Elizabeth W. Weir ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

  General Notes:

This death record strangely lists Elizabeth by her maiden name and there is no mention of her married name of Renton.

Name: Elezibeth Weir
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 7 Sep 1888
Event Place: Sumpter Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Event Place (Original): Sumptor, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 61
Marital Status: Married
Ethnicity: American
Race: W
Occupation: Housewife
Birth Year (Estimated): 1827
Birthplace: Scotland
Father's Name: Alexander Weir
Mother's Name: Agness Ailton
Reference ID: yr 1889

Citing this Record
"Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHRR-4TT : 16 January 2020), Agness Ailton in entry for Elezibeth Weir, 1888.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Elizabeth Weir
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 7 Sep 1888
Event Place: Sumpter Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Event Place (Original): Sumptor, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 61
Marital Status: Married
Ethnicity: American
Race: W
Occupation: Housewife
Birth Year (Estimated): 1827
Birthplace: Scotland
Father's Name: Alexander Weir
Mother's Name: Agness Ailton

Citing this Record
"Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHRR-4TT : 16 January 2020), Agness Ailton in entry for Elizabeth Weir, 1888.
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Name: Elizabeth Weir
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 07 Sep 1888
Event Place: Sumpter, Wayne, Michigan
Gender: Female
Age: 61
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: House Wife
Birth Year (Estimated): 1827
Birthplace: Scotland
Father's Name: Alexander Weir
Mother's Name: Agnes Werr

Reference ID: p 355 rn 2476
GS Film Number: 2363635
Digital Folder Number: 004208686
Image Number: 00900

Citing this Record
"Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3FD-KDD : 24 February 2020), Agnes Werr in entry for Elizabeth Werr, 07 Sep 1888; citing p 355 rn 2476, Sumpter, Wayne, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,363,635.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• 1841 Scotland Census: 1841, in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. ⁵ 1841 Scotland Census
Page 4, Line 1200, District 3B
Roll CSSCT1841_133-0159
Address: Byres
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Betsy Weir..14

(Living with parents.)
.

• She appeared on the 1851 Scotland Census in Haddingtonshire, SCOTLAND on 1851.

⁶ 1851 Census of Scotland
Page 7, Line 12, District 3, Household 24
Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland
Elizabeth Weir..Daughter..24..Edinburgh

(Living with parents.)
.

• She appeared on the 1861 Scotland Census in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland on 7 April 1861.

² 1861 Scotland Census
Page 3, District 9, CSSCT1861-134
Haddington, East Lothian
Registration 709, Household schedule 17
West Side Hargate Street
Elizabeth Benton..Wife..33..Calder..Police Mans Wife

(Living with husband and 5 children.)
.

• She immigrated onboard the ship James Foster Jr arriving on 21 September 1869 at New York, NY.
^{4 10} Name: Elizabeth Renton
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 1869
Event Place: New York City, New York, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 41
Birth Year (Estimated): 1828
Birthplace: Scotland
Ship Name: James Foster Jr

Affiliate Publication Number: M237
Affiliate Publication Title: Passenger Lists of vessels arriving at New York, 1820-1897
Affiliate Film Number: 318
GS Film Number: 000175674
Digital Folder Number: 004680249
Image Number: 00287

Citing this Record
"New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Q-3NWB : 11 March 2018), Elizabeth Renton, 1869; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 175,674.

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Van Buren Township, Wayne County, MI on 16 June 1870. ⁷

1870 US Census
Page 45, Family 401, Roll 710
Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Michigan
Elizabeth Renton..43..SCOT..Keeping House

(Living with husband and 6 children.)
.

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Sumpter Township, Wayne County, MI on 8 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 444A, District 265, Family 109, Roll 610
Sumpter Township, Wayne County, Michigan
Elizabeth W. Renton..Wife..53..SCOTLAND..Keeping House

(Living with husband and 3 sons.)
.

