BLYTHE, James

(1810/12 - 1857)

He may have died at Guildford. James was the son of William and Ann. He arrived on 09/09/1833 on the Jane. James was married on 19/03/1843 to Comfort Stanton (5/1824 - 29/12/1895) in Bunbury. Comfort died in Bunbury. She was the daughter of Joseph. She remarried James Hayes on 19/11/1860. James and Comfort's children were Mary Elizabeth (1843-1844), Albert Ogilvie (1844-1928), Charlotte Matilda (1846-1926), Roland (1848-1934), Joseph (1850-1919), James Drummond (1852-1897), Comfort (1854) and Esther (1856 - 1896). James was a Private of the 21st Regiment at Murray, being discharged in 1840 and settling at Australind. James was a police constable in Bunbury, discharged in 11/1841 and then worked as a carpenter and wheelwright in 1843. He farmed at Australind during the 1840s. He was in Guildford by 1852 and applied for land there. He was a member of the Church of England.

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