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Philander Shirley born about
1798 in New York (age 64 at time of death in 1862, per tombstone).
He was enumerated with his young family in the Ontario Co NY
census in 1830, age 20-30 (b 1800-10); Philander and his wife
Eve sold 50 acres of land in Ontario County in 1835. This land
was inherited by wife Eve from her father James Rose, dec'd;
The family moved to nearby Seneca County not long after; He was
enumerated at Fayette Township, Seneca County in 1840, 1850 (age
47) and 1860 censuses (age 68). Occupation: Farmer; He died 6
December 1862 in Waterloo, New York and is buried at Maple Grove
Cemetery. His Will was written in 1861 and probated in 1862 in
Seneca Co NY
1861 Will of Philander Shirley, Fayette,
Ny - I, Philander Shirley, Of Fayette In The County Of Seneca,
Being Mindful Of The Uncertainity Of This Mortal Life, Do Make
And Declare This My Last Will And Testament. 1St. I Give, Bequeath
And Devise To My Beloved Wife, Effa, The Use Of My Farm On Which
I Now Reside In The Town Of Fayette With All The Rents And Profits
Therefrom Until My Youngest Child, Ella, Shall Arrive At The
Age Of 21 Years Together With The Use Of All My Personal Property,
After My Debts And Funeral Charges Shall Have Been Paid. 2D.
I Give, Bequeath And Devise To My Said Wife, Effa, After My Said
Youngest Child, Ella, Shall Have Attained Her 21St Year, The
Sume Of Two Hundred And Ten Dollars A Year To Be Paid To Her
Annually, By My Executors, As Long As She Shall Live, In Lieu
Of Dower, The Money To Be Taken From My Farm Or The Avails Of
It. 3D. The Balance Of My Property Both Real And Personal Not
Herein Disposed Of, I Will And Direct Shall Be Equally Divided
Between My Ten Children, To Wit: Philander, Silas, Alexander,
Andrew, Franklin, And Henry And My Daughters, Florinda, Louisa,
Mary And Ella, To Them Their Heirs Or Legal Respresentatives.
4Th I Appoint My Beloved Wife, Effa, My Executor And John H.
Peters, My Executor, Of This My Last Will And Testament, Hereby
Revoking All Other Wills And Codicils By Me Made. In Witness
Whereof, I Have Hereunto Set My Hand And Seal This Fifth Day
Of May, Eighteen Hundred And Sixty One. Philander Shirley (L.S.)
Maple Grove Cem, Seneca Co NY - submitted
by Nancy Tweedie to Findagrave.com website
This Indenture Made This 13Th Day
Of March In The Year Of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred And
Seventy Two Between Alexander Shirley & Emily, His Wife,
Andrew Shirley & Nancy, His Wife, Florinda Edwards, Louisa
Shirley, Franklin Shirley & His Wife, Mary, Mary Shirley,
Henry Shirley & Emma, His Wife, Ella Shirley Of Fayette,
New York And Silas Shirley & Augusta, His Wife, Of La Platte,
Nebraska By John H. Peters, Heir Attorney By Virtue Of A Setter
Of Attorney Dated October 26, 1871 Being Heirs At Law Of Philander
Shirley, Late Of Fayette, Deceased, And Effie Shirley, Widow
Of Said Deceased Parties Of The First Part And Daniel Schwab
Of Fayette, New York Of The Second Part. Witnesseth, That The
Said Part Of The First Part, In Consideration Of The Sume Of
Seven Hundred And Eighty Dollars To Each Of Said Heirs, Parties
Of The First Part, In All Seven Thousand And Twenty Dollars To
Him Duly Paid Have Sold And By These Presents Do Grant And Convey
To The Said Party Of The Second Part, His Heirs And Assigns.
All That Tract Or Parcel Of Land Situate In The Town Of Fayette,
Seneca County, Ny That Is To Say All Of Their Respective Interests
In And To All That Farm Or Tract Of Land Of Which Said Philander
Shirley Died Seized & Situated In Fayette, Seneca County,
Ny Being Part Of Military Lot Number 1, Bounded On The North
By The Seneca Outlook, On The East By Lands Of William Bookman,
South By Lands Of John H. Peters And West By Lands In Possession
Of James Burroughs Containing 78 Acres Of Land. A Part Of Said
Premises Is In Wheat Growing Sowing By Charles Yost On ? To Be
Cared For, Harvested And Thrashed By Him. And, The Possession
Of Said Premises By Said Schwab To Be Subject To The Rights Of
Said Yost And Said Schwab Is To Be Entitled To All The Rights
Of Said Parties Of The First Part Under The Agreement With Said
Yost. The Premises Hereby Conveyed Are The Same Conveyed To Said
Philander Shirley By Horace Wilkinson And Wife, Eliza, By Deed
Dated October, 30Th, 1848 & Recorded In Seneca County Clerk'S
Office On The Second Day Of ? 1849 In Book V 2 Of Deeds 108.
