James Dorman (1834-1907)

From Historical Hastings


Born in Ashford around 1834 and moving to Hastings around 1861[1], by 1867 James Dorman had taken over the Royal Victoria Library, renaming it to Dormans Library. In addition to the library, he printed a periodical - the Hastings & St. Leonard’s Advertiser[2].

The periodical was eventually sold to F. J. Parsons. In addition to his library and newspaper-man career, Dorman was a staunch Conservative and officiated as a side-man at Christ Church St Leonards. In the 1870s, he successfully fought as a candidate for the west-ward of the town council, and was approached to become Mayor on numerous occasions but declined each time. A freemason (and W.M. of the Derwent Lodge), he was a Justice of the Peace and served as an auditor to the Borough. Dying at home at Braybrook Terrace, a property he had occupied for 21 years to the day of his death, he was interred in the graveyard at Church in the Wood[3].

Children


Children of: James Dorman and Elizabeth Warren Elkington (1835-1886)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Florence Elizabeth Dorman (1863-1863)

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Florence Elizabeth Dorman (1863-1863)

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Herbert Dorman (1864-1935) 25 May 1864 20 August 1935 [[Ethel Georgiana Dollond (1859-1942)]]

Henry Elkington Dorman (1865-1894)

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James Dorman (1866-1939)

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Leonard Dorman (1868-1903)

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Mary Ada Dorman (1869-1940)

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Percy Dorman (1871-1924)

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Ernest Dorman (1873-1945)

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Septimus Alan Dorman (1875-1957)

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