Burton, Elizabeth Edmund

Birth Name Burton, Elizabeth Edmund
Gramps ID I0263
Gender female
Age at Death 77 years, 6 months, 4 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1820-06-03 England  
 
Census 1850 White River Twp, Randolph Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a
Census 1860 Ward Twp, Randolph Cty, Indiana, USA  
2a
Census 1870 Ward Twp, Randolph Cty, Indiana, USA  
3a
Census 1880 Ward Twp, Randolph Cty, Indiana, USA  
4a
Death 1897-12-07    
 
Burial   New Pittsburg Cemetery, New Pittsburg, Jackson Twp, Randolph Cty, Indiana, USA  
 

Families

    Family of Shaw, James Nelson and Burton, Elizabeth Edmund [F0127]
Married Husband Shaw, James Nelson [I0262] ( * 1820-10-22 + 1877-10-29 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1843-06-28 Athens Cty, Ohio, USA  
5a
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Shaw, Minerva [I2322]1842
Shaw, Hannah [I2316]18471889-08-17
Shaw, Joel [I2315]18501943-05-22
Shaw, Edmund [I0241]1852-09-101924
Shaw, Seth [I2317]18541920
Shaw, Henry Richard [I2318]1857-03-071946-11-22
Shaw, Amanda [I2319]1860
Shaw, Mary Ellen [I2320]1863
Shaw, Delbert [I2321]1868

Narrative

On a genealogy.com forum post from 2000, Donna (Shaw) Welker had written that Elizabeth (Burton) Shaw's father was a Sir Edmund Burton, and that Elizabeth was from London. Her posts also confirm that their son Joel (of whom I believe she is a descendant) was the Joel Shaw who married Elizabeth Harshman.

ADDENDUM: On the FindaGrave.com website is a listing for each an Edmund Burton (b. 1780, England, d. 4 Oct 1865) and an Esther Burton (b. 1796, England, d. 7 Oct 1861) in the Old Winchester Cemetery in Winchester, Randolph Cty, Indiana. Additionally, there are US Census records from White River Twp, Randolph Cty, Indiana for both 1850 and 1860 for the household of English-born Edmund and Esther Burton. (The text The History of Randolph County, Indiana also includes the same death dates and burial location for the pair.)

With them in the census listings are several of their younger children, including the last born in England (John, age twenty-seven) and the youngest four - two born in Pennsylvania, and two born in Ohio.

This would suggest that Edmund and Esther came to America from England sometime in the early-to-mid 1820s, migrating across the country until finally settling in Indiana in their later years. There do appear to be records that correspond to the family from England, notably a wedding record from 11 Nov 1818 in Cumbria, England (spouse named as Esther Flemin), and birth records for daughters Mary and Elizabeth (b. 15 Jun 1820) in Ryde, Hampshire, England. It seems likely that these records belong to the Edmund and Esther buried in Indiana.

SECOND ADDENDUM: In the 1840 US Census, there is listed a household for "Edmund Burtin" in Ward, Athens Cty, Ohio - the same county in which purported daughter Elizabeth married in 1843 - where the male head-of-household was listed as between sixty and seventy years of age, with a wife between forty and fifty years old, with three sons and three daughters. The oldest of these daughters is listed as aged twenty to thirty, which seems likely to be Elizabeth.

THIRD ADDENDUM: A photo has finally been added to the listing for Elizabeth on the FindaGrave.com website; this includes her date of death (7 Dec 1897) and her age at death ("77Y 6M 4D"). This calculates back to a birthdate of 3 Jun 1820.

 

Pedigree

    1. Burton, Elizabeth Edmund
      1. Shaw, James Nelson [I0262]
        1. Shaw, Minerva [I2322]
        2. Shaw, Hannah [I2316]
        3. Shaw, Joel [I2315]
        4. Shaw, Edmund [I0241]
        5. Shaw, Seth [I2317]
        6. Shaw, Henry Richard [I2318]
        7. Shaw, Amanda [I2319]
        8. Shaw, Mary Ellen [I2320]
        9. Shaw, Delbert [I2321]

Source References

  1. US Census of 1850 [S0046]
      • Date: 1850
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHV3-DXD : accessed 18 Nov 2014), James Shaw, White River, Randolph, Indiana, United States; citing family 355, NARA microfilm publication M432, NARA microfilm publication M432, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

        Event Year: 1850
        Event Place: White River, Randolph, Indiana, United States
        James Shaw M 29
        Elizabeth Shaw F 29
        Minerva Shaw F 7
        Hannah M Shaw F 3
        Shaw M 0

  2. US Census of 1860 [S0044]
      • Date: 1860
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4NT-VRH : accessed 18 Nov 2014), James Shaw, Ward Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 65, household ID 458, NARA microfilm publication M653; NARA microfilm publication M653. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 803292.

        Event Year: 1860
        Event Place: Ward Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States
        James Shaw M 39
        Elizabeth Shaw F 40
        Menerva Shaw F 18
        Hanah Shaw F 12
        Joel Shaw M 10
        Edmund Shaw M 8
        Seth Shaw M 6
        Henry Shaw M 4
        Amanda Shaw F 0

  3. US Census of 1870 [S0020]
      • Date: 1870
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MX6Y-CDR : accessed 18 Nov 2014), James Shaw, Indiana, United States; citing p. 35, family 274, NARA microfilm publication M593, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 000545853.

        Event Year: 1870
        Event Place: Indiana, United States
        James Shaw M 49
        Elizabeth Shaw F 50
        Joel Shaw M 20
        Hanna Shaw F 19
        Edmond Shaw M 18
        Seth Shaw M 16
        Henry Shaw M 12
        Amanda Shaw F 9
        Ellen Shaw F 7
        Delbert Shaw M 2

  4. US Census of 1880 [S0045]
      • Date: 1880
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHS4-XV3 : accessed 18 Nov 2014), Elizabeth Shaw, Ward, Randolph, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 23B, NARA microfilm publication T9, NARA microfilm publication T9, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1254306.

        Event Year: 1880
        Event Place: Ward, Randolph, Indiana, United States
        Elizabeth Shaw Self F 60
        Seth Shaw Son M 25
        Amanda Shaw Daughter F 21
        Mary E Shaw Daughter F 16

  5. Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958 [S0095]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDH6-GQX : accessed 20 Nov 2014), James Shaw and Elizabeth Burton, 28 Jun 1843; citing Athens, Ohio, reference 2:3VMQV5D; FHL microfilm 0311599.