Stephen Shakespeare:
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(For London
Record Office, Chancery Lane, Register of Baptist Congregation,
Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England, Births 1791-1830,
RG-4Series #4481, British Film Area 1. 1482446): names Stephen's
parents and birth dates of Stephen's siblings. |
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(Ship
Passenger Lists at the National Archives and Records
Administration, Washington, D.C., USA): Shakespeare, Stephen B.
, age 30, tailor, born England, traveling to US; Wife Emma, age
21, born England and children: Alice, age 1; Lucy, age 3;
William, age 4; and Emma, age 7, all sailed on US Ship Nicholas
Biddle from Liverpool, England and landed in New York City
4Sep1841. |
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(Records of
Stanley Hart Brewster, grandson of Mary Jane Shakespeare
Brewster): Stephen's middle name was Bouden. |
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(Excerpt of
a letter fragment by Florence Wright Brewster to her daughter
Marjorie Brewster Crandall, page 2, ca 1949): ".......Shakespeares
given name was. Also wanted to know gramdma S-- [Emma Carter]
maiden name. She was a daughter of a wealthy English iron
merchant by the name of [Theophilus] Carter. Grandpa [Stephen
Shakespeare] had a brother, John S- -. When you and Stanley
[Stanley Hart Brewster] were small (Stan a baby) Uncle John
visited us when we lived in Elmira [ca.1910]. He had a daughter
with whom he lived in Penna. I have forgotten where it was, so
long ago [Canton, Bradford County, PA.]. Uncle John was a fine
courtly type of man and we enjoyed him. No doubt he passed away
many years ago, probably. Grandma Shakespeare was a courtly old
lady, tall and rather a commanding type. When she was a little
girl (Aunt Sate [Sarah Anne Shakespeare] told me) her nurse used
to take grandma S.- - to dancing school and bring her home." |
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(1850
Census, Laurens, Otsego County, NY, pg 240, lines 16-23):
Stephen B. Shakespeare, age 39, tailor, born England; wife Emma,
age 33, born England; son William, age 14, born England; Emma,
age 16, born England; Lucy, age 13, born England; Alice, age 10,
born England; Mary J., age 9, born England [NY]; Sarah A., age
4, born England [NY]. |
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(Records of
Quentin Cabell Smith): The family moved from Otsego County, NY
to Tioga County, PA after 1850, probably before 1855 when their
son William was listed in Otsego county alone, and before 1859
when their daughter Alice was married in Tioga County. |
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(1860
Census, Elkland, Tioga County, PA): Stephen Shakespeare, age 50.
tailor; wife Emma L, age 43; daughter Emma, age 24; son William,
age 23, laborer-farmer; daughter Alice Cody [Cady], age 19;
daughter Mary, age 17; daughter Sarah, age 14; son-in-law James
Cody [Cady], age 30, clerk. |
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(1880
Census, Campbell, Steuben County, NY): Stephen Shakespeare, age
70, tailor, born England, parents born England; wife Emma, age
60, born England, keeping house, parents born England; daughter
Sarah, single, age 28, born NY, at home, parents born England.
[per Judy Cwiklinski, Coordinator NY GenWeb, Steuben County, NY,
30Apr2003 - The New York State Census shows the family there in
1875, also.] |
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(History of
Tioga County, PA, W.M. Munsell & Co, NY 1883, Tioga Twp & Boro
History, Henry H. Goodrich, biography of Harris Hotchkiss [
father-in-law of Alice (Shakespeare) Cady Hotchkiss]):
Seymour's wife was born at Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire,
England, her father being Stephen B. Shakespeare, who claimed to
be a lineal descendant of the poet. As the latter had one son
and three brothers it is not improbable there is a collateral if
not lineal blood relationship. |
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(Letter from
Stephen's grandson Walter Stephen Brewster to Walter's son
Stanley Hart Brewster, Syracuse, NY, March 8, 1935):
..."Mother's people Grandfather Shakespeare came to America
with wife and 4 small children from England. Two were born
afterwards in NYC (Mother and Aunt Sate.) He was a tailor by
trade the son of a baptist preacher, an ardent churchman and a
fine intelligent gentleman. His line races through the same line
as Shakespeare the poet. He was considered a very impressive
public speaker of course in a limited way. He died at our home
when I was about 12 yrs of age." [Walter was born in 1867 and
his family lived in Hornby, Steuben County, NY. at the time of
Stephen's death.] See record of Emma (Carter) Shakespeare for
continuation of the letter. |
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(1891 City
Directory, Campbell, Steuben, NY): Listed as widow of Stephen
and a resident next to listing of her unmarried daughter Sarah. |
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(Continuation of a letter from her grandson Walter Stephen
Brewster to his son Stanley Hart Brewster, Syracuse, NY March 8,
1935): ..."Grandmother Shakespeare was a Carter - the daughter
of a wealthy merchant. She had considerable education
considering the time & sex. She was a very refined,
conscientious Christian woman, truly Victorian [underlined]. Of
their children 5 girls & l boy all grew to adulthood. One girl I
do not remember - she & her family moved west soon after I was
born [Lucy (Shakespeare) Nye.] See records of Stephen B.
