Hon. James Johnstone ROGERSON Mha ¹¹⁰⁴

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Religion: Presbyterian or Methodist: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³⁶⁶⁸

2. Occupation: Apprentice then merchant, 1833-1850, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³⁶⁶⁸

3. Appointment: Legislative Council, 1850, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³⁶⁶⁸

4. Court: Grand Jury Member - Merchant - Water St, 20 May 1852, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ¹⁹⁸

5. Appointment: Executive Council, 1858, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³⁶⁶⁸

6. Occupation: Owner, Peter Rogerson & Son Merchants, 1864-1865, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁴⁷⁸⁹

7. Election: MHA Bay de Verde, 1870, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³⁶⁶⁸

8. Appointment: Receiver General and MLC, 1874-1882, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ^220,3668

9. Occupation: Merchant, 395 Water St, 1885-1886, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁴⁷⁹⁰

10. Residence: 2 Queen St, 1885-1890, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ^686,4790

11. Occupation: General Merchant, Water St, 1890, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁶⁸⁶

James married Emma Garrett BLAIKIE, daughter of Sheriff James BLAIKIE and Sarah WEST, on 21 Jan 1845 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁶⁶⁸.^,4788 (Emma Garrett BLAIKIE was born circa 1819 in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁷⁸⁸ and died on 26 Dec 1876 in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁷⁸⁸.)

James next married Isabella WHITEFORD, daughter of Alexander WHITEFORD and Isabella MATHERS, circa 1879 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Isabella WHITEFORD was born on 3 Jan 1835 in Fair Head, Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland ⁴⁷⁹¹ and died on 2 Feb 1905 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁷⁹¹.)