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Edward Henry Weston

Edward Henry Weston

Male 1821 - 1906  (85 years)

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  • Name Edward Henry Weston 
    Born 4 Apr 1821  Brackley, Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Died 1 Jul 1906  Pleasant Valley, Scott County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I24  Family
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2011 

    Father Robert Weston,   b. 1786, Aynho, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1872, Brackley St Peter, Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Mary Rebecca Shorter,   b. 1790, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jul 1844, Brackley, Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 8 Jun 1814  St Peters Church, Brackley, Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5
    Notes 
    • They were cousins.
    Photos
    St Peter's Church, Brackley, Northants, England
    St Peter's Church, Brackley, Northants, England
    Where Robert Weston married Mary Shorter
    Churchyard at St Peter's, Brackley, Northants, England
    Churchyard at St Peter's, Brackley, Northants, England
    John Weston and his son Robert are buried here. There
    is a strong possibility that Robert's daughter Mary and son
    John (the first one) who both died young are also buried here.
    Most headstones are unreadable due to erosion.
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah White,   b. 18 Mar 1828, Brackley, Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 1915, Pleasant Valley, Scott County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 15 Jun 1852  Liberty of the Tower of London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. Robert Charles Howard Weston,   b. 12 May 1855, Log Cabin, Le Claire Twp, Scott Co, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1907  (Age 51 years)
     2. Mary Rebecca Weston,   b. 1856, Log Cabin, Le Claire Twp, Scott Co, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1921  (Age 65 years)
     3. Fanny Louise Weston,   b. 21 Jul 1858, Scott County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1949  (Age 90 years)
     4. Caroline Augusta Weston,   b. 1860, Le Claire Twp, Scott Co, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Alberta Alexandra Weston,   b. 1864, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2010 
    Family ID F24  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Marriage
    Marriage of Edward Weston and Sarah White
    Marriage of Edward Weston and Sarah White
    scan of original GRO certificate

  • Notes 
    • Was not at fathers house in 1841. The only possible census record I found was a basket maker living with a family in Coventry.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Other Researchers - Newcastle family branch.

    2. [S3] LDS - Ancestral File, AFN: 56W7-C7.

    3. [S54] Other Researchers - Marion Carson, Family Bible.

    4. [S3] LDS - Ancestral File.

    5. [S27] Other Researchers - Alan Clarke & Marilyn Ponting.
      I have the CD of Northants Marriages. by License. Robert is of Deddington, Oxford (at university?), and Mary Rebecca is outside the parish of St James. In the census she is shown as born out of the area and her parents were born in Oxford, so presumably he met her there.

    6. [S1] Certificate, Marriage, 1852 Whitechapel, vol 1c p788.
      They both are resident in the Tower Liberty (which was not in London or Middlesex - hence 'liberty'). But why would they be here is they were both born in Brackley? Her father John was an Innkeeper, his father Robert a Solicitor, Edward a farmer - all very local occupations. However they must have gone to Iowa soon after, since the first child was born there in 1855, so maybe they were on their way.

  • Censuses 
    1. [17]   British Census - 1851, 19 Market Square, Brackley St James, England - Edward Henry Weston, aged 29

    2. [11]   US Census - 1880, Pleasant Valley, Scott, USA - Edward Weston, aged 59