Mary Jane Irving1

#32017, (circa 1842 - )
Father*Robert Irving2 (c 1815 - 1887)
Mother*Margaret _____2 (c 1822 - 1879)

Family

John Sheaff b. c 1839, d. a 1880
Children 1.Alice Sheaff1 (c 1862 - )
 2.Mary Sheaff1 (c 1864 - )
 3.Ella T Sheaff+10 (c 1867 - )
 4.Lilla Sheaff10 (c 1868 - )
 5.Lucy Irving Sheaff+11 (c 1871 - 1921)
 6.Grace Sheaff11 (c 1873 - )
 7.Elizabeth Sheaff12 (c 1875 - )
 8.Maud Sheaff12 (c 1877 - )
Her married name was Sheaff. 
Birth*circa 1842She was born circa 1842 at EnglandG.1 
8 October 1850She accompanied Robert Irving and Margaret _____ on 8 October 1850 from London on board the Mississppi to New York, New York.3 
Marriage*11 November 1861She married John Sheaff, son of __m1 Sheaff and Catherine Christiana _____, on 11 November 1861 at Allen Street Church, New York, New York.4 
16 June 1865She appeared on the census of 16 June 1865 in the household of Robert Irving at 13th Ward, New York, Brooklyn Bor., Kings Co., New YorkG.5 
1 June 1870She and John Sheaff appeared on the census of 1 June 1870 at 13th Ward, New York, Brooklyn Bor., Kings Co., New YorkG.6 
4 June 1875She and John Sheaff appeared on the census of 4 June 1875 at 29 Stone, New York, Brooklyn Bor., Kings Co., New YorkG.7 
1 June 1880She and John Sheaff appeared on the census of 1 June 1880 at 155 Diversion Avenue, New York, Brooklyn Bor., Kings Co., New YorkG.8 
1886She lived in 1886 at 270½ Bedford Avenue, New York, Brooklyn Bor., Kings Co., New YorkG.9 

Citations

  1. [S1293] 1865 New York State Census. Family in the household of Robert and Margaret Irving.
  2. [S1293] 1865 New York State Census.
  3. [S1607] Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York 1820 - 1897; Publication M237 (675 rolls), Record Group 36, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia.
  4. [S2446] New York and Vicinity, United Methodist Church Records, 1775-1949, online Ancestry.com, New York > New York > Vol 153-155: NYC Allen Street Church: Marriages and Probationers, 1837-1889 > img. 109/334. John H Sheaff of NY, age 23, and Mary Jane Irving of NY, age 19, marr. 11 Nov 1861 by L H Smith; witn. Miss Irving and George Grove. Hereinafter cited as NY United Methodist Records.
  5. [S1293] 1865 New York State Census. Robert (50), b. England, tailor; Margaret (43), b. England, 10 children.
  6. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. John (23 [sic], b. PA, works at printing; Mary Jane (27), b. England.
  7. [S1225] 1875 New York State Census. John (33), b. PA, printer; Mary (33), b. England.
  8. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. John (38), b. PA, parents b. NY, printer; Mary (37), b. and parents b. England.
  9. [S2721] Lain's Brooklyn Directory (New York: Lain & Company), 1886, p. 965, img. 530/673. Mary Sheaf, wid., res. 270½ Bedford (this is the same res. where her dau. Ella marr. George Hawthorne).
  10. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census.
  11. [S1225] 1875 New York State Census.
  12. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census.