Charles Shakeshaft-42 [Parents] was born on 12 Oct 1877 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He died on 23 Dec 1969 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. He married Annie Hester Gibson-151 in 1901 in Hardingstone, Northamptonshire, England.
BIRTH from Frank Shakeshaft (email March 2002). GRO ref. 3b-33, 4th qu 1877, district of Potterspury (I believe this includes Ashton). From family sources he has the date of 12 Oct.
CENSUS in a Cottage at Ashton. index 1881 FHL Film 1341370 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1537 Folio 10 Page 3. Age 3.
CENSUS 1891 Ashton, FHL filem 6096299 RG12/1189, Enumerator 2, folio 10 page 3, no 23, age 13, an agricultural labourer.
CENSUS 1901 from Frank Shakeshaft (email Jan 2005) PRO ref RG13/1429, folio 56 page 7, schedule 41 at 87 Stanley Road, Dallington St James, Northamptonshire. Age 23, a railways signal man.
MARRIAGE from Frank Shakeshaft (email Sept 2002), information from family sources and fiche 2425, GRO ref. 3b 970 4th qu. 1901, district of Hardingstone district..
CENSUS 1911 from Frank Shakeshaft, at 6 Wimbledon St, Northampton (All Saints). PRO ref RG14 PN8439, Age 33, a signalman.
DEATH from Frank Shakeshaft (email Sept 2002), information from family sources.
INFORMATION from e-mail from Allan Smith 2 Jun 1999. Birth just listed as after 1860 as several other children.
Annie Hester Gibson-151 was born on 16 Nov 1869 in Piddington, Northamptonshire, England. She died on 20 Feb 1947. She married Charles Shakeshaft-42 in 1901 in Hardingstone, Northamptonshire, England.
BIRTH from Frank Shakeshaft (email Sept 2002), information from family sources.
MARRIAGE from Frank Shakeshaft (email Sept 2002), information from family sources.
CENSUS 1911 from Frank Shakeshaft, at 6 Wimbledon St, Northampton (All Saints). PRO ref RG14 PN8439, Age 38. Birthplace incorrectly transcribed as Paddington in the official transcription.
DEATH from Frank Shakeshaft (email Sept 2002), information from family sources.
They had the following children:
M i Living M ii Living
Samuel Shakeshaft-26 was born before 1752 in ,,England. He was buried on 13 Apr 1784 in Bow Birckhill, Buckinghamshire,England. He married Sarah-15.
NOTE known from baptism of son, named as Shackshaft.
BURIAL from Buckinghamshire parish records in the church of All Saints at Bow Brickhill per favour of Frank Shakeshaft (email May 2009). Surname here listed as Shacksharp.
NOTE cannot guarantee these two records apply to the same person, but a son Jeremiah was also buried here/
Sarah-15 was born before 1752 in ,,England. She married Samuel Shakeshaft-26.
NOTE known from baptism of son.
They had the following children:
George Shakeshaft-29 [Parents] was born in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He was christened on 7 Jul 1844 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He died in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He was buried on 1 Dec 1919 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He married Fanny Briscoe-70 on 27 Jul 1896 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.
Other marriages:, Annie
BAPTISM from parish records, NRO ref. 17p/3, no. 363.
CENSUS 1851 Ashton, FHL film 0087692 Enumerator 14, folio 325 page 2, no 5. Age 6, a scholar.
CENSUS 1861 Ashton village, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 11 page 3, no 9. Age 17, a carpenter's apprentice.
CENSUS at the Public House at Ashton. index 1881 FHL Film 1341370 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1537 Folio 10 Page 4. Age 36, listed as Inn Keeper and Carpenter.
CENSUS 1891 Ashton, FHL film 6096299 RG12/1189, Enumerator 2, folio 11 page 5, no 33. At the Old Crown Inn. Age 46, carpenter and inn-keeper.
BURIAL Ashton Parish Records, NRO Ref. 17p/9 no. 721, aged 76. A note in the register says that he had continually been the church warden since Easter 1895, over 24 years.
CENSUS 1901 of Ashton, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1413, enumerator 2, folio 11, page 1, schedule 13, at the old Crown, age 56, a carpenter & publican.
