Generation No. 1

1. JAMES6 WESTON,JR (JAMES5, THOMAS4, FREEMAN3, ROBERT2, ROBERT1)1 was born 1836 in St. Margarets Parish Leicester, Leicestershire, England1, and died September 10, 1906 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia, Greenmount Cemetery, see death certificate #833041. He married (1) HANNAH GODFREY1 September 23, 1858 in St Margarets Parish, Leicestershire1. She was born 1837 in Leicester, Leicestershire1, and died November 16, 1881 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia1. He met (2) ROSANNA TRAINER2,3 Abt. February 1883 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia3. She was born October 31, 1845 in Ireland3, and died November 13, 1917 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia, Greenmount Cemetery, Front&Hunting Park Ave, Lot#147, Section D. See death certificate3.

Notes for JAMES WESTON,JR:
[weston.GED]

Our James Weston,Jr born approx.1836 in Leicester,shows up in the 1851 Census living with parents James and Sophia.{see 1851 census under his father}
When we receieved the death certificate for James Weston,Jr husband of Rosanna Trainer the death certificate plainly states his parents were James Weston and Sophia Dixon of England.
So we know for sure that our James Weston,Jr father of James,Sophie,John Henry and Fred is clearly the son of James and Sophia Dixon-Weston of Leicester,St Margarets Parish,England.
Have spoken with Professional Genealogist Dr. Angus Baxter of Canada to see if he can manage to muster up some paperwork or evidence that can prove our James Weston,Sr is the proper son of Thomas & Elizabeth Barfoot.
Recently I have been contacted by a David Ross of Leicester who claims that his wifes 3X great grandfather was Thomas Weston through son Mark,who was our James Weston,Srs older brother.
He has a website clearly stateing the facts of Thomas and Elizabeth and their children to include our James Sr. who married Sophia Dixon.
We know that James Weston,Sr was in fact a Framework knitter,same profession as his father Thomas Weston.
We also know that James Weston,Jr carried on this profession as Frame Work Knitter.
We also know that James Weston,Jrs two sons James III and Fred carried on this occupation into professional Full Fashion hosiery and Surgical Glove making in the state of Pennsylvannia.
Trying to locate as many documents as possible to substantiate these claims.
So that we may submit paperwork to England Genealogist Margaret Palmer in Leicester.
I have corresponded with all parties of the James Weston,Sr family descendents to fill them in on what David Ross has claimed.
I have also confirmed the facts on Thomas Dixon Weston,son of James Weston and Hannah Godfrey.
See 1880 Census Philadelphia,PA

James Weston Self Married Male White 44 years old Birthplace England Glove Weaver F-Eng M-Eng
Hannah wife 42 England Keeping House F-Eng M-Eng
Rachel daughter single 20 England Glove Weaver F-Eng M-Eng
Tom son married 18 England Glove Weaver F-Eng M-Eng
Elizabeth daughter single 16 England Glove Weaver F-Eng M-Eng

Family History Library 1255190 pg #539C
National Arcives #T9-1190

Could this Elizabeth Weston-daughter be Minny McAdams that is also buried at Greemount Cemetery,Philadelphia,PA with James and Hannah and Rachel?
Have to find out who this Elizabeth Weston married if at all.



More About JAMES WESTON,JR:
Burial: September 13, 1906, Greenmount Cemetery Lot#147 Section D Philadelphia, PA3
Census#2: 1851, Leicester, Leicestershire, St Margarets Parish, son, 15 years old, living with parents James and Sophia Weston3
Census#3: 1861, Leicester, Leicestershire, St Margarets Parish, son, 25 years old, living with parents James and Sophia Weston3
Census#4: 1890, Burned in a fire cannot confirm residence3
Census#5: 1900, Not located;check Milton, Pennsylvannia, upstate3
Citizenship: September 06, 1880, See Naturalization Papers 18713
Death certificate: September 10, 1906, States his parents to be James Weston and Sophia Dixon3
Naturalization: September 26, 1871, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia3
Occupation#1: 1851, Framework Knitter, 15 years old3
Occupation#2: 1861, Framework Knitter, 25 years old3
Occupation#3: 1871, FrameWork Knitter, 35 years old3
Occupation#4: 1906, Knitter, Glove Manufacturer, 70 years old3
Residence#1: 1851, 22 Milton Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England3
Residence#2: 1861, 61 Russell Street, Leicester, St Margarets, Leicestershire, England3
Residence#3: 1881, 934 Dickenson Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia3
Residence#4: 1882, 932 Dickenson Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia3
Residence#5: June 06, 1884, Ward#17, 1346 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA3
Residence#6: 1906, Ward #43, 1631 Hunting Park Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia3

Notes for HANNAH GODFREY:

Hannah shows up at James Westons sister Charlottes wedding.
After receiving news on relationship between Hannah and James it has been noted that James and Hannah were married on the same day September 23,1858 as Charlotte Weston and Thomas Grant.
Charlotte Weston being James Westons sister.

