Bond - Pioneer Photos Yuma Co, CO

James J. and Emma (Holbrook) Bond, Sarah Bond Reetz, George R. and Elizabeth Alma (James) Bond

If James' story about catering in Ulysses S. Grant's home when Grant was living there - it would have been only a few months in 1877 in Philadelphia. Maybe he worked there after 1877 for another occupant.

In 1870 Jacksonville, Illinois Thomas Holbrook 32, shoemaker, and Susan, 29, have Eliza 8 all three born in England. They also have Ephraim, 6, and Mary 1, both in Illinois.

In 1880 Philadelphia J.J. is 25, a waiter, married to Elizabeth, 19, both born in England. Susan Holbrook, 38, mother-in-law, dressmaker, is also with them, as well as Susan's children Thos., 16 and May 12.

The 1880 directory doesn't have him, but the 1881 Philadelphia has James J. Bond, waiter living at 253 Queen.

BOND, James Volume-Page: 1-57
Application Date: 20 Nov 1883 Nationality: England
Age at time of application: 27

In 1885 York County, Nebraska George 38, born in England, Flora 7, daughter born in Pennsylvania, James 30, farmer, born in England, Lizzie 23 wife born in England, and Nellie, 3 daughter, born in Illinois. (This Lizzie might be the Eliza Holbrook Bond recorded in Nellie's death record)

The 1889 Denver directory has James J. Bond running a saloon at 1362 Larimer, and the same directory has Mrs. Elizabeth Bond living at 636 S. 12th

In Denver 1891 Emma M. Mason divorced William Mason, and September 18, 1892 in Golder Emma May Mason married James. J. Bond. The 1892 directory has a Mrs. E Mason living at 538 Pearl.

The 1895 directory has James' saloon in the Bond Blk, 1362 Larimer, Residence #3, 1224 14th.

In 1899 James is proprietor of the Bonds Exchange, living at 1732 Arapahoe, and Mrs. James. J. Bond is proprietor of "The Bond" at that address.

In 1904 James is living at 1862 Curtis, and Mrs. Emma M. Bond is proprietor of the "New Bond" at that address.

One possibility is the Emma Mason, 27, Illinois, in 1880 Omaha. She's married to William, 41, a carpenter born in Canada. They have William 9 and Gertrude 5, both born in Nebraska. Libbie Lamott -20, born in Iowa, sister-in -law to William, seamstress, is also with them.

In 1885 Jackson County Iowa a William S Mason, 13, born in Nebraska, is living with Rufus and Rosette Henderson, as is Perry Lamott, 24 Laborer. Perry is in Butte Montana in 1903 saying he was born in Clinton Iowa October 1863, saying his father was naturalized, - and a William S. Mason was in Butte in 1900.

One tree said James married Emma M. Garrett, in Denver, and that Emma died in Colorado in 1936. And that Maxwell William Bond was born July 8, 1894, married Margaret Catherine McDonald October 23, 1914 in San Francisco, and died August 1, 1961 in Marin County.

In 1900 J.J. , born July 1853 in England, is a saloon-keeper living near 17th and Arapahoe in Denver. He's been married seven years to Emma, August 1853 in Illinois, two children born and still living. They have four lodgers, and Emma manages a rooming-house.

In 1910 James, 50, born in England, has been married sixteen years to Emma, 47, Illinois. She's had two children, one living. If this and the 1900 census are correct, one child died between 1900 and 1910. They're running a hotel in Denver, and Robert L. Lovell is one of their lodgers. So they probably knew each other in Yuma County.

The 1910 directory has James living at 710 15th, and Mrs. Emma Bond is proprietor of The Bond Apartments at that address.

James J. is living at 1748 Arapahoe in the 1913 Denver directory, and Mrs. J.J. Bond is proprietor of the Hotel Stewart at that address. The same directory has "The Bond (rooms) 1732 Arapahoe"

In 1900 Jacksonville, Illinois, Eliza Bond, divorced, Jan 1862, England, and Bertha April 1889 Illinois, are living with Thomas Holbrook May 1838 and his wife Susan, June 1841, both born in England.

History of Morgan County, Illinois lists Thomas Holbrook, tailor, r ss Jordan w Church, (might mean residence south side of Jordan west of Church )

Thomas Holbrook died September 9, 1901 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, and Susan A. Holbrook died September 26, 1902 in Chicago.

One tree says Bertha Holbrook Dowart was born April 16, 1889 in Jacksonville, married John Edward Landholt October 14, 1907 in St. Louis, and in 1910 they're in Jacksonville with year-old Edward. That's probably the Edwin T. DORWANT marrying Mrs. Elizabeth Bond in Morgan County on March 8, 1888.

