James Bashford Bain (1893 - 1971)
<p>James James Bashford Bain was born in Ipswich, Queensland on 27 December 1893. Born only three months after his parents marriage, he was the eldest child and first son of <strong><ac:link><ri:page ri:content-title=\"James Cairns Bain 1870\" /><ac:plain-text-link-body><![CDATA[James Cairns Bain]]></ac:plain-text-link-body></ac:link></strong> <strong>and Mary Emma Bashford</strong>.</p><p>James married <strong>Eva Mary Yates</strong> James Cairns Bain and Mary Emma Bashford.
James married Eva Mary Yates in Ipswich, Queensland on 4 September 1918.</p><p>Eva
Eva Mary Yates was born in Queensland on 4 November 1895. She was the third child and second daughter of <strong><ac:link><ri:page ri:content-title=\"David Yates 1851\" /><ac:plain-text-link-body><![CDATA[David Yates ]]></ac:plain-text-link-body></ac:link> and Mary Hayes</strong>.</p><p>James Hayes.
James and Eva produced 3 children, 1 son and 2 daughters:</p><ul><li><strong>James Edward Bain</strong> - b.
- James Edward Bain born 7 Aug 1919 ; m. Joyce
- Austin
- Doreen Bain born 21 May 1921 married
- Douglas James Hardie
- Mary Bain b. married Charles Schieffelbein
In 1919 when he was 25, James was working as a railway clerk with the South Division Traffic Branch, based in Ipswich. By the time the children were in their early teens the family were still living in Ipswich in a medium sized timber house on a 66 foot frontage block.</p><p>Because
Because James was a railway man, the family was relatively protected from many of the deprivations of the depression. That said, they didn\'t have money to burn and Eva took in work as a tailoress supplementing the families income, this is most likely because James had a fondness for the racetrack.</p><p>Eva
Eva was religious, and at times a demanding woman with high expectations of her children. All of the children were well educated attending Ipswich Central School moving on to grammar school. The girls especially were raised to be ladies. The family were comfortable, taking regular family holidays to the beach.</p><p>In
In 1939 the family moved to Prospect Avenue in Sherwood Brisbane, where they lived until Eva died in August 1967, she was 72.</p><p>After
After Eva\'s death James moved in with his daughter Doreen and her husband Douglas \ 'Tich\' Hardie, where he lived until his death in 1971 at age 77.</p>',557186,2),(786548,'<p>