Shakespeare for more about Emma |
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Concerning
the others, they were all of a very positive trend. All more or
less peculiar or different. And yet that peculiarity of
disposition or personality was individual. There were not two of
them alike--except perhaps in that they were all high strung &
of no little personal pride." See record of Mary Jane
(Shakespeare) Brewster for continuation. |
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(Records of
Quentin Cabell Smith): Emma is enumerated with her parents in
the 1850 and 1860 census records. She may have died in New York
City. |
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(1850 and
1855 census Records, Laurens and Milford, Otsego County, NY):
William was enumerated in the household of his father Stephen
Shakespeare in the 1850 Laurens census. The 1855 census
enumerated him as head of household in Milford, age 19, alien,
born in England. |
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(1860
census: Elkland,Tioga County,PA): William was enumerated in the
household of his father Stephen Shakespeare, age 23, laborer-farm. |
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(Per Judy
Cwiklinski, Coordinator, NY Genweb, Steuben County, NY: The 1865
New York State Census, Corning City, Chemung County, NY., pg.
81): Rhoba, William and William G. [ Rhoba could be Rhoda.
William was age 28 in 1865 and a son - Williams G.- would have
been between ages 1 and 3, born between 1862 and 1865.]
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(1880
Census, Kansas City, Jackson County, MIssouri): William S.
Shakespeare, age 41, born 1839, England, shoemaker; William G.
Shakespeare, age 15, born 1865, New York. |
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(City
Directories, 1889 -1891, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri):
William Shakespeare, 574 Harrison Street. |
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(WorldConnect.com
website, "Descendants of John Doig and Janet Watt of Dundee,
Scotland): A William Shakespeare of England married Mary Hickey.
Their daughter Edna, born 20 October 1872 in Missouri, married
John Doig in Denver, Colorado. [1890 Census, Denver, CO: William
Shakespeare, born 1840, England.] They were living in 1900 in
Maxwell Twp, Sagamon, Illinois, in 1906 in San Diego, California
at 168-20th Street, in 1908 at 467-20th Street, in 1909 on Anna
Street, City Heights, in 1915 at 117 West Washington, and in
1920 Edna was living at 655-21st Street. John died in 1917 and
Edna died 4 August 1954 in San Diego, California. |
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(Records of
Quentin Cabell Smith): Lucy was enumerated with her father
Stephen Shakespeare in the 1850 census. "Jane" may have been
her middle name. See notes for Darwin Nye and John Charles Reeve
for information concerning Lucy |
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(Wellsboro
[Tioga County, PA] Democrat, 1859): Alice Shakespeare married
J.B. Cody [Cady], both of Elkland, PA 27 July. |
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(Civil War
Pension Documents, Alice Cady, Application #69504, Certificate
#42197, NARA): Alice was granted a pension following the death
of her husband James in service 1 Aug 1864. |
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(1804-1880
Docket B Part # Tioga County Records pg 407): Cady, James B. 13
Jan 1865 Nelson, Docket Book Abstracts of Wills and
Administration, Administrators, Alice Cady and S.H.Brewster |
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(Marriages,
Richmond Twp, Tioga County, PA, 1866 17 Oct): S.L. Hotchkiss of
Richmond and Miss Alice Cady of Farmington. |
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(Civil War
Pension Documents, Alice Cady, NARA): She was denied
continuation of the pension following her marriage to S.L.
