Samuel WESTON
(1806-1894)
Sarah NEWICK
(1818-1897)
Robert BURGESS
(-)
Elizabeth
(-)
William WESTON
(1843-1908)
Mary Rebecca BURGESS
(1840-1900)
William Robert WESTON
(1874-1913)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Rebekah Asenath HAM

William Robert WESTON

  • Born: 22 Oct 1874, Etchingham, Sussex, England 2
  • Married: 27 Sep 1893, Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., NH, USA 1
  • Died: 22 Sep 1913, Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., NH, USA 3

   Research Notes:

Like his Weston cousins Alfred John, Richard Samuel and William Rowland, William Robert emigrated to the City of Portsmouth in Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.

William and his family went back to Etchingham in Sussex England* and then returned to the USA, arriving in Boston on 7 Oct 1897 per S. S. Canada. William, 23, was a shoecutter. Traveling with him was wife Asenath (26) and son Morrison (3).

* Asenath (27) and son Morrison (11 months), accompanied by William's sister Rose E. Weston (24), arrived in Liverpool England on 8 Oct 1896 per S. S. Servia.

William Robert Weston, steam fitter, returned for a second time to England with his daughter Emma Lois Burgess Weston. They arrived back in Boston on 5 Oct 1911 per S. S. Arabic.

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1900 U.S. Federal Census (called William R.):

Age given: 25 years
Birthplace given: England
Dwelling Place: Portsmouth Ward 8, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
Occupation: Cutter in Shoe Factory
How long married: 6 years
How many children: 4 (2 still living)

Present were wife Rebecca A. (32) of England, children (born in NH): William M. (6), Emma L. B. (7 months)

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1910 U.S. Federal Census (called William R.):

Age given: 35 years
Birthplace given: England
Dwelling Place: Portsmouth Ward 3, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
Occupation: Pipefitter, Navy Yard
How long married: 16 years
How many children: 6 (3 still living)

Present were wife Rebecca A. (39) of England, children (born in NH): William M. (15), Emma L. (11), Burgess C. (10)

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William R. Weston, married, born in England, 22 Oct 1874, son of William Weston and Mary Burgess, died of peritonitis after a ruptured appendix, aged 39 years, 11 months

   Marriage Information:

William married Rebekah Asenath HAM, daughter of Charles J. H. HAM and Mary Ann MITCHELL, on 27 Sep 1893 in Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., NH, USA 1. (Rebekah Asenath HAM was born in Jun 1868 in England and died on 16 Apr 1940 in Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., NH, USA 4.)

   Marriage Notes:

William R. Weston, 19, shoecutter, born in England, son of William Weston and Mary, and
Rebecca A. Horn, 26, servant, born in England, daughter of H. and Mary Ann

Sources


1 New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947.

2 England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008, Ticehurst district, 4th Quarter, vol. 2b, p. 94.

3 New Hampshire, Death Records, 1654-1947.

4 New Hampshire, Deaths and Burials, 1784-1949, Rebekah Asenath Weston, daughter of Charles J. H. Ham & Mary Ann Mitchell.


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