James Whitman Tourgee

1862 - 1937  (75 years)

• Name	James Whitman Tourgee
  Born	2 May 1862	Warwick or North Kingstown, RI   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Aug 1937	Coventry, RI   [1, 2]
  Buried	Pine Grove Cemetery, Washington St., Coventry, RI
  Person ID	I06928	Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2019

  
  

  Family	Eliza Ann Pierce,   b. 20 May 1867, Scituate or Fiskeville, RI ,   d. 4 Oct 1930, Coventry, RI  (Age 63 years)
  Married	10 Feb 1884	Scituate, RI   [3]
  Notes	The location of marriage came from the book "Descendants of Piere Tourjee," p. 387.
  Children	1. Nellie E. Tourgee,   b. 1885, Centerville, RI ,   d. 10 Nov 1914  (Age 29 years)   2. Cora Belle Tourgee,   b. 11 Feb 1887   3. Eva May Tourgee,   b. 23 Oct 1888, Warwick, RI ,   d. 24 May 1943, Providence, RI  (Age 54 years)  [Birth]   4. Grace Isabel Tourgee,   b. 3 Aug 1891, Warwick, RI  [Birth]   5. Myra Edna Tourgee,   b. 7 Jun 1893, Warwick, RI ,   d. 1959  (Age 65 years)   6. George E. Tourgee,   b. Abt 1896, RI ,   d. 1968  (Age ~ 72 years)   7. Henry Welcome Tourgee,   b. 26 Jan 1898, Maple Root, Coventry, RI ,   d. 1966  (Age 67 years)   8. Dewey M. Tourgee,   b. Nov 1899, RI ,   d. 9 Sep 1900, Warwick, Kent Co., RI  (Age ~ 0 years)  [Birth]   9. Hiram J. Tourgee,   b. 1901, RI ,   d. 10 Oct 1901, Coventry, RI  (Age 0 years)  [Birth]   10. Infant Son Tourgee,   b. Abt 1904, RI ,   d. 16 Oct 1904, Anthony, RI  (Age ~ 0 years)  [Birth]   11. James Edward "Buster" Tourgee,   b. 8 Jul 1906, Anthony, Coventry, RI ,   d. Oct 1974  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F02670	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In the 1900 Federal Census, the family is in Warwick as follows: James Card 38, Eliza 33, Grace 8, Myra E. 6, George E. 4, Henry 2, and Dewey Maine?, son 6 months; all born RI; also a boarder Sophie? Hunt, widow 64. (some writing unclear) In 1905 the Card family was living on Hope Rd., Coventry. James's birthplace is given as Warwick. In the 1910 Federal Census, James W. & Eliza A. Tourgee and family are living on Knotty Oak Rd. Their household has one daughter, Myra, and three sons -- George, Henry, & James. They are located next to the Charles C. Whitford family, which includes extended family such as grandfather Philip Johnson, 88, two sons and their wives, an unmarried daughter, and daughter Angeretta (Whitford) Remington and her two teenaged sons, John F. & Philip C. (later known as Fran & Chet). One of John F.'s daughters later married young James Tourgee. In the 1925 RI State Census, the Tourgee family is living on Hope Rd., Coventry, and is listed next to the family of John F. Remington. In 1930 he is J. Whitman Tourgee 68, laborer in farming. The family is living on Blackrock Rd. Eliza A. 62, Henry W. 32, and James E. 23 are in the household. The 1935 RI State Census has his dob as 2 May 1862; residence was 53 Blackrock Rd.; he was disabled from paralytic shcok The book "Descendants of Piere Tourjee" says that James was raised by Cora Belle Card (p. 387). However, I can not find anyone by that name in the censuses, nor can I find James when he was young. James & Eliza named a daughter Cora Belle. Also, Bertha Card, b1906, is buried near them; she is probably their granddaughter. The marriage record gives his name as James Whitman Card. The birth records of some of his children also have the surname Card. Sometime between the 1905 and 1910 censuses, his surname changed from Card to Tourgee. However, on some of the earlier death records of his very young children, the surname is given as Tourgee. His death record says he was born in Crompton; parents' names unknown. However, the marriage record gives their names as Nathan and Rhoda A. (Sunderland) Card.

  
  

• Sources

  [S013278] Descendants of Piere Tourjee, A French Hugenot Family, Nancy Tourjee Mauro, (1987), 387. [S012398] RI Cemetery Database. [S013134] Federal Census of 1910.