Robert Weston

1824 -

• Name	Robert Weston
  Born	2 Feb 1824	Brackley, Northampton, England   [1, 2]
  Christened	4 Feb 1824  [3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Land Surveyor in 1851 census
  Occupation	Station Agent in 1861 census
  	The term Station Agent became Station Master somewhere around this time on some railways
  Person ID	I46	Family
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2011

  
  

  Father	Robert Weston,   b. 1786, Aynho, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 20 Jan 1872, Brackley St Peter, Northampton, England  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Mary Rebecca Shorter,   b. 1790, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England ,   d. 23 Jul 1844, Brackley, Northampton, England  (Age 54 years)
  Married	8 Jun 1814	St Peters Church, Brackley, Northampton, England   [1, 4]
  Notes	They were cousins.
  Photos		St Peter's Church, Brackley, Northants, England Where Robert Weston married Mary Shorter
  		Churchyard at St Peter's, Brackley, Northants, England John Weston and his son Robert are buried here. There is a strong possibility that Robert's daughter Mary and son John (the first one) who both died young are also buried here. Most headstones are unreadable due to erosion.
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Fanny Beachcroft,   b. 1826, Canterbury, Kent, England   [5]
  Children	1. Mary Weston,   b. 1855, Milverton, Warwickshire, England   2. Cecilia Weston,   b. 1857, Milverton, Warwickshire, England   3. Helen Weston,   b. 1859, Milverton, Warwickshire, England   4. Robert Weston,   b. 1861, Milverton, Warwickshire, England   5. Alice Weston,   b. 1863, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England   6. Arthur Weston,   b. 1866, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2007
  Family ID	F314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Charles Newton Weston (Robert's great grandson) wrote in his book (relevant chapter in Documents) that he visited Brackley in 1936. He saw a gravestone 'Sacred to the memory of Mary, the beloved wife of Robert Weston of this town, Solicitor, who died on 6th day of January 1876 and of Robert Weston who died on 14th December 1889 aged 64 years.' This could not have been the grave of his great grandmother since she died in 1844. Robert's second wife Maria died in 1889. And Robert himself died in 1872. So this gravestone is problematical - could there have been two solicitors in Brackley called Robert Weston? Or perhaps Newton got his dates wrong. Note that THIS Robert would have been 64 in 1889, so he could be the one buried here.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Other Researchers - Newcastle family branch. [S54] Other Researchers - Marion Carson, Family Bible. [S3] LDS - Ancestral File, AFN: 1BV2-PBC. [S27] Other Researchers - Alan Clarke & Marilyn Ponting. I have the CD of Northants Marriages. by License. Robert is of Deddington, Oxford (at university?), and Mary Rebecca is outside the parish of St James. In the census she is shown as born out of the area and her parents were born in Oxford, so presumably he met her there. [S54] Other Researchers - Marion Carson.

  
  

• Censuses

  [17]   British Census - 1851, 19 Market Square, Brackley St James, England - Robert Weston, aged 27 [157]   British Census - 1861, Milverton Station, Milverton, England - Robert Weston, aged 37 [190]   British Census - 1871, 11 Chadwick Road, South Ride Court, Camberwell St Giles, England - Robert Weston, aged 47