James Arthur Wass

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09/20/2014

James Arthur Wass

James was my Great grandfather. Born in Ripon workhouse in 1884, son of Henry Wass of Nottingham and Lucy Ann Porteous of Berwick upon Tweed. Henry deserted Lucy and went to Ireland to be with another woman, Lucy and her children had to go into the workhouse. One of her sons Henry Wass died in the Boer war.

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