Hi There
It's SUCH a shame that we don't have at least a father's name for James !
IF his Canadian marriage was his first one, then NORMAL Irish naming traditions would suggest that James' father's name would have been Robert.
Given his older age for his Canadian marriage leaves it open that he MAY have had a prior marriage and children BUT given the specific story re his departure from Ireland SURELY a prior marriage would also have been part of this story, so, for now, I would work on the Canadian marriage being his first.
Brings us back to a POSSIBLE father's name of Robert ~ did the Christian name Robert feature in his wife's family ~ to either rule it in or out as a possibility ?!
What are all the indications of James' religion ?
Was it ever looked into that James was possibly born in another County in Ireland but was just in Dublin around the time of The Rising ?
IF Robert is looking like a possibility for his father's name then I would lean towards Wexford as a possibility ~ just an instinct though !
Also, we are working on the presumption that it was a Power relation of James that was involved in The Rising. It MAY have been someone on his mother's side (we don't know her name though)
A MAJOR job would be to get some sort of an injured list from 1916 together and then go to the irishgenealogy site (presuming that James was from inner city Dublin).
Then see are you getting any sort of a cross reference to any possible Power families.
Again, BIG job, but one for the 'possibly to do on a nice quiet day'.
Was there EVER any mention of a Dublin street that he may have lived on ?
If I think of any more avenues that you could try to chase up on then I shall let you know !
Tara
