On 13 Jan 1879 James Alfred first married
Rebecca Emma Young, daughter of
Johann Peter Jung &
Mary Elizabeth Hirtle, in Mahone Bay, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
13 Born on 12 Mar 1850 in Stephen's Island, Indian Point, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America.6 Rebecca Emma was baptized in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America, on 19 May 1850.6 Rebecca Emma died in Oakland, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, bef 1890; she was 39.
dau. of J. Peter and Elizabeth Young
Rebecca Young resided in the Mahobe Bay census district, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia according to the 1871 Canadian federal census. She was a servant in the household of Rev. Ebenezer McNab. Rebecca Young was a Lutheran. (RG 31-C-1, 1871, Nova Scotia, Lunenburg Co., ED 195-H1, Mahone Bay, p. 51)