- Recorded April 1St, 1872 At 4:25Pm By Hugh Montgomery, Clerk
married Eve "Effie" Polhemus
Rose who was born 24 August
1804 baptised 25 April 1805 in Clarkstown, Rockland, New York;
She was age 44 in 1850 census; She was widowed and head of household
in Seneca Co NY in the 1870 census; She died 11 October 1879
Waterloo, Seneca, NY
Children
1(i). Philander Shirley
Jr. b. 1825 NY; He died April
28, 1861 in Phelps, Ontario Co NY, buried at the Maple Grove
Cemetery, at Waterloo Seneca Co NY; (Editor: I don't find
this family in either the 1850 or 1860 census)
Married Mary Cole.
Children
2(i). George A Shirley born 1856, Phelps, Ontario Co NY; He was single,
age 24 and working as a farm laborer for Cheney Whitney in Phelps,
Ontario Co NY in 1880; He was married and lived at Arcadia, Wayne
Co NY in 1900 census (age 44) and 1910 census (age 53). Named
as an heir of uncle Alexander Shirley in a petition filed by
aunt Florinda Shirley in 1908; He was age 65 at the time of his
second marriage in 1920 (parents named)
married 1) Susanna ________ in 1880; She was age 66 in 1910 census
married 2) Elizabeth A Layton
on 20 October 1920 at Wayne Co, NY
no apparent children
2(ii). William C. Shirley born 1857, Phelps Ontario Co NY; Named as an
heir of uncle Alexander Shirley in a petition filed by aunt Florinda
Shirley in 1908; He lived with his daughter and son-in-law in
Manchester Twp, Ontario Co NY 1920 census, age 62
married Mary J. Potts She was the sister of James Potts
Children:
3(i). Ella Mae Shirley She married William Peate. They lived in Manchester,
NY where he died 12/9/1922 and is buried at the Clifton Springs,
NY cemetery with his wife, Mary, daughter and son in law.
2(iii). Alonzo Shirley born 1858, Phelps Ontario Co NY; He lived with
Isaac Vanostran as an adopted child in the 1865 NY State Census,
age 17 working as an 'employee' living in the John Kisor household
in Gorham Ontario Co NY in 1875 State Census. No further information
found
2(iv). Charles Shirley born 1862, Phelps, Ontario Co NY. "By 1870
Charles was not living with his mother and was working as a "farm
labor" and in 1879 he was living in Clifton Springs"
(Editor: I don't find this guy)
1(ii). Silas Shirley born about 1828 in NY, age 21 living in the
Altman household in the 1850 census, age 32 in parents' 1860
census household; He lived at LaPlatte, Sarpy Co Nebraska in
1870 census;
SILAS SHIRLEY has been one of Sarpy
county's industrious and enterprising farmers since 1867, in
which year he bought 40 acres of land in Laplatte precinct from
Peter Lewis, and he has devoted his entire time to the development
of that tract ever since its purchase. At the time he became
the possessor of this property, the land had been improved but
little, and it had only a small frame house. He has since remodeled
and enlarged the house, besides erecting a good barn and several
outbuildings, and he has also made a wonderful improvement by
the cultivation of the soil. One of the largest yields of oats
in Sarpy county is the record of 83 bushels to the acre, held
by our subject; his average yield, however, is 50 bushels to
the acre. He has a fine grove of shade trees around his house
and has, besides, a good orchard and a vineyard. Mr. Shirley
was born in Ontario county, New York, in 1829, and is a son of
Philander Shirley, who was a farmer until his death in Seneca
county, and married Charlotte A., a daughter of James M. and
Laura R. Kinney) Wilkinson, who moved to Bellevue, Nebraska,
in 1856. Her father ran a stage formerly and was later probate
judge in Butler county, Nebraska. Although Silas Shirley and
his wife are the parents of no children, they have nevertheless
reared several, and when one has grown up and started out to
face the world, Mr. and Mrs. Shirley were ever ready to make
a happy home for another. Biographical Sketches of Leading
Citizens of Saunders and Sarpy Counties Nebraska
married Charlotte Augusta Wilkinson, 1874
(no children)
1(iii). Florinda Shirley born about 1831 at Phelps, NY, age 19 in 1850
census, age 29 in parents' 1860 census; She married 1) Samuel
