Edward Henry Weston b. 4 Apr 1821 Brackley, Northampton, England d. 1 Jul 1906 Pleasant Valley, Scott County, Iowa, USA: The Genealogy Zone

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1821 - 1906 (85 years)

Name	Edward Henry Weston
Born	4 Apr 1821	Brackley, Northampton, England [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Male
Died	1 Jul 1906	Pleasant Valley, Scott County, Iowa, USA [4]
Person ID	I24	Family
Last Modified	2 Apr 2011

Father	Robert Weston, b. 1786, Aynho, Northamptonshire, England , d. 20 Jan 1872, Brackley St Peter, Northampton, England (Age 86 years)
Mother	Mary Rebecca Shorter, b. 1790, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England , d. 23 Jul 1844, Brackley, Northampton, England (Age 54 years)
Married	8 Jun 1814	St Peters Church, Brackley, Northampton, England [1, 5]
Notes	They were cousins.
Photos		St Peter's Church, Brackley, Northants, England Where Robert Weston married Mary Shorter
Photos		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 , d. 25 Apr 1915, Pleasant Valley, Scott County, Iowa, USA (Age 87 years)

Married 15 Jun 1852 Liberty of the Tower of London, England [6]

Children

	1. Robert Charles Howard Weston, b. 12 May 1855, Log Cabin, Le Claire Twp, Scott Co, Iowa, USA , d. 7 May 1907 (Age 51 years)
	2. Mary Rebecca Weston, b. 1856, Log Cabin, Le Claire Twp, Scott Co, Iowa, USA , d. 8 Oct 1921 (Age 65 years)
	3. Fanny Louise Weston, b. 21 Jul 1858, Scott County, Iowa, USA , d. 20 Feb 1949 (Age 90 years)
	4. Caroline Augusta Weston, b. 1860, Le Claire Twp, Scott Co, Iowa
	5. Alberta Alexandra Weston, b. 1864, Iowa, USA

Last Modified 3 Jul 2010

Family ID F24 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Marriage
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.

[S2] Other Researchers - Newcastle family branch.
[S3] LDS - Ancestral File, AFN: 56W7-C7.
[S54] Other Researchers - Marion Carson, Family Bible.
[S3] LDS - Ancestral File.
[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.
[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.

[17] British Census - 1851, 19 Market Square, Brackley St James, England - Edward Henry Weston, aged 29
[11] US Census - 1880, Pleasant Valley, Scott, USA - Edward Weston, aged 59