Hannah shows up with James Weston in the 1861 Census in Leicestershire as wife with one daughter Rachel being one years old.

1880 USA Census Philadelphia,Pennsylvannia
Hannah shows up as being 42 years old born in England.
Three children show up with them.
Rachel being the eldest now 20 years old.
Tom being 18 years old and Elizabeth being 16 years old.


More About HANNAH GODFREY:
Aka (Facts Page): November 16, 1881, Anna Weston, death certificates states her as Anna3
Burial: November 20, 1881, Greenmount Cemetery Lot#147 Section D Philadelphia, PA3
Census#2: 1861, born between 1837-18383
Census#3: 1880, Philadelphia,PA 42 years old born in England parents both born in England.
Death certificate: November 16, 1881, States she was 44 years old, place of birth England3
Residence: 1881, 934 Dickinson Street,Richmond,Philadelphia,Pennsylvannia,same residence as husband James Weston,Jr. Although her death certificate did not have spouses name,we can identify her as being his wife due to the same address,so he must have been away from home a3

More About ROSANNA TRAINER:
Aka (Facts Page): Rose Anne or Rose or Rosann3
Burial: November 17, 1917, Greenmount Cemetery Lot#147 Section D Philadelphia, PA3
Census: 1910, States that she is 65 years old living with Fred and Sophie3
Death certificate: November 13, 1917, named spelled as Rosann3
Residence#1: 1882, 1043 Hewson Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia3
Residence#2: 1910, 1631 Hunting Park Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia3
Residence#3: November 13, 1917, 1631 Hunting Park Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia3

Children of JAMES WESTON and HANNAH GODFREY are:
i. RACHEL7 WESTON3, b. June 1859, Leicester, Leicestershire3; d. August 17, 1886, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia buried Greenmount Cemetery3; m. (UNKNOWN) SHIELDS3.

Notes for RACHEL WESTON:
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Not much is known about Rachel at this time other than she was born in 1860 possibly in Leicester,Leicstershire,England and was baptised at St. Margarets Parish.
She shows up in the 1861 British census for this particular Parish as 1 years old.
The next time a Rachel is mentioned to this James Weston is a Rachel Shields buried at Greenmount Cemetery alongside James.
Well,it seems to me that Rachel Shields is the daughter of James and Hannah.
Now that we have confirmed the death of Hannah Godfrey-Weston as Anna Weston who is also buried at Greenmount alongside James then I can only assume that their daughter Rachel is also buried with them.
Everyone at Greenmount cemetery plot had some type of family relationship with James Weston.
So I believe at this time that Rachel Shields is Rachel Weston-Shields;daughter of James and Hannah(Anna)Weston.
Death certificate available on hand.
Date of Death Aug 17,1886 buried Aug 21st 1886 at Greenmount Cemetery.
Death Certificate states that she was born in Philadelphia,PA highly doubtful unless James Weston and Hannah were in Philadelphia in 1860.
Need to check out any birth information either in Leicester or Philadelphia.
Death certificate stated that she was 27 years old when she died making her birth 1859-1860.

More About RACHEL WESTON:
Burial: August 21, 1886, Greenmount Cemetery Weston Plot3
Census: 1861, Listed as daughter of James and Hannah Weston, confirmed her age as 1 years old3
Certificate: August 17, 1886, Cause of Death Peritonitis3
Residence: 1886, 19th Ward 2005 Abigail Street see death certificate3

ii. THOMAS DIXON WESTON3, b. Bet. 1861 - 1862, England3; d. Bef. 1945, possibly New York,New York3; m. (1) CECILIA WRIGHT3, Abt. 1890, possibly Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia3; b. Abt. 1861, England3; d. 1891, possibly Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia3; m. (2) ADA LIGGETT3, Abt. 1904, Liverpool, Lancashire, England3; b. March 18, 1879, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England3; d. September 18, 1949, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England3.

Notes for THOMAS DIXON WESTON:
[weston.GED]

Not much is known about Thomas Dixon Weston other than he is the son of James Weston,Jr and some woman, not sure if the mother was Hannah Godfrey or someone in Liverpool that James may have been with?
We do know that a Thomas Weston was born sometime between June Quarter 1861 possibly in Leicester,St Margarets Parish; which would have been after the 1861 Census,or 1862 possibly in Liverpool, so he would not have shown up until the 1871 census.
By this time James and Hannah would have already moved to the United States,Philadelphia area.
1880 Philadelphia Pennsylvannia Census shows Tom as son of James and Hannah.

