr., Patricia, Catherine, and William.

Witnesses: P. H. Walker and C. B. Canty, both of Pascagoula. Naturalization was granted, certificate # 5820587

Note:
=======================================
Paternal grandfather of James William
"Jimmy" Buffett, musician and singer,
son of James Delaney Buffett, Jr and
Mary Loraine (Peets) Buffett

In an April 2002 interview, Jimmy Buffett told the
Mobile Register: "... We came on one side from a
seafaring family. My grandfather, in his travels,
certainly was an influence on all of us, it was one
window to the world..."


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