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He was living in Chesterfield when he passed away, would it be best to check there for an obit?  I'm from Canada, so I have no clue where these places really are except when looking at a map.  It's my understanding that all the places he lived are an easy distance from each other (Rotherham, Sheffield, Chesterfield and Hasland). 

The family seems to be originally from Chesterfield, spent a few generations in Rotherham/Sheffield, then went back to Chesterfield. It was from there that James' son Frank and his large family came to Canada in 1913.  Frank's son Roland went down with his ship during WW2, poor soul.

Are these local newspapers available on microfilm? Obituaries in those days certainly hold massive amounts of information as to how our ancestors lived and what they did.

Well, I checked the city directory for 1840 and it does indeed list him as being a butcher.  This is pretty surprising, to my knowledge most of his life he was a Sheriff in Rotherham.  I guess we all have to start out somewhere, and life leads us down different paths.

Sadly for me, it turns out he wasn't the Sheriff of Nottingham after all 

I will have to try to find them in 1851 I think, to know for sure if it is them.

Thanks for all your help! 

I don't think that's them, but oh well!  Thank you very much for the lookup, it's much appreciated. 

Thank you so much, that's the right one!