Hotchkiss. |
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(1870
Census, Nelson, Tioga County, PA, pg 9, line 29): Hotchkiss,
Seymour, age 26, farmer, born PA; wife Alice, age 29, born
England; step son Charles [Cady] , age 11, born PA. (1880
Census, Tioga Twp, Tioga County, PA): Hotchkiss, S.L., age 34,
laborer, he and parents born PA; wife Alice, age 38, she and
parents born England; daughter Susan A., age 7, born PA; son
Archibald, age 5, born PA. |
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(Civil War
Pension Documents, Alice Hotchkiss, NARA): Court of Common Pleas
of Tioga County, PA No 647, Libel n Divorce, August 1886,
granted her divorce from Seymour Hotchkiss 3 Jan 1887. |
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(Civil War
Pension Documents, Alice Hotchkiss, NARA): Her pension was
reinstated following her divorce from Seymour Hotchkiss. |
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(1900
Census, Campbell, Steuben County, NY, Vol 236, E.D.65, Sheet 10,
line 11): Cady, Alice, age 59, born England, sister-in-law,
occupation - dressmaker, enumerated in the household of Chauncey
Brewster [his wife Mary Jane was her sister] |
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(1900
Census, Watkins Village, Dix Twp, Schuyler County, NY ED 47, Sht
21, line 52): Hotchkiss, Alice K., mother, divorced, age 59,
born Aug 1840, England, enumerated in the household of son
Archie Hotchkiss on 6th Street. |
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(1909 City
Directory, Elmira, Chemung County, NY): Cady, Alice, widow of
James B., boarder, 211 South Ave enumerated in household of son
Archie Hotchkiss]. |
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(1910
Census, Elmira, Chemung County, NY, ED 37, sht 7; line 34):
Cady, Alice, mother, age 65, [enumerated in household of son
Archie S. Hotchkiss.]
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(1916 City
Directory, Elmira, Chemung County, NY): Alice Cady, at #105 W.
Hudson Street.
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(1920
Census, Elmira, Chemung County, NY, ED 50, sht 4, line 12):
Hotchkiss, Alice, mother, age 85, divorced, born England,
immigrated 1841, naturalized 1848 [enumerated in household of
son Archie S. Hotchkiss.] |
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(Civil War
Pension Documents, Alice Cady): Pension terminated at her death
28 July 1922.
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(Continuation of letter from her son Walter Stephen Brewster to
his son Stanley Hart Brewster, Syracuse, NY, March 8, 1935):
....."Mother was the hardest worker of all. Mentally and
religiously she was conventional - the status quo suited her
temperament best. New ideas disturbed rather than stimulated
her. An early disappointment in love I think somewhat distorted
her life & happiness." For continuation see the record of her
husband Chauncey Brewster. |
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(1908
Directory, Gaines Twp, Tioga County, PA): Brewster, M.J. [Mary
Jane] wid Chauncy bds R.B. [Roy Byron] Smith. |
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(1910
Census, Gaines Twp, Tioga County, PA): Brewster, Mary J.,
mother-in-law, age 66, enumerated in household of Roy Smith [Villeroy
Byron Smith]. |
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( Payroll
Book, 1914-1917, Onondaga County Hospital and Home, Onondaga, NY):
Mary Brewster - seamstress, 12 days, $9.67 - 1917 [not listed as
ward helper.]. |
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(1920
census, Onondaga, Onondaga County, NY): Mary Brewster, widow,
age 75, born NY, parents born England, official relationship
[ward helper] in the Onondaga County Hospital and Home,
Onondaga, NY. |
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( Alice
Patterson Shibley address book, 1 January 1922): Sadie Brewster,
275 Marguerite Ave, Syracuse, NY. [home of her son Walter
Brewster.] |
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(1891 City
Directory,Campbell,Steuben,NY): Listed as resident next to
listing of her mother Emma.
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(1900
Census, southport, Chemung County, NY ED 41 Sht 11 line 22):
Shakespeare, Sarah enumerated with Walter S. Brewster born 20
December 1845 NY age 54 aunt.
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(1920
Census, 225 Margaret St, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY ED 185
sht 6 line 46): Shakespeare, Sarah enumerated with Walter S.
Brewster age 75. |
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