James Penrose BOXHALL

   Another name for James was BOXALL.

  General Notes:

Surname found from will of William Blackmore - referring to daughter Florence Mary Boxall

Marriage in 1905, Durban, Natal, South Africa
Entry 1202, June 5th 1905 - by Banns
James Penrose Boxhall, Full age, Bachelor, Post Office, residence Durban
Florence Mary Blackmore, Full age, Spinster, - , residence Durban
married at Private House in Durban after Banns
both signed their full names
witnesses were Christine H Thompson and J W Tockins
married by John J Davies

Likely birth (4 years older than wife Florence)
March qtr 1868
Boxhall James Penrose, Pembroke 11a 770
- on GRO index it gives mother's maiden name as Penrose

1871
RG10/5521 F39 P24
Eastern Terrace, Llanstadwell, Pembrokeshire, Wales
James Boxhall, Head, Mar, 53, Master Mariner, Sussex Winchelsea
Elizabeth do, Wife, Mar, 41, Wife, Cornwall Penzance
Emily Boxhall, Daur, , 11, Scholar, Glamorgan Cardiff
William Henry do, Son, , 10, Scholar, Glamorgan Cardiff
Jane do, Daur, , 8, Scholar, Glamorgan Cardiff
Elizabeth do, Daur, , 7, Scholar, Pembroke Neyland
Charles James do, Son, , 6, Scholar, Pembroke Neyland
James Penrose do, Son, , 3, Scholar, Pembroke Neyland
Henry Edward do, Son, , 1, , Pembroke Neyland
Margaret Ann Vincent, Servant, Unm, 34, General Servant (Domestic), Devon Bideford

1881 (indexed as Boxhorn on Ancestry)
RG11/5277 F187 P72
45 Charles Street, St John, Cardiff
James Boxhorn, Head, Mar, 63, Master Mariner, Sussex Rye
Elizabeth do, Wife, Mar, 51, , Cornwall Penzance
Jennie do, Daur, Unm, 18, , Glam Cardiff
Bessie do, Daur, Unm, 17, ? Shopwoman, Pemb Neyland
Charles J, Son, Unm, 15, Shipbuilders Assistant, Pemb Neyland
James P do, Son, , 13, Scholar, Pemb Neyland

1891
RG12/4388 F69 P40
2 Prince Leopold Street, Roath, Cardiff, Wales
Elizabeth Boxhall, Head, Wid, 62, Living on own means, Cornwall Penzance
Charles do, Son, S, 25, Seaman, Pembroke Neyland
James P do, Son, S, 23, Railway Inspector, Pembroke Neyland
Mary A Penrose, Sister, S, 71, Living on own means, Cornwall Penzance

There is a marriage in Brecknock, Breconshire in Jun qtr 1892 (11b 128) to Ada Annie Evans - but he claimed he was a bachelor in 1905 when he married in South Africa!

No further sign of James Penrose snr after 1891

Marriage Mar 1914 Cardiff 11a 469 - not correct as this was James Percy Boxhall
Boxhall James P to Hepburn
Hepburn Helen E to Boxhall

another death on Freebmd - on Calendar of wills he is James Percy Boxhall
Death Dec 1965 Cardiff 8b 231
Boxhall James P aged 84

On Ancestry there is a photo of Neyland from a member's tree for James Penrose Boxhall 1868-1932

There is a marriage (on Family Search) in Durban on 8 Jun 1946 of 36 year old Leslie Penrose Alexander Boxhall to Lorna Lilyan Lawson(32)

On NAAIRS (SA Archives) - unlikely as he was only 15 and still in UK. This is Cape Colony!, not Durban
DEPOT KAB
SOURCE CO
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 4230
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE B50
PART 1
DESCRIPTION MEMORIAL. JAMES P BOXHALL. REQUESTING APPOINTMENT IN THE POLICE.
STARTING 18830000
ENDING 18830000

Indication of death
Document of National Archives of South Africa - death in 1957
DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 1229/1957
PART 1
DESCRIPTION BOXHALL, FLORENCE MARY. BORN IN ENGLAND. (BORN BLACKMORE) PRSP
BOXHALL, JAMES PENROSE. (DIED 1933) - NO TRACE. DECEASED ESTATE.
STARTING 19570000
ENDING 19570000

James married Ada Annie EVANS Jun Q 1892 in Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales. (Ada Annie EVANS was born on 23 Jun 1865 and died Dec Q 1939 in Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales.)

James next married Florence Mary BLACKMORE, daughter of William BLACKMORE and Ann MUXWORTHY, on 5 Jun 1905 in Durban, Natal, South Africa. (Florence Mary BLACKMORE was born on 4 Aug 1872 in Hammersmith, Middlesex, England ¹ and died in 1957 in South Africa.)