Edwards & 2) George W. Baker, She died 1922 in Waterloo,
NY
1(iv). Alexander Shirley born 23 August 1833 at Phelps NY, age 16 in
parents' 1850 census household; Enumeraed in Seneca Co NY in
the Stephen Cook household near his father's farm in the 1860
census, age 30, occupation: farm laborer; He was a civil war
soldier; Lived at Fayette Seneca Co NY in 1870 census,
age 50, occupation: farmer; Lived at Waterloo, Seneca Co NY in
1880, age 48, with wife and (apparently) daughter-in-law and
grandchildren; He died 13 March 1908, age 74; buried
at the Maple Grove Cemetery, at Waterloo Seneca Co NY;
Alexander Shirley
(source: findagrave)
[1908] Petition Of Florinda Baker
For Alexander Shirley, Waterloo, Ny- The Petition Of Florinda
M. Baker Of The Town Of Waterloo In The County Of Seneca And
Sate Of New York Respectfully Shows: That Alexander Shirley Died
On The 13Th Day Of May, 1908 At Fayette In The County Of Seneca,
State Of New York At The Age Of About 75 Years, Leaving No Last
Will And Testament To The Best Of Your Petitioner'S Knowledge,
Information And Belife, Diligent Search And Inquirng Having Been
Made Therefor. That The Said Alexander Shirley At The Time Of
His Death As Aforesaid, Was A Resident Of The Town Of Fayette,
County Of Seneca And State Of New York. That The Said Decedent
Died Possessed Of Certain Personal Property Within This County
And State; As Your Petitioned Is Informed And Believes, The Value
Of The Personal Property Of Which The Said Decendent Died Possessed
(Including The Probable Amount To Be Recovered By Reason Of Any
Right Of Action Granted To An Administrator Of Said Decendent,
By Special Provision Of The Law) Does Not Exceed The Sume Of
Fifty Dollars. That The Said Decedent Left Him Surviving, No
Widow. That The Following Named Persons Are All The Next Of Kin
Of The Said Decedent, And That Their Respective Places Of Residence
Are As Follows, Viz:
Florinda M. Baker, A Sister Of Waterloo,
Ny
Henry Shirley, A Brother Residing At Seneca Falls, Ny
Sylas Shirley, A Brother Resident At La Platt, Nebraska
William Shirley, A Nephew Residing At Clifton Springs, Ny
George Shirely, A Nephew Residing At Newark, Ny
Tena Leahy, A Niece Residing At Syracuse, Ny
Josephine King, A Niece Residing At Waterloo, Ny
Robert Shirley, A Nephew Residing At Waterloo, Ny
Nellie Stone, A Niece Residing At Waterloo, Ny
William Shirley, A Nephew Residing At Waterloo, Ny
Effie Shirley, A Niece Residing At Waterloo, Ny
Hazel Shirley, A Niece Residing At Waterloo, Ny
Charles Shirley, A Nephew Residing At Waterloo, Ny
Frank Shirley, A Nephew Residing At Waterloo, Ny
All Of Whom Are Upwards Of 21 Years
Of Age Except Hazel Shirley Who Is 19 Years Of Age. That The
Decedent Left No Real Estate. That Your Petitioner Is A Sister
Of The Said Decedent And Is Entitled To Administer Upon His Estate.
That No Petition For A Grant Of Letters Of Administration Upon
The Said Estate Has Been Filed In Any Surrogate Cournt Of This
State, As Your Petitioner Is Informed And Believes. Your Petitioner
Therefore Prays For A Decree Awarding Letters Of Administration
Upon The Personal Estate Of Said Decedent To Your Petitioners
And Maynard Litzenberger Of The Town Of Waterloo. Dated: 19Th
Day Of March, 1908 Signed: Florinda M. Baker Mabel A. Fox, Notary
Public
The above petition by sister Florinda
Shirley is curious. It lists the heirs of Alexander Shirley upon
his death. It says Alexander left no widow, and clearly omits
any children or grandchildren as heirs. Wife Emily is documented
in the 1880 census, but what about the children we show below
and the grandchildren who lived with Alexander in the 1880 census?
married Emily Miller She was age 46 in 1870 census; She apparently
died prior to the death of her husband in 1908
Children
2(i). Emma Shirley born about 1853, age 17 in parent's 1870 census
household; apparently died prior to the death of father in 1908?
Not named as an heir of father Alexander Shirley in aunt Florinda
Shirley's 1908 petition
James Shirley (source?) apparently died prior to the
death of father in 1908?
