James Pitt Mabee [34323]
- Born: 5 Nov 1859, Ontario, Canada 32,4864
- Marriage: Mary Solby Thorold [31559] on 24 Oct 1883 in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada 5610
- Died: 6 May 1912 at age 52 1652
- Buried: Bayview Cemetery, Regional Road 42, Port Rowan, Walsingham Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada 1652
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
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