James Pitt Mabee [34323]

  General Notes:

From the Maybee Society files. Not all data is verified. Say dates are estimates and are probably within 20 years. The Maybee Society keeps its data on The Master Genealogist�, and has been modified by Gary Hester?s WIT2NOTE� to form the GedCom file. This information is also available in a TMG file.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Obituary. ⁵⁴⁶⁹ Hon. James Pitt Mabee - Of U.E. Loyalist descent, he was born
at Port Rowan in 1859, son of Col. S. P. Mabee and Frances
Seaton, of Lincolnshire, England. Educated at Port Rowan
Public and High Schools and St. Thomas High School. Later
taught in Port Rowan for a year and a half. Became a barrister
in 1882. Appointed a King's Counsel in 1889, and a Bencher of
the Upper Canada Law Society in 1904. Practised law in
Listowel, Stratford and Toronto. Appointed a Judge of the High
Court of Justice of Ontario in 1905, and held office until
1908. On the death of Judge Killam, he was appointed, on March
28, 1908, to the onerous position of Chairman of the Canadian
Board of Railway Commissioners, which post he held until his
death, May 6, 1912.

• Obituary. ⁸³⁵⁵ Mabee, Hon. James Pitt - Justice, Chancery Division, Ontario
1905-08 - of U.E. Loyalist descent; son of Col. S.P. Mabee.
Born at Port Rowan, Ont. Nov, 5 1859; received his education at
St. Thomas High School. Called to the bar, 1882; Q.C. 1899. In
1905 was elevated to the bench as a Justice in the Chancery
Division, an appointed to the International Inland Waterways
Commission, the same year. Commissioner for the Consolidation
of the of the Ontario Statutes, 1906. Chairman Dominion Railway
Board, 1908. Died 1912

• No Name, 1861, Walsingham Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. ⁶⁷⁹⁴ James Pitt Mabee appeared on the census of 1861 in the
household of Simon Pitt Mabee and Frances Susannah Leaton
Walsingham Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada

• No Name, 1871, Walsingham Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. ⁴⁸⁶⁴ James Pitt Mabee appeared on the census of 1871 in the
household of Simon Pitt Mabee and Frances Susannah Leaton
Walsingham Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada

• Residence, 1880, 12 Imperial Bank Bldg, Exchange Alley, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ⁸³⁵⁶ Mabee, Jas. P. law student

• Census, 1881, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada. ⁸³⁵⁷ James Maybee, M, , 26, English, Ontario, , Law Student, Church
of England

• No Name, 1881, Walsingham, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. ⁵⁶⁰⁴ James Pitt Mabee appeared on the census of 1881 in the
household of Simon Pitt Mabee and Frances Susannah Leaton
Walsingham, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada

• No Name, 1901, Stratford, Perth County, Ontario, Canada. ⁵⁶⁰⁸ James Pitt Mabee and Mary Solby Thorold appeared on the census
of 1901 Stratford, Perth County, Ontario, Canada11 Mabee James
M Head M Nov 4 1860 40 b.Ont English Lawyer
12 Mabee Mary S. F Wife M Jun 6 1860 40 b. Ont.
13 Mabee Mabel M. F Daughter S Mar 8 1885 15 b. Ont.
14 Mabee Lionel L. M Son S Nov 24 1889 11 b. Ont.
15 O'Grady Annie F Domestic S May 21 1872 28

• Memo, 1908. ⁸³⁵⁸ "His Lordship, Mr. Justice James Pitt Mabee, was recently
appointed Chairman of the Dominion Railway Commission. Judge
Mabee, 50, eldest son of late Col. S. P. Mabee, was born and
raised in Port Rowan which he still makes his summer home."

• Census, 1911, Port Rowan, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. ⁵⁶⁰⁹ 5 Mabee James Pittt M Head W Nov 1859 51
6 Mabee Mabel.F. F Daughter S Mar 1885 24
7 Mabee Lionel L. M Son S Nov 1890 21
8 Mabee Francis L F Mother W Jan 1830 81
9 McLean Annie F Maid S Feb 1878 33
10 W??nham Lizzie F Maid S Feb 1874 37

• No Name, 1911, Port Rowan, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. ⁵⁶⁰⁹ James Pitt Mabee appeared on the census of 1911 Port Rowan,
Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada5 Mabee James Pittt M Head W Nov
1859 51
6 Mabee Mabel.F. F Daughter S Mar 1885 24
7 Mabee Lionel L. M Son S Nov 1890 21
8 Mabee Francis L F Mother W Jan 1830 81
9 McLean Annie F Maid S Feb 1878 33
10 W??nham Lizzie F Maid S Feb 1874 37

James married Mary Solby Thorold [31559] [MRIN: 551606679] on 24 Oct 1883 in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.⁵⁶¹⁰ (Mary Solby Thorold [31559] was born on 6 Jun 1860 in Ontario, Canada,⁵⁶⁰⁸ died on 25 Feb 1910 ¹⁶⁵² and was buried in Bayview Cemetery, Regional Road 42, Port Rowan, Walsingham Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Census, 1901, Stratford, Perth County, Ontario, Canada. ⁵⁶⁰⁸ 11 Mabee James M Head M Nov 4 1860 40 b.Ont English Lawyer
12 Mabee Mary S. F Wife M Jun 6 1860 40 b. Ont.
13 Mabee Mabel M. F Daughter S Mar 8 1885 15 b. Ont.
14 Mabee Lionel L. M Son S Nov 24 1889 11 b. Ont.
15 O'Grady Annie F Domestic S May 21 1872 28