Robert Shirley (source?) apparently died prior to the
death of father in 1908?
Bertha Shirley (source?) apparently died prior to the
death of father in 1908?
1(v). John Shirley b. 1835, not living in parents 1850 or 1860
census households; Supposedly he died 1913 in Waterloo, NY
(source?)
married Elizabeth _____ (source?)
Children
2(i). Preston Shirley (source?)
2(ii). Bud Shirley (source?)
1(vi). Andrew Jackson Shirley born 1836 Fayette, Seneca, NY, age 14 in 1850
census household; He died 9 January 1884 in Waterloo, Seneca
Co New York, His Will was written in 1883 and probated in Seneca
Co NY in 1884.
1884 Last Will And Testament Of Andrew
J. Shirley. - Be It Remembered, That Heretofore To Wit: On The
13Th Day Of February In The Year Of Our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred And Eighty Four, Nancy A. Shirley, Widow Of Said Deceased,
And Charles E. Shirley And William F. Shirley Executors Named
In The Last Will And Testament Of Andrew J. Shirley, Late Of
The Village Of Waterloo, In The County Of Seneca, Deceased, Appeared
In Open Court, Appeared Before The Surrogate Of The County Of
Seneca And Made Application To Have The Said Last Will And Testament
Which Relates To Both Real And Personal Estate, Proved: And On
Such Application The Siad Surrogate Did Ascertain By Satisfactory
Evidence Who Were The Widow Heirs At Law And Next Of Kin Of The
Said Testator And Their Respective Residences. And, It Appearing
To The Satisfaction Of Said Surrogate That Nancy A. Shirley Is
The Widow And Charles E. Shirley And William F. Shirley Are Sons
And Only Heirs At Law And Next Of Kin, Of Said Andrew J. Shirley,
Deceased, And That There Are No Other Persons In Any Way Entitled
To Share As Heirs At Law Or Next Of Kin In The Estate Of Said
Deceased. And Said, Nancy A. Shirley, Charles E. Shirley And
William F. Shirley Having Appeared In Person Before The Surrogate
Of His Office In The Village Of Waterloo On The Day Hereinafter
Named To Attend The Probate Of Said Will, No Citation Having
Been Issued. And Afterwards, On The 13Th Day Of February A.D.
1884, No One Appearing To Oppose The Probate Of Such Will Such
Proceedings Were Thereupon Had In Said Court Afterwards That
Said Surrogate Took The Proofs Of Said Will Hereinafter Set Forth
Upon This 13Th Day Of February, 1884 And He Thereupon Adjuded
The Said Will To Be A Valid Will Of Real And Personal Property.
I, Andrew J. Shirley, Of The Village
Of Waterloo, Seneca County, New York, Do Make, Publish And Declare
This My Last Will And Testament In Manner Following, That Is
To Say: First: After The Payment Of My Just Debts And Funeral
Expenses, I Give, Bequeath And Devise All My Estate Both Real
And Personal To My Wife, Nancy A. Shirley To Be Used & Enjoyed
By Her During The Term Of Her Natural Life Or So Long As She
May Remain My Widow. And From And Immediately After Her Decease
Or Remarriage, I Give, Devise And Bequeath The Said Property
To My Two Sons, Charles E. Shirley And William F. Shirley, Share
And Share Alike, Absolutely And In Forever. Second: I Hereby
Appoint My Said Sons Executors Of This My Last Will & Testament
Hereby Revoking All Former Wills By Me Made. In Witness Whereof,
I Have Hereunto Subscribed My Name This 29Th Day Of December,
1883. Andrew J. Shirley. The Foregoing Insturment Consisting
Of One Half Sheet Of Paper Was At The Date Thereof Signed, Published
& Declared By The Said Andrew J. Shirley As Afor His Last
Will & Testament, In The Presence Of Us Who, At His Request
And In His Presence And In The Presence Of Each Other, Have Thereafter
Subscribed Our Names As Witnesses Thereto. George W. Laub, Residing
At Fayette Hugh Mclean, Residing At Fayette
 Andrew Jackson Shirley |
 Nancy Ann Heckman
Shirley |
 Unknown
child of Andrew
and Nancy |
married Nancy Ann Heckman She was age 27 in 1870 census
Children (may
be others)
2(i). Charles Eugene Shirley born 26 September 1860 in NY, age 9 in
1870 census; Named as an heir of uncle Alexander Shirley in a
petition filed by aunt Florinda Shirley in 1908; He died 24 April
1951 and buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Waterloo, Seneca Co
NY
2(ii). William Frank Shirley born August 1862 in NY, age 7 in 1870
census; Named as an heir of uncle Alexander Shirley in a petition
filed by aunt Florinda Shirley in 1908;He died 30 March 1943
and buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, Waterloo Seneca Co NY
married Anna Beck She was born Sept. 16, 1865 died Jan.
