Records of James Bligh on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of James Bligh in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Bligh and the Bligh Family History

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Bligh Family Tree Databases

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Some Famous People called James Bligh

James Bligh

James William Bligh (1810 – 1 December 1869) was an English-born Australian politician.

He was born at Bodmin in Cornwall to conveyancer John Martyn Bligh and Mary Edyreun Hocking. He was a solicitor and migrated to South Australia in 1839. He moved to Sydney and practiced as a solicitor from 1841. He ceased practising due to ill health in the early 1850s. From 1851 to 1856 Bligh was an elected member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. He served in the reconstituted Council from 1856 to 1859 and was the first chairman of Willoughby Council from 1865 to 1867. Bligh died at Woolloomooloo in 1869.

Source: James Bligh, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

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