Greenwood was born on 19th September 1881 to James Magnall (GM021/149) and Alice Greenwood (GM022) (RoB Burnley 1881 Q4 Vol.8e p.432). Details of his birth certificate are shown below:
| Registration District Burnley |
| 1881 Birth in the Sub-District of Burnley in the County of Lancaster |
| No. | When and where born |
Name, if any | Sex | Name and Surname of Father |
Name and Maiden Sur- name of Mother |
Rank or Profession of Father |
Signature, Description and Residence of Informant |
When registered |
Signature of registrar |
Baptismal Name if added after Registration of Birth |
| 432 | Nineteenth September 1881 Gretna Green Habergham Eaves U.S.D. |
Greenwood | Boy | James Magnall |
Alice Magnall formerly Greenwood |
Coal Miner |
X The mark of James Magnall Father Gretna Green Habergham Eaves |
Thirteenth October 1881 |
Robert Munn Registrar |
Greenwood was christened on the 3rd November 1881 in Habergham Eaves (VRI).
Greenwood married Ellen Maud Hollinrake (EM187) (b.7 Apr 1885, d.27 Sep 1964) on the 7th Nov 1907 in Burnley (RoM Burnley 1907 Q4 Vol.8e p.546) and they had two children, both who appear to have been born in the USA:
- DM054 James Greenwood (b.4th Dec 1916, d.5th Dec 1993)
- DM053 Grace Alice (b.c.1921).
The Ellis Island web site has records of immigration. These records show that Ellen, James and Grace arrived in New York on board the Berengaria on 10th October 1924 from Southampton in the UK. Presumably they had been “back home” to visit relatives but Greenwood had stayed in their home in San Francisco. The manifest also shows that they had been living in the US since about 1911 but I have yet to find immigration records to show this.
Greenwood died on 21st Oct 1934.
James Greenwood was a Physician in Long Beach, Southern California and had two sons James Greenwood Magnall (Jnr) and Geoffrey who live in Southern California.
[Last updated 08 Dec 2004]