In 1910 Jacksonville Eliza Bond is still with mother Susan, and Mae Rice, 42, widowed daughter of Susan.

In 1920 Eliza, now 58, is in Springfield, Illinois, with daughter Bertha and her husband John E. Landholt and their two sons.

Nellie F. Bond married William Sanford August 3, 1899 in Morgan County, Illinois

There's a Nellie F. GRADY in Jacksonville, Illinois in 1910, 28, born in Illinois. She and Charles have been married 3 years, and she has had two children, two living,.

Charles Earl Grady registered for WWI in Morgan County, married to Florence Nellie Grady.

Charles and Nellie are still in Jacksonville in 1920 and 1930 - Charles still a barber -and Nellie says her parents were both English.

Nellie Florence Grady, born March 25, 1883 in Jacksonville, parents James Bond and Eliza Holbrook, both English, died November 23, 1933 in Jacksonville,

Charles Earl Grady registered for WWII, saying he was born Feb 22, 1884 in Brown County, Illinois.

Charles died in Jacksonville February 3, 1947, father Joseph M. Grady, mother Kathryn M. McDonald.

Alma cash-claimed a quarter in section 19 in 1890 - that's probably George's wife, who often used Alma.

Next household - Charles Reeck June 1851 Germany and Sarah May 1850 in England, have been married eight years. Nephew George Bond, June 1886 Pennsylvania is with them.

Elizabeth James proved up a quarter in 3S 44W in 1901, touching the half-section of George Bond's 1914 homestead.

The 1913 and 1914 Denver directories have Mrs. Elizabeth J. James living at 2129 Stout.

The following is graciously provided by Geoffrey A. James, Elizabeth Jane James' great-great grandson through her son William Joseph James.

Elizabeth Jane James was born Elizabeth Jane Underwood, her 1829 baptismal record helpfully revealing her date of birth as 21 Dec 1828 in Southwark (then in the county of Surrey, now part of London). She married William Edward Henry James on 6 Jan 1852 in Stockwell (then Surrey, now London).

This was William's 2nd marriage. His first wife, Julia Elizabeth Stark, died in 1848 aged 23. They had a daughter, also Julia Elizabeth, born in 1847, who married into the Austen family and emigrated to Canada in 1870.

Elizabeth and William's first child was William Joseph James, born in Lambeth (then Surrey - now London) on 5 Oct 1852 barely 9 months after they were married! William Joseph is my great-grandfather. He married in 1880 which might explain why he didn't emigrate with his mother and sisters. He died on 24 Oct 1928. This means that my father - who was born in 1922 and died only in 2017 – remembered William and so my father knew the son and brother of the 3 members of my family you describe - Elizabeth Jane and her daughters Elizabeth Mary Alma and Frances Eliza ("Fannie"). Quite astonishing really, I think. My father described William Joseph as a "big man". As I tell my daughters, "Your grandad held the hand of a man born in 1852".

Elizabeth Jane and William E. H.'s second child was Elizabeth Mary Alma James. Her birth certificate shows she was born in Dorchester, Dorset on 3 Oct 1854. William E. H. was living there at the time as he was a teacher in a convict institution after the prison in London where he previously worked had been emptied due to a cholera outbreak.

Next was Robert Underwood James. Born on 24 Dec 1856 in Lambeth, his unusual middle name is of course a mark of respect to the mother's maiden name. His first name, Robert, was his grandfather's first name. Robert, like William, didn't emigrate with his mother and sisters, although he emigrated to Canada late in life in 1928 to be with his two daughters, Rosalie and Emily. He died in Quebec on 8 Sept 1935 and one of his daughters, Emily, died after her ship was torpedoed on the very first day of World War II, 3 Sept 1939.

Their 4th child was Emily Marian James. She was born on 27 Nov 1859 in Islington (then the county of Middlesex, now London). She died aged just 20 on 2 July 1880, just 3 weeks before her brother William was married.

Lastly, was Frances Eliza James, born in Islington on 2 Feb 1864 and died on her birthday in Denver in 1930, after a road accident.

After William E. H. James died in Oct 1865, his wife moved back to Lambeth in south London and is shown there in the 1871 census with one son (William) and two daughters (Emily and Frances). The other son (Robert) is living with Elizabeth Jane James's father, Robert Underwood, near Southampton (Hampshire), while the remaining daughter, Elizabeth Mary Alma, is living near her mother, working as a domestic servant.

