John Sheaff1

#32016, (circa 1839 - after 1880)
Father*__m1 Sheaff2 (c 1816 - )
Mother*Catherine Christiana _____2 (1815 - 1902)

Family

Mary Jane Irving b. c 1842
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 - )
He was a printer.3 
Birth*circa 1839He was born circa 1839 at New YorkG.1 
Marriage*11 November 1861He married Mary Jane Irving, daughter of Robert Irving and Margaret _____, on 11 November 1861 at Allen Street Church, New York, New York.4 
16 June 1865He 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 1870He and Mary Jane Irving appeared on the census of 1 June 1870 at 13th Ward, New York, Brooklyn Bor., Kings Co., New YorkG.6 
4 June 1875He and Mary Jane Irving appeared on the census of 4 June 1875 at 29 Stone, New York, Brooklyn Bor., Kings Co., New YorkG.3 
Death*after 1880He died after 1880.7 
1 June 1880He and Mary Jane Irving appeared on the census of 1 June 1880 at 155 Diversion Avenue, New York, Brooklyn Bor., Kings Co., New YorkG.8 
Deathbefore 1 May 1886He died before 1 May 1886.9 

Citations

  1. [S1293] 1865 New York State Census. Family in the household of Robert and Margaret Irving.
  2. [S520] VWH, See note for Catherine Christiann Sheaff, ID 31943.
  3. [S1225] 1875 New York State Census. John (33), b. PA, printer; Mary (33), b. England.
  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. [S520] VWH.
  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.