DEATH from gravestone as recorded in the NFHS booklet, grave no. 132, aged 75.
BURIAL from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/9, no.721 It says in the margin that he had been continuously church warded from easter 1895, that was 24 years.
NOTE e-mail from Allan Smith 2 Jun 1999 lists 3 children known to date; James, Doris Winifred and James Edwin. The last two are in addition to those listed by me. He gave the date of burial as the death date.
Fanny Briscoe-70 was born about 1859 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She was christened on 18 Mar 1860 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She died on 10 Apr 1927 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She was buried on 14 Apr 1927 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She married George Shakeshaft-29 on 27 Jul 1896 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.
BAPTISM from Parish Records NRO Ref 17p/3 no. 495.
CENSUS 1861 Ashton village, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 11 page 3, no 8. Age 1.
CENSUS 1871 Ashton, FHL film 838793 Enumerator 2, folio 58 page 8, no 45, Carville's Yard. Age 11, a scholar.
CENSUS 1891 Ashton, FHL filem6096299 RG12/1189, Enumerator 2, folio 9 page 1. 1 Roade Rd, age 31, unmarried, parlour maid, domestic servant.
MARRIAGE from Ashton parish records, NRO ref 17p/119, no.188, of full age a spinster of Ashton.
CENSUS 1901 of Ashton, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1413, enumerator 2, folio 11, page 1, schedule 13, at the old Crown, age 41.
NOTE in the Scrapbook of Ashton (1953) Fanny Briscoe (daughter of James) married a Shakeshaft also there is a baptism of a son Albert Edward in August 1901 son of George, a carpenter, and Fanny.
DEATH from gravestone as recorded in the NFHS booklet, grave no. 132, added to the stone of her husband.
BURIAL from Ashton parish records, NRO ref 17p/9, no. 747, named as Fanny aged 67.
They had the following children:
M i Albert Edward Shakeshaft-158
James Edwin Shakeshaft-44 [Parents] was born after 1865. He was christened on 17 Jan 1875 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He died on 11 Jul 1899 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He was buried on 13 Jul 1899 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He married Bertha-137.
BAPTISM from parish records, NRO ref. 17p/3, no. 594.
CENSUS at the Public House at Ashton. index 1881 FHL Film 1341370 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1537 Folio 10 Page 4. Age 6.
CENSUS 1891 Ashton, FHL film 6096299 RG12/1189, Enumerator 2, folio 11 page 5, no 33. At the Old Crown Inn. Age 16, a carpenter's apprentice
DEATH from gravestone as recorded in the NFHS booklet, grave no. 112, listed only as James Shakeshaft aged 24.
BURIAL Ashton Parish Records, NRO Ref. 17p/9 no. 635, aged 24 of Little Addington near Thrapston.
INFORMATION from e-mail from Allan Smith 2 Jun 1999. He lists both a James and a James Edwin, but says only 3 children, however I have decided to merge the two records.
Bertha-137 was born about 1878 in , , England. She married James Edwin Shakeshaft-44.
KNOWN only from baptism of son.
They had the following children:
Jeremiah Shakeshaft-54 [Parents] was born about 1751 in ,,England. He was buried on 14 Aug 1817 in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire,England. He married Ann Pilgrim-61 on 10 Oct 1776 in Stoke Goldington,Buckinghamshire,England.
BIRTH from age at death. In the ammendements (made 1781 and 1788) to the will of his uncle Samuel he is .listed before Martha.
MARRIAGE from IGI reported by Frank Shakeshaft (email Oct 2011).
BURIAL at St Peter & Paul from the Buckinghamshire Family History Society reported by Frank Shakeshaft (email Oct 2011). Aged 66. Named here as Jeremiah Shackshaff.
KNOWN first from baptism of children, where his surname is spelled Shagstaff and Shagsharp, from other sources also spelled as Shagshaft, Shackshard, Shadshrofe. The family connection is first established from his naming in the amendments to his Uncle Samuel's Will.
Ann Pilgrim-61 was born before 1765 in ,,England. She married Jeremiah Shakeshaft-54 on 10 Oct 1776 in Stoke Goldington,Buckinghamshire,England.
NOTE first known from baptism of children.