I have no exact information to confirm when Elizabeth Jane and the two living daughters emigrated other than the conflicting data found on the US censuses. It is unlikely that Elizabeth Jane would have emigrated before at least one of her daughters. We know that Elizabeth Mary Alma married in 1887, a year after emigrating, and while it's possible she went with her mother, the 1900 USA census says that the mother had been in the USA 11 years by 1900 (suggesting 1889). This would mean that the mother had more likely travelled with Frances Eliza than with Elizabeth Mary Alma.

Elizabeth Mary Alma (often just known as Alma by this time) James married George Richardson Bond on 30 June 1887, this being his second marriage. Frances Eliza (known as Fannie) married William C. King in 1899.

Some space should perhaps be given to clarifying the question of whether or not Elizabeth Mary Alma Bond (nee James) had children of her own.

A number of contemporary reports concerning her family in the USA contain unintentional errors which have found their way into family records in Ancestry, so gaining undeserved validity. Some reports, such as an obituary published in Santa Ana, California, state she had up to 5 children and variously name them as William, Clarence, Minnie, Florence and George Bond.

Minnie was born in 1875, Florence in 1876 and George in 1878, years before Alma even arrived in the USA, before she married George in 1887 and during the lifetime of George's first wife, Mary, who died in 1884. They were, therefore, not the product of her marriage to George Bond but the girls clearly came to regard Alma as their mother for all intents and purposes. The child George died in 1884 so would not even have known Elizabeth Mary Alma.

As far as William Sam Bond is concerned, the evidence shows that the 1900 Federal Census describes him as aged 14 (so born in 1886) and is listed as "Boarder", which would be strange if he is George or Alma's son. In the sections where the place of birth of his parents should be is the abbreviation "Un" implying "unknown". The 1910 Census states that both of his parents were born in the USA but neither George, his first wife, nor Alma were born in the USA. What all this seems to suggest is that William was not the son of Alma or George Bond, but that of a relative of George.

For Clarence, the 1900 Federal Census does not mention him although he was apparently only about 4 years old at the time, which does seem odd. The 1910 Census shows him as "Charles P" and is described as "orphan", which would not fit with being the son of Alma or George Bond but would explain why he wasn't on the 1900 Census. Where the place of birth for his parents should be, it shows "(State Home)", a fact more likely to apply to the child than to his parents, given he is an orphan. The 1920 Census now shows him as "Clarence" aged 24 but that his father was born in Germany, which is not true for George Bond.

His military registration card (1917) gives a date of birth of 4 Feb 1896 and his name as "Clarence Pearl Bond" but his 1942 military registration card gives his name as "Clarence Putnam Bond". The evidence heavily suggests that Clarence Pearl Bond and Clarence Putnam Bond are the same person. Why his middle name varies is unknown for sure although perhaps he viewed the name "Pearl" as a touch too feminine and "Putnam" perhaps relates to one of his biological parents. As for his first name appearing as "Charles" in 1910, this may simply have been an error by the enumerator. As with William Sam, it is likely Clarence was the son of a relative of George, and, as with Minnie and Florence, it is likely that both William Sam and Clarence came to regard Alma as their mother.

However, there is a final conclusive piece of information. Both the 1900 and 1910 Censuses do state Alma had had 4 children between 1887 and 1900 but, crucially, another census column states that none had survived.

All this seems to totally confirm that the 5 children named above were not Alma's and that any children she may have genuinely given birth to did not survive.

As for Frances Eliza King (nee James), she and William C. King had two sons - Harold ("Harry") H. King (born 8 June 1903) and William J. King (born 10 Oct 1907). Some records give William J. King's year of birth as 1908 but it is more likely to be 1907 than 1908 given that parents were asked at the time of April 1910 census for his age at the last birthday (October 1909) and they said "2", implying 1907. 1907 is also the year shown on his social security death index entry.

Harry was married twice – to Lola A. Renslow and then Etta Josephine Childre. In 1964 Etta arranges for a military memorial stone for Harry in Fairmount Cemetery in Denver. Neither marriages produced children.

William married divorcee Lucy Luly Barler in 1934 although her maiden name is misspelt "Bailor" on the record. They had one child, Donald Lee King, born in either 1936 or 1937.

In 1900 North Globeville (Denver) H.C. King, Mar 1862 Iowa, is married to Fannie Feb 1867 in England - Elizabeth said she'd immigrated in 1881, so Fanny probably came with her.

In 1910 William King is a laborer in "public works", and they've had three children - two living. Harry, 6 and Wm. Jr. 2.

March 25, 1871 Philadelphia "The residence of George Bond, Third and Noble streets, was robbed on Thursday night of a gold watch, chain, and articles of clothing."

