Folk Biography Information
| Name | Trueman, James |
| Date of Birth | 1854 |
| Location/Community | Ashbrook |
| Notes | Listed by Alfred Williams as James Truman. Birth / baptism Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Cirencester, 1854, Jan, Feb, Mar, Vol. 3a p. 309; Ampney St Peter, Gloucestershire, 1854 [AB]; Marriage No trace. Death / burial Gloucestershire, Cirencester, 1924, Jan, Feb, Mar,Vol. 6a, p 614, age, 70, James Truman; 24 March, 1924 [AB] Williams / others notes Literate [AB] |
| Census Information | Census 1911 Listed as James Truman. Place of birth, Ampney St Peter, Gloucestershire, c. 1855, age, 56; address, Ampney St Mary, Cirencester, Gloucestershire; occupation, stone mason; living with, wife, Maria, age, 61, place of birth, Harnhill, Gloucestershire; granddaughter?, Olive Mabel, age, 5; place of birth, Hammersmith, London. Census 1901 Listed as James Trueman; Place of birth, Ampney St. Peter, Gloucestershire; c. 1852; Age, 49; address, in village, Ampney St. Mary, Gloucestershire; occupation, stonemason; living with, wife, Maria, age, 51; place of birth, Ham Hill [Harnhill], Gloucestershire; daughter, Agnes, age, 14; place of birth, Ampney St. Mary; occupation, general servant, domestic. Census 1891 Listed as James Truman. Place of birth, Eastington, Gloucestershire; c. 1854; Age, 37; address, in village, Ampney St. Mary, Gloucestershire; occupation, mason; living with, wife, Maria, age, 41; place of birth, Harnhill, Gloucestershire; son, Thomas, age, 12; occupation, masons assistant; daughter, Mary Elizabeth, age, 10; scholar; son, Richard, age, 8; scholar; son, Frederick Jas. [James], age, 6; scholar; daughter, Agnes Mabel, age, 4; scholar; place of birth all siblings, Ampney St. Mary. Census 1881 No trace. The parents of James Trueman are listed in Ampney St. Peter. Census 1871 Listed as James Truman. Place of birth, Ampney St. Peter, Gloucestershire; c. 1854; Age, 17; address, Church Cottage, Ampney St. Peter; occupation, stone mason; living with father, James, age, 45; place of birth, Maiseyhampton, Gloucestershire; occupation, stone mason; mother, Mary, age, 49; place of birth, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Census 1861 Listed as James Trueman. Place of birth, Ampney St. Peter, Gloucestershire; c. 1854; Age, 7; in village, Ampney St. Peter; scholar; living with, father, James, age, 35; place of birth, Maiseyhampton, Gloucesterhsire; occupation, mason; mother, Mary, age, 39; place of birth, Cirencester, Gloucestershire; brother, Frederick, age, 9; scholar; place of birth all siblings, Ampney St. Peter; also, grand mother, Dinah Manning, age, 76; place of birth, Barnsley, Gloucestershire; pauper. |
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