Thank you all, for this information on James Swift. Weirdly, I was recently doing some research on a Hallam branch (married into mine) in Salford, Lancashire, but am pretty sure they have nothing to do with John of Toronto!
I am interested in James because I wanted to find out if he was the brother of a relative of mine, Joseph Swift (1831-1892) who did settle in Toronto. He was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire and married Eliza Richardson in 1859 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire. He was the son of Timothy Swift and Charlotte Ford.
I have done quite a bit of research on Joseph, after neglecting him for a number of years, and am sure he is my relative, as I found newspaper references that place his daughter back in Yorkshire as a companion of sorts to her aunt (Richardson) and uncle by marriage. So I have all I need on Joseph. Just thought since I could not find James in England he might have gone to Toronto too.
One interesting note about James Swift Jr. is that he appears to have married Charlotte Holland twice, a couple of years apart, once in Durham Co, ON and then in Carleton Co., ON (probably Nepean). I can't think of a reason this might have been necessary.
Thanks very much for the death notice on James who died in 1911. It would have been the icing on the cake if the funeral had been described including attendees. Joseph Sr. had a son Joseph who remained in Toronto and died in 1933.
