James Blades married Elizabeth Dunhill 18 Feb 1854 and had about 12 Children. James' parents were John Blades (son of James Blades and Ellen Jackson) and Mary Hardwick (daughter of ? Hardwick and Elizabeth) m.17 Jan 1831. Elizabeth's parents were Leonard Dunhill (son of Leonard Dunhill and Caroline Hault) and Jane Leaper m. 13 Mar 1826. All this took place in the York/Scarborough area of England. Many of James Blades children came to America in the 1885-1895 time frame and first settled in and around Chicago, then moved to Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin, S. Dakota and Canada. Specifically Mary Elizabeth Blades & Thomas Dunkerly, Jane Blades and Robert Elliott (settled in Iowa), John Jackson Blades and Elizabeth Tindall (Chicago area), James Blades and Sarah Bielby (married in Gary, S. Dakota, settled in Millet, Alberta, Canada) are known to have made the trip to America/Canada. I am seeking more information on the history of this Blades/Dunhill Family. Specifically, my grandmother, Annie Elizabeth Blades was born 1 Jul 1874 in Yorkshire (parents not known), came to America with Mary Blades and Thomas Dunkerly, and married Emil Emmert in Chicago in 1893. She had a cousin John Wesley Tindall Blades son of John Jackson Blades and Elizabeth Tindall.
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