James Boles (Snr) was born in 1816 in Curragh in Kildare, Ireland.
He joined the 15th Hussars in the British Army when he was only twelve years of age. He was sent to India, where he spent the next fifteen years. James married Maria Ainley in Banglore. Two children were born at Madras while they lived in India, James (Jnr) (1848) and Jason (1850).
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