• Death Image: 7 September 1888, in Sumpter Township, Wayne County, MI. ⁹

Elizabeth married Robert Renton, son of Andrew Renton and Agnes Wallace, on 9 February 1851 in Haddington, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.^{1 2 3} (Robert Renton was born on 28 November 1827 in Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland ^{2 3 7 11 12}, baptized on 16 December 1827 in Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland ¹¹ and died in June 1896 in Michigan ¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1861 Scotland Census in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland on 7 April 1861.

² 1861 Scotland Census
page 3, District 9, CSSCT1861-134
Haddington, East Lothian
Registration 709, Household schedule 17
West Side Hargate Street
Robert Benton..Head..34..Policeman
Elizabeth Benton..Wife..33..Calder..Police Mans Wife
Andrew Benton..Son..11
Alexander Benton..Son..9
Agnes Benton..Dau..7
Helen Benton..Dau..5
Robert Benton..Son..2
.

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Van Buren Township, Wayne County, MI on 16 June 1870. ⁷

1870 US Census
Page 45, Family 401, Roll 710
Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Michigan
Robert Renton..42..SCOT..Farm Laborer
Elizabeth Renton..43..SCOT..Keeping House
Andrew Renton..19..SCOT..At School
Alexander Renton..17..SCOT..At School
Agness Renton..15..SCOT..At School
Ellen Renton..14..SCOT..At School
Robert Renton..13..SCOT..At School
John Renton..3..SCOT
.

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Sumpter Township, Wayne County, MI on 8 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 444A, District 265, Family 109, Roll 610
Sumpter Township, Wayne County, Michigan
Robert Renton..Head..52..SCO..Farmer
Elizabeth W. Renton..Wife..53..SCO..Keeping House
Robert Renton..Son..21..SCO..Farmer
John Renton..Son..12..SCO..At School
James Renton..Son..6..MI

NOTE - William, at age 15, was boarding with another family.
.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Robert Renton
Spouse's Name: Elisabeth Weir
Event Date: 09 Feb 1851
Event Place: Haddington,East Lothian,Scotland
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M11709-9
System Origin: Scotland-ODM
GS Film number: 1067848, 1067849

Citing this Record:
"Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTR2-762 : accessed 27 March 2016), Robert Renton and Elisabeth Weir, 09 Feb 1851; citing Haddington,East Lothian,Scotland, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,067,848, 1,067,849.
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In 1880 Robert and Elizabeth lived in Michigan next to his brother, John.
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The passenger list from 1869 shows Elizabeth and most of the children arriving in New York City aboard the ship USS James Foster Jr. For some reason, the name of the father, Robert Renton, was not included so it must be assumed that he arrived earlier.

The emigrant sailing ship, James Foster Jr, had a notorious reputation for starvation of the passengers and mistreatment by the crew. See a New York Times article published 23 Mar 1869 at https://www.nytimes.com/1869/03/23/archives/the-emigrant-ship-james-foster-jr.html.
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The true names and ages of their children seem to be a little bit confused especially the younger ones and their birth dates.

For example, on the passenger ship manifest in 1869, it shows Elizabeth arriving with 7 children. Absent from this voyage are the husband, who apparently arrived a few years earlier, James Blackie Renton who is known to have died earlier in Scotland, Margaret Weir Renton, whose death date is unknown and may have also died earlier in Scotland, and finally Henry Shield Renton, whose death date is unknown and may have also died earlier in Scotland.

The ages of the children on the ship's manifest are also different than what is believed to be their true age. For example, Andrew was correctly listed as 18 years old but Alex was believed to be 17 but was listed as only 15. Agnes was 14 and was correctly listed as 14 at the time of the ship's departure. Helen was listed as "Hellen", was 12 years old, and was correctly listed as 12. Robert was believed to be 10 years old but was listed as only 7. William was 4 years old but listed as only 3. John was 3 years old but listed as only an infant.
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