His first wife Cecelia Wright whom he marries somewhere between England and Philadelphia has a son Garfield,born Oct 1,1891 in Philadelphia,born the same year as Fred Weston, son of James Weston,Jr and Rosanna Trainer-Devenney-Weston.

So my assumption is that Thomas Dixon Weston and Cecelia Wright married about 1890.

We know for a fact that Thomas lived in Liverpool,Toxteth Park; for a time and met Ada Liggett-Duncan who was a furrier.They eventually married,where I don't know as of yet and when is not sure,some time between 1901-1905 possibly New York or Liverpool,England.

Ada had a daughter from her first husband Alexander Duncan;who died at sea,Doris was born 1901 and Thomas and Ada had a son Thomas Herbert Edward Weston in 1905 also known as THE Weston or Uncle Bert.

Everyone nicknamed him THE Weston; due to the initials in his full name.
THE Weston was born in England.
Found a ships manifest with Ada Weston and two children coming from England to the Port Of New York Harbor in 1907 on the Ellis Island ships records.
Found Thomas (THE) Weston also coming in with mother only in 1906.

Uncle Bert;which he was better known as, when he was old enough he was brought back over to England,both he and Doris were raised by their maternal grandmother Margaret Liggett-Wilkinson,who lived in Liverpool.
Thomas Dixon Weston son of James and Hannah may have died in New York ,but have not located his death certificate as of Oct 2002.
According to family Thomas died here in the USA and Ada returned to England and is buried alongside her mother and sister.
NOTES: Thomas Dixon Weston
On his entry into New York Harbor he stated that his father lived in Philadelphia and that he was Naturalized in 1871 Philadelphia Common Pleas Court.
The only Weston to have done that in 1871 at all in Philadelphia was our James Weston,Jr.
So now we have confirmation of his relationship to our James Weston.
As of Sept 2002;I have solved the puzzle of Thomas Dixon Weston.

Since Hannah(Anna) Godfrey-Weston died in 1881 Nov. in Philadelphia it may well have taken James Weston,Jr for a spin and possibly he returned to England with daughter Elizabeth to be raised by other family members in Leicester?She possibly became a servant in the household of SHELTON?
Thomas Dixon Weston was already married by 1880,confirmed by 1880 Philadelphia Census.
Rachel may have married shortly after census takeing?
Have to check out British census records in 1881 and 1891 to be sure.

More About THOMAS DIXON WESTON:
Census: 1880, Philadelphia,Pennsylvannia 18 years old born in England
Occupation: 1904, Frame work Knitter3

More About ADA LIGGETT:
Census: 1881, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire3
Occupation: 1901, Fur Trade Buyer3
Residence: 51 Queens Drive Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England LI 82 DT3

iii. ELIZABETH WESTON, b. Bet. 1863 - 1864.
May have returned to England and became a servant in the household of SHELTON.
See British 1881 Census
Weston family married into the GRANT family which married into the SHELTON family.

Children of JAMES WESTON and ROSANNA TRAINER are:
iv. JAMES(INFANT)7 WESTON3, b. November 1883, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia3; d. June 06, 1884, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia, Greenmount Cemetery, Front&Hunting Park Ave, Lot#147, Section D. See death certificate3.

More About JAMES(INFANT) WESTON:
Burial: June 09, 1884, Greenmount Cemetery Lot#147 Section D Philadelphia, PA3
Death certificate: June 06, 1884, Cause of death Marasmus;emaciation and wasting away due to lack of colon intake-failure to gain weight, because of infantile diarrhea, malabsorption of food.3
Residence: June 06, 1884, Ward 17, Street address 1346 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA3

v. JAMES WESTON III4,5, b. July 19, 1885, St. Margarets Parish, Leicester, Leistershire, England not confirmed5; d. June 26, 1948, Germantown, Pennsylvannia, buried Northwood Cemetery5; m. MARGARET BOETTGAR5, Abt. 1904, possibly Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia5; b. June 15, 1883, Germantown, Pennsylvannia5; d. January 14, 1959, Germantown, Pennsylvannia, buried Northwood Cemetery5.

Notes for JAMES WESTON III:

Source: daughter Eleanore Weston
See Letter/Daddy's knitting looms (several) were in the basement at their home #618 Woodlawn Avenue,Philadelphia.
He knitted surgical stockings.
Before that he had a shop in the rear of 2120 Thorps Lane(Later changed to Chew Avenue.) Had other shops before I was born.

More About JAMES WESTON III:
Census: 1910, Showed up with Margaret wife, and children Margaret, Elizabeth, and James infant.5
Emigration: 1897, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia5
Occupation: Surgical Stockings Knitter5

vi. SOPHIA MARIA WESTON6,7, b. November 14, 1887, Leicester, Leicestershire, England not confirmed7; d. August 13, 1952, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia Interred at Holy Sepulcher8,9; m. PATRICK JAMES MCCARTHY10,11, Aft. 1906, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia11; b. November 11, 1887, London, England11; d. Abt. 1938, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia11.

