James Eke was born in Foulsham in 1838 and was the son of Joseph Eke (1811) and Charlotte. In 1841 he was living in Bintree Road, Foulsham. In 1851 he was living in Foulsham and working as an agricultural servant. In 1861 he was working as an agricultural labourer and living in the household of Edward Holsey – probably the father-in-law of his younger sister Harriet. He married Lydia Waterson in 1864. He was a volunteer corporal in the East Norfolk Militia in Gorleston, Yarmouth, in 1871. Lydia died in 1877 and he married Sarah Ann Harper in 1878. From 1881 to 1901 he was living in Hindolveston and working as an agricultural labourer.

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• 1. Unknown source. James Eke, b. 1838. Father: Joseph. Mother: Charlotte. • 2. 1841 Census. Bintree road, Foulsham. James Eke. Age 3. Born Norfolk. • 3. 1851 Census. Foulsham. James Eke. Son. Age 13. Ag. Servant. Born Foulsham. • 4. 1901 Census. Cottage, Hindolveston. James Eke. Head. Age 61. Ag Lab. Born Foulsham. • 5. 1891 Census. Hindolveston. James Eke. Head. Age 52. Ag Lab. Born Foulsham. • 6. 1881 Census. Hindolveston. James Eke. Head. Age 42. Laborer. Born Foulsham. • 7. 1871 Census. Gorleston, Yarmouth. James. Unmar [sic]. Age 36. Volunteer Corporal East Norfolk Militia. Born Foulsham. • 8. 1861 Census. London Street, Hindolveston. James Eke. Lodger. Age 22. Ag Lab. Born Hindolveston. • 9. Marriage Registers. Eke, James & Harper, Sarah Ann. Sep. 1878. 4b. 119. Aylsham.