James BISHOP
1823 - 1886

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• Birth	3 May 1823	Cheltenham, Gloucester, Eng
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Oct 1886	Kaysville, Davis, Ut
  Buried	24 Oct 1886	Kaysville, Davis, Ut
  Person ID	I219	Main
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2006

  
  

  Father	Thomas BISHOP,   c. 17 May 1801, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Eng ,   d. 3 Mar 1875, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Eng
  Mother	Eliza ALDRIDGE,   b. 18 Jul 1802, Painswick, Gloucester, Eng ,   d. 8 Jun 1865, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Eng
  Married	11 Mar 1822	Cheltenham, Gloucester, Eng
  Family ID	F116	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sarah STANLEY,   b. 16 Feb 1824, Broadway, Worcester, England ,   d. 21 Nov 1914, Kaysville, Davis, Utah
  Married	31 Dec 1848	Cheltenham, Gloucester, Eng
  Children	> 1. George F BISHOP,   b. 27 May 1850, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Eng ,   d. 18 Mar 1934, Kaysville, Davis, Ut > 2. John BISHOP,   b. 22 Jan 1852, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Eng ,   d. 8 Mar 1917, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ut   3. Heber James BISHOP,   b. 25 May 1854, Gloucester, Gloucester, Eng ,   d. 16 Dec 1874, Cheltenham, Gloucester, England   4. David Arvis BISHOP,   b. 9 Nov 1855, Gloucester, Gloucester, Eng ,   d. 22 Jan 1959, Cheltenham, Gloucester, England > 5. Sarah Alice BISHOP,   b. 25 Jul 1857, Cheltenham, Gloucester, England ,   d. 16 Jun 1940, Kaysville, Davis, Utah > 6. Amos Henry BISHOP,   b. 3 Jan 1860, Cheltenham, Gloucester, England ,   d. 26 Mar 1933, Kaysville, Davis, Utah   7. Alfred Thomas BISHOP,   b. 14 Jul 1861, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Eng ,   d. Mar 1862 > 8. Willard BISHOP,   b. 9 Apr 1863, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Eng ,   d. 12 Mar 1940, Orem, Utah, Ut > 9. Ellen Elizabeth BISHOP,   b. 26 Jan 1865, Bishop's Cleave, Gloucester, Eng ,   d. 28 Aug 1928, Whitney, Franklin, Id   10. Joseph BISHOP,   b. 14 Jul 1867, Charlton Kings, Gloucester, Eng ,   d. 20 Nov 1944   11. Clara Eliza BISHOP,   b. 1 Jan 1873, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Eng ,   d. 24 Dec 1893
  Family ID	F339	Group Sheet

  
  

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  Documents		Life History Read James' Life History
  		Letter written by James Bishop to his son Willard Bishop

  
  

• Notes

  !Bishop family records which cites info obtained from Sarah Stanley while she was still living. !Kayesville cemetery tombstones. !Baptismal cert. of James & Sarah, Sarah Alice, Jospeh and Clara Eliza #1 George blessed 15 Feb 1852; emmigrated to America 1884 #6 Amos emmigrated to America Sep. 1881 Remainder of James Bishop family emigrated to the U.S. 1 Nov, 1884 !BAPTISMS: copy of Bap. Cert. of James & Sarah Stanley Bishop, Sarah Alice, Joseph and Clara Eliza - in possession of Jean S. Vandiver, ggdau. !BIRTHS:- Bishop records obtained from Sarah Stanley Bishop while she was living. !DEATHS: Kaysville Cemetery tombstones of Bishop family. !ORDINANCES: Family group sheets & IGI. James and Sarah Stanley Bishop operated a bakery shop on Duke St. in Cheltenham, Glouc., Eng. They were converted to the L.D.S. church in 1851. They sold the bake shop and sailed for America on the 'Arizona' on October 21, 1884, arriving in New York November 1884. They traveled by train to Utah to join two sons who had come earlier. They settled in Kaysville, Utah. (Info below obtained from sheet submitted by Lloyd Bishop) European Emigration card index 1849-1925 under Bishop. James Bishop - 59 John Bishop - 33 Sarah Bishop - 59 Mary Ann Agnes Stone Bishop - 25 Alice " - 27 Arthur J. Bishop - 6 Ellen " - 19 Ethel " - 4 Joseph " - 17 Nellie " - 2 Clara " - 11 3 children died before they left England - Heber, Davis & Alfred. Ward, Branch & Mission records Cheltenham Br., England Early to 1948 Records of members F13656 Part 17 GS/SLC Membership Card Index (Minnie Margett's file. Film #s 415443-457; batch #6940416) Patrons Section - 14 fam. gr. sheets of James & Sarah Bishop