James was born on 16 November 1883 in New York City, New York.
1,2,3 He married
Adelaide (Addie) Cornelia Van Buren on 21 April 1907 in Our Lady of Victory Church, Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York. Adelaide Van Buren's marriage certificate states that she and James P. Kane were married in the Our Lady of Victory Church, which is located at 28 West Sidney Avenue, Mount Vernon, New York 10550-1999, telephone 914-668-5861. She was 18 years old, and James was 23. Her residence is her parents', 137 N. Railroad Avenue, Mount Vernon, New York. His occupation is listed as decorator and glassworker. His residence address is not legible. The witnesses were James A. McMahon and Margaret Muench.
4 James Peter Kane died on 7 February 1927 in Bronx County, New York, at age 43.
5,6 He was buried in Beechwoods Cemetery, New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, according to his obituary in the Mount Vernon Daily Argus. However, his burial is not yet listed there in Find A Grave.
James Peter Kane and
Adelaide (Addie) Cornelia Van Buren lived in July 1914 in 53 Oak Street, Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York.
James Peter Kane and Adelaide (Addie) Cornelia Kane appeared on the census of 1915 in 135 North Railroad Avenue (now North MacQuesten Parkway), Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, which lists James P, Kane, 30; his wife Adalaide [sic], 26; and their sons James V.B. Kane, 7, and Wm [William] V.B. Kane, 1.
7 He was a glass worker in 1915.
8 James Peter Kane and Adelaide (Addie) Cornelia Kane appeared on the census of 8 January 1920 in 440 Locust Street, Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, which lists James P. Kane, 35, born in New York, his father born in "United States" and mother born in New York; his wife Adelaide, 31, born in New York, her father born in Switzerland and her mother born in New York; and their children James V.B. [Van Buren], 13, William V.B. [Van Buren], 5, and Adelaide, 3 10/12, all born in New York. The family was apparently renting a house at 440 Locust Street.
1 He was an art glass worker for decorative windows in 1920.
1 James Peter Kane and Adelaide (Addie) Cornelia Kane appeared on the census of 1925 in Bronx, Bronx County, New York.
9 His body was interred at in Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York
+. [15 November 1999 telephone call from William Van Buren III] However, a 16 December 1999 letter from the Ferncliff Cemetery Association stated that "Our records do not indicate that Adelaide Van Buren Kane (Wilkinson or Winton) or James P. Kane are interred at Ferncliff." NOTE: Perhaps it is thier son James Van Buren Kane who is buried there?