Samuel KERSHAW and his Descendants

Samuel's Notes:
1875 CENSUS, Lincoln Co, NV: S. KERSHAW, 45 years, born ENG, laborer. Living with wife, H., and daughter, A.
1880 CENSUS, Meadow Valley Wash, ED 30: 55 years, born ENG, parents born ENG, farmer. Living with wife, Hannah, daughter (Hannah B.) and a male boarder.
1900 CENSUS, Meadow Valley Wash, Lincoln Co, NV, page 38: born Jul 1829, 70 years, born IL, parents born ENG, married 40 years, farmer. Living with wife, Anna; daughter (Hannah LATTIMER) and son-in-law (George LATTIMER). Also living in the household are Charles LATTIMER (boarder, 10 years, born May 1890, born CA, parents born NY, attends school) and 2 male boarders.

Land Records:
10 Feb 1873: Samuel KERSHAW obtained a mining deed from Albert Staples (Constable), by James Hibbard; Book K, page 288. (Samuel had a judgement against James, which necessitated auctioning off James' property. Samuel was the highest bidder, so for $3.50 he obtained 200 feet in the Yellow Jacket Mine and 375 feet in the Enterprise Mine. Both mines were located in Chief Mining District, Lincoln Co, NV. This transaction took place in Bullionville Precinct, Lincoln Co, NV.)
9 Jul 1873: Samuel KERSHAW obtained a mining deed from Thomas M. Mathews; Book L, page 616. (Samuel paid $150 for 100 feet in the Good Hope lead or load in the Ling Valley Mining District. Both Samuel and Mathews were from Bullionville.)
8 Nov 1899: Samuel and Hannah KERSHAW sold land to Mrs. Geroge LATIMER; Book T, page 62.
8 Jun 1900: Samuel and Hannah KERSHAW sold land to Mrs. Hannah Belle LATIMER; Book T, page 542. (Samuel KERSHAW and Hannah, his wife, of Meadow Valley Wash, sold to Hannah Belle LATIMER, his daughter, the following property for $500: NE Quarter of the SE Quarter and the SE Quarter of the NE Quarter and the West One-half of the SE Quarter of Section 24, Twp 4S, Range 66 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian. This parcel contained 150 Acres, and was known as the KERSHAW Homestead, on which Samuel had a US Patent. It was located in Meadow Valley Wash, Lincoln Co, NV. Samuel and Hannah were to have a lifetime lease on the homestead, with their daughter taking possession upon their deaths. Both Samuel and Hannah signed with an X. Recorded 14 Jun 1902.)
8 Jul 1901: Samuel and Hannah KERSHAW, et al, sold land to UT, NV and CA Railroad Company; Book T, page 336.
4 Feb 1904: Samuel KERSHAW, et al, sold land to James and Patrick RYAN; Book V, page 104.

Samuel's name and vitals obtained from Latimer Family Bible (Welsh) in the possession of Joan Latimer FITCH.

Through the Rainbow Canyon by Walter R. Averett, Grand Junction, CO, 1995;
Page 7: "Samuel and Amity KERSHAW established a ranch about 3 miles south of Caliente. The KERSHAWS settled in a side canyon. They planted an orchard and had a fine garden. The ranch passed through various hands; Jim Ryan was the last private owner. The Ryans donated it to Lincoln County in 1934 as a recreation area. It is now known as Kershaw-Ryan State Park. The Civilian Conservation Corps did a lot of the development of the park. Floods in recent years washed out the road and made the park inaccessible until the road was reopened in 1994."
Page 6: "The immediate area of Stine siding, 10 miles south of Caliente, has had a profusion of names. On October 29, 1882, long before any railroad was there, KERSHAW post office was established. (Samuel KERSHAW had moved his family into present KERSHAW Canyon, about 4 miles south of Caliente, in 1870.) KERSHAW post office was on the east side of the canyon, and the original railroad was built there. When Bamberger-Delamar Mining Company put in their pumping plant to supply water to Delamar, the plant was built in the bottom of the wash, near KERSHAW..... KERSHAW post office was renamed Stine on December 30, 1904."
Page 26: "Bullionville precinct was established in 1892, with the schoolhouse as the polling place; Samuel KERSHAW, John Pippin, and John Kiernan were the election judges."
Page 31: "A small building in KERSHAW Canyon was used as a school in 1883. School moved to a building near the hot springs, called the Bath House school, in 1901. A rock schoolhouse was built on Culverwell Street in late 1906, when enrollment had reached 60 pupils in all grades."

From Kershaw Family, Part I, on Ancestry.com: The KERSHAWs came to America about 1844. They boarded the Scotia at Liverpool, England, and landed at Baltimore. The four youngest KERSHAW children (Samuel, Robert, Sophia, Emily)
went west with their mother. The father, Abraham, remained in Philadelphia with daughters Mary and Betty. Thomas and Edwin probably remained in Baltimore, Maryland, where they worked, then later went to Manauka, a suburb of Philadelphia. The eldest son, John, is thought to have remained in England. The second son, James, died when he was ten years old.

From Ancestry.com: In 1841, Samuel resided at Prestwich Cum Oldham, Lancashire, England. From 1855 to about 1857 he was in Beaver, Utah. After he sold his property in Lincoln Co, Nevada, he resided at Iron County, Utah, and was at Indian Springs, Clark, Nevada at the time of his death.

Find A Grave website: Samuel KERSHAW, born July 25, 1821; died February 5, 1910. Samuel is buried at Watsonville Pioneer Cemetery, Pajaro Co, California.

Hannah 's Notes:
1875 CENSUS, Lincoln Co, NV: "H. KERSHAW", 55 years, born ENG. Living with spouse, S. KERSHAW, and daughter.
1880 CENSUS, Meadow Valley Wash, Lincoln Co, NV, ED 30: 54 years, born WALES, father born WALES, mother born SCOT, has rheumatism. Living with spouse, Samuel KERSHAW, daughter, and a male boarder..
1900 CENSUS, Meadow Valley Wash, Lincoln Co, NV, page 38: "Anna", born Apr 1820, 80 years, born WALES, parents born WALES, married 40 years, 1 child born and 1 living. Living with spouse, Samuel KERSHAW, daughter, son-in-law, and 3 male boarders. (Hannah had no children of her own. The girl the KERSHAWs raised as their own was actually the twin sister of Mary Agnes McGUFFIE.)

Hannah's complete name and vitals from Family Bible (Welsh) in possession of Joan Latimer FITCH; Hannah died at 5 0'Clock.

Find A Grave website: Hannah's maiden name is listed as "VAUGHAN" and her birth given as April 1818, Neath, Glamorgan, South Wales. Her burial is listed as June 25, 1904, Meadow Valley Wash, Lincoln Co, Nevada. Apparently her remains have disappeared.

Listed on the 1880 CENSUS, Eureka, Eureka, NV, ED 16, is a William EVANS, 39 years, born WALES, parents born WALES, widower, keeps boarding house. Living with William are 2 male Chinese cooks. Is William related to Hannah Belle EVANS?