In 1880 Delaware County Pennsylvania George Bond is 31, Ellen 29, both born in England. Minnie H. 5, in Connecticut, Flora E. 3, Pennsylvania, and George J. 2, Pennsylvania

The tree said George married Mary Ellen Eldershaw in 1870 in Staffordshire, and they were living in Delaware County, Pennsylvania in 1880, and that she died September 26, 1884 in York Nebraska, buried in the Council Church Yard Cemetery. The tombstone says "Mary E. wife of G. Bond died Sept 26 1884 aged 33 years

BOND, George Volume-Page: 1-56
Application Date: 03 Nov 1883 Nationality: England
Age at time of application: 36

Council Cemetery has Georgie Bond - Jan 2, 1878 - Jan 11, 1884 " Son of G. and M. Bond"

That might be the Florence Bond born October 4, 1873 in Philadelphia, father Geo. Bond, mother Martha.

Florence Elizabeth Bond, born September 10, 1875 in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, married Philip John Doenges November 20, 1897 in Allen County, Indiana.

George Bond proved up a quarter in section 29, 3S 43W in 1894, so he arrived about 1887. He married Mary E. A. James June 30, 1887 in Denver - the JP who performed the ceremony was W. C. O'Brian of Kingston, Colorado (now part of Denver).

In 1900 Lansing, (Arapahoe County at that time) George, born Aug 1846 in England, and Alma October 1854 in England (four children, none living) have William Bond, boarder, born Jan 1886 in Colorado, and Elizabeth J. James, mother, born July 1829 in England. Elizabeth has had six children, four living.

1901 "Chas Reeck has been here the past few weeks remodelling the Bond home. Mr. Bond has good ideas as to the appointments of a convenient home, and Mr. Reeck is competent to execute the ideas."

1902 "Chas. Reeck and George Bond have made some needed repairs on the roads between their ranches and Wray near the Arickaree crossing."

In 1910 a William S. Bond, 23, is boarding with George and Alice Klie in Lansing.

In 1910 Yuma County George and "Elizabeth M, A," have "orphan" Charles P. Bond, 13, born in Colorado, and Alma's mother Eliza is with them at 81. Eliza has had five kids, two living ?

George married Elizabeth Mary A. James in Lansing June 30, 1887, a year after she immigrated, and that she died April 21, 1934, buried in Sunnyside, Myrtle, California.

In 1920 George R. and Alma are in Long Beach - Alma immigrating in 1886, George in 1871, both naturalized in 1888.

Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach has a George R. Bond August 30, 1846 - April 18, 1926, and an Elizabeth Ann Bond, October 3, 1854 - October 21, 1934.

In 1910 Lansing Philip J. Doenges, 37, born in Indiana, and Florence E. 33, Pennsylvania, both parents in England, have Robert F, 12, Helen S. 10, John L. 8, Paul G. 6, and Earnest A. 4 - all born in Indiana. Philip is a house carpenter,. They had been in Allen County in 1900.

1912 "George Bond, who was down from Denver, attending the funeral of his son-in-law, Philip Daniels, of Idalia, returned home Wednesday."

"Philip Daniels, an old-time settler of the the (sic) south part of the county, died last Saturday. He leaves a wife and several children, the eldest of whom is a boy of fourteen."

Florence moved back to Fort Wayne - in the 1913 directory at 2440 Pennsylvania (wid Philip), and Robert C. a "heater at Bowser's" has that same address.

In 1920 she's married to John Durr, 39, and in Fort Wayne are Helen, John, Paul, Florence Doenges 9, and Lucile Durr 14, fgerald Durr, and three-month James.

Samuel 36, and Sarah 22, in Bates County Missouri - both born in England. In 1900 Samuel -February 1844 and Sarah May 1857 have been married 25 years. They said they immigrated in 1871 and were naturalized. - no children,. In 1910 they're in Long Beach.

Samuel Bond was interred July 7, 1914 in Sunnyside Cemetery - Myrtle, Section 62, grave 8. - same cemetery as George R.

1901 Haigler "Clarence Bond and Eavert Irwin, of Benkelman, are working for Mr. Larned."

In 1920 there's a William Bond in Adams County, 34 married to Annie, 23 born in Wisconsin. Ralph 5, was born in Missouri and Harold 3, in Colorado.

All four are in Aurora in 1930, and in 1940 Aurora William is a carpenter, with Anna and Harold, a clerk.

1913 "Mrs. James, Mr. and Mrs. George Bond, and Etta Reeks took dinner at Mr. Shier's Monday."

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