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[[File:Newman James Almas.jpg|thumb|Newman James Almas (1866 - 1930)]]

=== (1866 - 1930) ===
James was called by his second name. His father was [[David Almas]] (b. 1840) and his mother was Jane Newman (b. August, 1843, England), daughter of James Newman (1813-1884) and Ann Hayes (ca 1818 - 1905). He married (ca 1894) [[Mary Jane Lambshead]] (born 21 March, 1869, Kingsteignton, Devon, UK - died 22 September, 1950, Burlington, ON). 

In the 1881 Halton County, Ontario Census, James is 15 years old - a "labourer working for Samuel Betzner." In Morrey's Business Directory of 1899: "James Almas, Burlington, Nelson Twp., Tenant - Concession (block), Lot, page 19."

In the 1901 Halton County, Ontario Census, James is described as: 'labourer, male, age 34, born Ontario, Methodist, living in Nelson Township, division 1, page 2."
[[File:Mary Lambshead Almas.jpg|thumb|Mary (Lambshead) Almas]]
The children of Newman James Almas and Mary Jane Lambshead were:

# Josiah Gordon Almas - born 9 February, 1896, Burlington, ON - died 3 December, 1980, Burlington, Ontario. 
# Ellen (Nell) Gertrude Almas - born 20 March, 1896, Burlington, ON - died 5 May, 1968, Burlington, ON 
# Hazel Jane Almas - born 17 March, 1897, Burlington, ON - died 19 November, 1984, Burlington, ON 
# James Frederick Almas - born 19 March, 1900, Burlington, ON - died 5 December, 1983, Burlington, ON 
# [[Ernest Hayes Almas]] - born 1900, Burlington, ON - died 1939, Burlington, ON
# Nelson Clayton Almas - born 22 September, 1903 - Burlington, ON - died January 1998, Milton, ON 
# Mary Almas - born 11 December 1905, Burlington, ON - 5 July, 1907, Burlington, ON
# Newman Ross Almas - 12 January, 1907, Burlington, ON - 5 June, 1971, Burlington, ON
# Winnifred Almas - died 20 August, 1992, Burlington, ON

[[File:Mary Holding Mary.jpg|thumb|Mary Holding Mary]]
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1932 Record'''
|Birth, Marriage, & Death Records Name
|James Almas
|-
|Birth
|Ontario
|-
|Death
|1930 in Halton, Ontario, Canada
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''1901 Census of Canada Record'''
|Census Records Name
|James Almas
|-
|Spouse
|Mary J
|-
|Children
|James F
|-
|Birth
|In Ontario
|-
|Residence
|Nelson, Halton, Ontario
|}
[[File:Jas Almas Family.jpg|center|thumb|600x600px|'''(back) Hazel, Ernest, Gordeon, Ellen, Frederick - (front) Ross, Clayton, James, Mary, Winnifred''']]