They had the following children:
Thomas Shakeshaft-4 [Parents] was born on 18 Mar 1848 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He was christened on 9 Jul 1848 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He died on 16 May 1918. He married Charlotte Brown-7 on 30 Jan 1869 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.
Other marriages:Welsh, Mary Anne
FIRST KNOWN from descendancy chart of Richard Tew, supplied by Randy Pikuet of New York State.
BAPTISM from parish records, NRO ref. 17p/3, no. 401.
CENSUS 1851 Ashton, FHL film 0087692 Enumerator 14, folio 325 page 2, no 7. Age 3.
CENSUS 1861 Ashton village, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 12 page 4, no 11. Age 13, an ag.lab.
MARRIAGE 1869 from parish records NRO ref 17p/119 no.116, aged 20, a bachelor, a carpenter.
DEATH
NOTE See also the Ashton file.
NOTE the "Scrapbook of Ashton" says that he had a romantic marriage in middle age with an old sweetheart whom he met by chance in America.
Charlotte Brown-7 was born about 1851 in , , England. She married Thomas Shakeshaft-4 on 30 Jan 1869 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.
KNOWN: from descendancy cahrt of Richard Tew supplied by Randy Pikuet.
MARRIAGE 1869 from parish records NRO ref 17p/119 no.116, aged 18 a spinster of Hardwell.
KNOWN first from descendancy chart of Richard Tew supplied by Randy Pikuet, but he gave the marriage as 24 Dec 1877..
They had the following children:
Jeremiah Shakeshaft-91 was born before 1700 in ,,England. He married Mary-154.
NOTE known from baptism of children in Hanslope.
Mary-154 was born before 1700 in ,,England. She married Jeremiah Shakeshaft-91.
NOTE known from baptism of children in Hanslope.
They had the following children:
She had the following children:
F i Mary Anne Jane Briscoe-51 F ii Fanny Briscoe-70
Thomas Shakeshaft-92 [Parents] was born in Ravenstone,Buckinghamshire,England. He was christened on 16 Nov 1817 in Ravenstone,Buckinghamshire,England. He died about Nov 1892 in Newport Pagnell,Buckinghamshire,England. He married Anna Maria Dawkes-171 about Nov 1844 in Newport Pagnell,Buckinghamshire,England.
BAPTISM from new Family Search.
MARRIAGE from Frank Shakeshaft from the index. ref 6/729. In the Newport Pagnell Registration District.
CENSUS 1851 at North End, Ravenstone, Bucks. PRO ref HO107/1723, folio 719, schedule 12 (per favour Frank Shakeshaft). Age 32, a farmer of 114 acres, emplying 6 labourer. Since this matches the entry for his father I would assume they are working in partnership, or he is gradually taking over the farm. There was a live-in servant Elizabeth Parker aged 17.
CENSUS 1861 in the Olney aread of Buckinghamshire, from Frank Shakeshaft. Age 42.
CENSUS 1881 in Main Street, Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire, ref RG11/1482 folio 85 page 9 (from Frank Shakeshaft). Age 62, a widower farmer of 150 acres employing 6 men and r boys.
DEATH from Frank Shakeshaft from the index. ref 3a/418. In the Newport Pagnell Registration District.
Anna Maria Dawkes-171 was born in Ravenstone,Buckinghamshire,England. She was christened on 9 Oct 1825. She married Thomas Shakeshaft-92 about Nov 1844 in Newport Pagnell,Buckinghamshire,England.
BAPTISM from IGI. Parents and grandparents and more are shown at the new Family Search site.
MARRIAGE from Frank Shakeshaft from the index. ref 6/729. In the Newport Pagnell Registration District. Maiden name from this record.
CENSUS 1851 at North End, Ravenstone, Bucks. PRO ref HO107/1723, folio 719, schedule 12 (per favour Frank Shakeshaft). Age 25, a farmers wife.
CENSUS 1861 in the Olney aread of Buckinghamshire, from Frank Shakeshaft. Age35.
They had the following children:
William Shakeshaft-81 was born before 1719 in ,,England. He married Sophia-192.
NOTE known only for New Family Search.
Sophia-192 was born before 1719 in ,,England. She married William Shakeshaft-81.
NOTE known only for New Family Search.
They had the following children: