James Gooderham Worts, 1st

James Gooderham Worts, 1st

Male 1818 - 1882  (64 years)

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  • Name James Gooderham Worts 
    Suffix 1st 
    Birth 4 Jun 1818  Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration c.1830  Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Lived at 1850  Lindenwold, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    The Worts Estate, Lindenwold, was built abt.1850 and expanded later.  
    Death 20 Jun 1882  Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial St. James Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I38  Gooderham -Worts | WW family and descendants, JamesWorts
    Last Modified 12 Aug 2018 

    Father James Worts,   b. c.1793, Bungay Parish, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 1834, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Gooderham,   b. 20 Aug, 1796, Scole, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb, 1834, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jul, 1817  Scole, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • James Worts
      Husband
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      Name James Worts
      Sex Male
      Spouse's Name Elizabeth Gooderham
      Spouse's Sex Female
      Event Type Marriage
      Event Date 1 Jul 1817
      Event Place Scole, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
      Event Place (Original) Scole, Norfolk, England
      Source Details Item 7, pg 4

      Note witness includes James Gooderham
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Bright,   b. 9 May 1817   d. 30 Jun 1876, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 1 Oct 1840  Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Ann Worts,   b. 1841, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1849, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 8 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
     2. James Gordon Worts,   b. 1843, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1846, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +3. Charlotte Louisa Worts,   b. 29 Oct 1846, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1928, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +4. Clara Agnes Worts,   b. 19 Jul 1847, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1932, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +5. Emilie Ardelia Worts,   b. 11 Aug 1849, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1897, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +6. Alice Rebecca Worts,   b. Apr 1851, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1927, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +7. James Gooderham Worts, 2nd,   b. 1853, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1884, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +8. Margaret Elizabeth Worts,   b. 7 Feb 1855, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1904, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
     9. Thomas Frederick Worts,   b. 1857, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1903, Toronto, ON, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    Family ID F7  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 Jun 1818 - Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - c.1830 - Toronto, ON, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Oct 1840 - Toronto, ON, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLived at - The Worts Estate, Lindenwold, was built abt.1850 and expanded later. - 1850 - Lindenwold, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Jun 1882 - Toronto, ON, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - St. James Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    James Gooderham Worts, 1864
    James Gooderham Worts, 1864
    Photo taken at the Notman Studio, Montreal, 1864
    Map - Lofty Windmill, York, U.C, 1832
    Map - Lofty Windmill, York, U.C, 1832
    Map of York, Upper Canada, 1832, showing location of mill belonging to Worts and Gooderham, Millers. Also, approximate site of the Worts and Gooderham residence during their early years in York. This image was adapted by Douglas Worts from an early map of York.
    Lindenwold - the estate of James Gooderham Worts, Mill St., Toronto
    Lindenwold - the estate of James Gooderham Worts, Mill St., Toronto
    This was the home of James Gooderham Worts. It was located on the north east corner of Mill and Trinity Streets, Toronto. This is the only known photo of the house. Information about the construction and destruction of the house remains elusive - probably built in the late 1860s or early 1870s, and likely torn down around 1890.
    Worts & Gooderham plots - St James Cemetery.jpg
    Worts & Gooderham plots - St James Cemetery.jpg
    St. James Cemetery, on Toronto's Parliament St, is the site of the final resting spots for Wm Gooderham, James G Worts and the founders of the Gooderham and Worts Distillery. At some point in the past - perhaps during the 1970s - the angel that decorated the original Gooderham monument was stolen or damaged, perhaps by a fallen tree.
    Worts Monument - St James.jpg
    Worts Monument - St James.jpg
    The limestone sculpture that sits atop the Worts plot at St. James Cemetery, Toronto.
    Four dollar bill of the Bank of Toronto with James G. Worts' and William Gooderham's portraits and letter of praise for their service.
    Four dollar bill of the Bank of Toronto with James G. Worts' and William Gooderham's portraits and letter of praise for their service.
    The complaint reads (as best as I can make out): "May 9th this is the first Bill I received bearing the portraits of my worthy old bosses. in keeping with a pair of worthy businessmen who have stood the brunt of over forty years mercantile and other business with integrity and to the great benefit of the community..."

    Documents
    Presentation of a 'saluting' gun to the Oriole
    Presentation of a "saluting" gun to the Oriole
    1881 article about a saluting gun presented by James G. Worts, to the Oriole, owned then by John Leys, Vice-Commodore of the RCYC.
    James G. Worts, Rector's Warden at Little Trinity Church
    James G. Worts, Rector's Warden at Little Trinity Church

    Headstones
    Worts & Gooderham crypt, St. James.jpg
    Worts & Gooderham crypt, St. James.jpg
    The entrance to the crypt at St. James Cemetery, Toronto

    Family Stories
    1831 <strong>The Adventure Begins</strong>
    1831 The Adventure Begins
    By Douglas Worts
    The motivating origins for the move to Canada and the family partnership.

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] England Marriages, 1538–1973, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJMF-FWR.
      James Worts
      Husband
      M
      Name James Worts
      Sex Male
      Spouse's Name Elizabeth Gooderham
      Spouse's Sex Female
      Event Type Marriage
      Event Date 1 Jul 1817
      Event Place Scole, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
      Event Place (Original) Scole, Norfolk, England
      Source Details Item 7, pg 4