Notes for SOPHIA MARIA WESTON:
[weston.GED]

Source:nephew Raymond Weston
Aunt Sophie was a dreamer,she would have these visions.

Source: grandaughter Helen Oswald
My mother told me that grandma Sophie had a dream about her brother,James going on a train and it crashed,she then saw a headstone with his name on it.She awoke the next day and tried to get
her brother not to go on his trip,but too late he had already left,when she returned home she found that her son James was smothered in a coal car.
(They must have been playing and knowone knew he was in there).

Source:niece Eleanore Weston
Aunt Sophie was visiting at our home #2120 Chew Ave. when the police came for her to tell her that her son(James) and other boys were playing around in the coal cars and that he had been buried in the coal and suffocated.
I remember the police and the funeral.


More About SOPHIA MARIA WESTON:
Emigration: 1898, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia11
Residence: 1913, 1631 Hunting Park Ave Philadelphia, PA11

More About PATRICK JAMES MCCARTHY:
Arrival: August 01, 1889, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia11
Emigration: January 15, 1889, Liverpool, England11
Naturalization: December 1913, Signed by brother Charles and Edward Danks11
Occupation: Iron molder11
Residence: 1913, Lived with wife Sophie at the home of her mother Rosanna Weston1631 Hunting Park Ave Philadelphia, PA11

vii. JOHN HENRY WESTON12,13, b. October 12, 1888, Leicstershire, Leicstershire, England not confirmed14,15; d. November 11, 1951, Holy Sepulcher, W-10-16-2, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia16,17; m. ANNA MARIE GRAHAM18,19, Abt. 1907, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia19; b. June 20, 1889, Pennsylvannia20,21; d. November 07, 1947, Holy Sepulcher, W-10-16-2, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia22,23.

Notes for JOHN HENRY WESTON:
[weston.GED]

Source:daughter Elizabeth Weston 6-1-99
My father had three Ice/Coal Delivery routes before WWII.
Tioga,Nicetown and Germantown.
During the war he had to give up one of the routes,because he didn't have enough workers.
All of John Henrys' children had to sing after supper,because he loved to hear them sing.
She remembers the first time her husband ate over,he couldn't believe people did that.
All of John Henrys' children were baptised at St.Stephens Parish in Nicetown.
Back in 1947 when Anna Marie Graham died John Henry,Robert and Theresa moved into Elizabeths' house.

Source:son Raymond Weston 6-2-99
There were times when Harry Harris would come over and play the piano,dad would repair strings on violins and harps, practice,basically taught himself how to play the banjo,guitar,violin,harp. He had a banjo that he had repaired and traded it in for a guitar. He played opera style music.
One time mom and dad went to the playhouse and listened to some music on stage a lady was playing the harp,my dad stood up and went up on stage and my mom said"John Henry the police are going to arrest you",he played the harp and didn't get arrested.He remembers his dad playing the piano one day when he came home from school,he told his dad"I didn't know you could play the piano"his Dad said"well what would you like me to play",I told him"Golden Days"and he even sang it.


The Weston family lived at 1516 Ruffenor Street,Philadelphia PA,corner street was Hicks.

More About JOHN HENRY WESTON:
Emigration: 1898, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia23
Occupation: Bet. 1920 - 1946, Westons Ice Company, Nicetown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia23
My husbands paternal grandparents
JOHN HENRY WESTON and ANNA MARIE GRAHAM
My husband Robert Weston of Berea,Ohio

viii. WILLIAM WESTON23, b. Bet. 1889 - 1890, Leicester, Leicestershire, England not confirmed23; d. died of encemphalitis, water on the brain23.


ix. FRED J. WESTON,SR24,25, b. January 30, 1891, Leicester, Leicestershire, England not confirmed25; d. November 07, 1958, North Wildwood, New Jersey26,27; m. MARTHA M. BERRY28,29, June 11, 1913, St. Stevens Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia29; b. 1895, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia29; d. May 20, 1986, Somerton, Pennsylvannia29.

Notes for FRED J. WESTON,SR:
[weston.GED]
It seems as though Fred Weston was in charge of all the burials at Greenmount Cemetery after his parents died.
He buried Garfield Weston there as well.

Source:nephew Raymond Weston,6-2-99
My Uncle Fred had a great voice,all the Westons' had good voices.

More About FRED J. WESTON,SR:
Burial: Holy Sepulcher, Somerton, Pennsylvannia29
Emigration: 1898, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia29
Occupation: Full Fashion Hosiery Knitter29
Residence: Somerton, Pennsylvannia29

More About MARTHA M. BERRY:
Burial: Holy Sepulcher, Somerton, Pennsylvannia29