3, 1955. Anna Beck Shirley was born in Trusetal-Hasenburg, Germany;
Buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, Waterloo Seneca Co NY
Children:
3(i). Pearl Shirley born 12 February 1889; She died 18 February
1977; She marired Raymond J. Bauer Feb 16, 1910. He was
born Aug 19, 1888 d. Oct 1, 1956. They lived Waterloo, Seneca
Co. NY. One still born child
"Pearl was a very forward thinking
and interesting person back in her Victorian day. Her house had
been one of the designated homes to help smuggle slaves up north
in the "underground railroad!" One of the neatest
things I inherited from her directly was a very old and gothic
needlework sampler (it's either needlepoint or crewel.) This
sampler is rather large and is of the "Our Father"
Lords prayer on a heavy needlework paper in a heavy frame. What
is so interesting about this piece, is that on the back, there
were two small holes in the wood planking. Holes made intentionally.
When held up to the light, you can see through the holes, through
the needlework, at what's beyond. When we took this off the wall
in her farm house, there were also very small holes in the wall
adjacent to the holes in the wood backing of this piece. As the
story goes, this was so that you could spy from one room to another.
Because there were periodic inspections and raids of homes that
were suspected to be helping the slaves! There were also trap
doors in the floor under area rugs and trap doors in closets
of rooms that were connected. When I was a tiny little girl,
and my Mom & one of her brothers were cleaning out the house,
my sister and I played all day running from one room to another
through the closets and trap doors. It was sooo magical. This
house was so unusual and huge and old, it was like a museum!"
(Lisa Gammons sent this info)
3(ii). Herman Charles Shirley born 15 October 1891 at Waterloo, Seneca Co
NY (draft reg); He died 11 July 1976
married Virginia Ruth Vetter on 14 April 1915. She died about 1980.
Children:
4(i). William Franklin Shirley born 29 November 1916; He died 7 August 2001
married Jean Metz. They had 2 sons and 2 daughters.
4(ii). Jack Vetter Shirley born 12 March 1919; He died 27 September 1978
married Ann Marie Farrell. She died 29 August 1977. They had 1 son &
3 daughters.
2(iii). Henry Shirley died young
1(vii). James Shirley born about 1838 NY, age 12 in 1850 census household;
He is likely the James Shirley who died 6 December 1860, buried
Maple Grove Cemetery at Waterloo Seneca Co NY. died young
1(viii). Louisa Shirley born about 1840 in NY, age
10 in 1850 census, age 20 in parents' 1860 census household;
Single and living with widowed mother in the 1870 Seneca Co NY
census, age 30; She died 3 June 1879, buried at the Maple Grove
Cemetery, at Waterloo Seneca Co NY; Her Will was written in 1878
and probated in Seneca Co NY in 1880/1899, unmarried
1878 Will Of Louisa Shirley, Waterloo,
NY - Know All Men By These Presents. That I, Louisa Shirley,
Of Waterloo, Seneca County In The State Of New York, Being Of
Sound Mind And Memory, Do Make, Declare And Publish This My Last
Will And Testament. 1St I Direct My Executor Hereinafter Named
To Dispose Of Such Securities As I May Have At The Time Of My
Death, And Pay All My Just Debts And Funeral Expenses. 2D. I
Give And Bequeath Unto My Mother, Effa Shirley, The Use And Income
Of All My Property, Real And Personal, Which I May Have At The
Time Of My Death, And Which I May Be Entitled To For And Furing
Her Natural Life Time And No Longer. 3D. After The Death Of My
Mother, Effa Shirley, All Of The Rest, Residue And Remainder
Of My Estate Real And Personal, To Be Equally Divided, Share
And Share Alike. (It Doesn'T Say Who Will Share?) 4Th. I Do Nominate
And Appoint John H. Peters, Fayette To Be The Executor Of This
My Last Will And Testiment. In Witness Whereof, I Have Hereunto
Set My Hand And Seal, And Publish And Declare This To Be My Last
Will And Testiment, The Presence Of The Witnesses Named Below,
This The Third Day Of April, 1878. Louisa Shirley (L.S.) Signed,
Sealed, Declared And Published, By The Said Louisa Shirley, As
And For Her Last Will And Testament, In Presence Of Us, Who At
Her Request, And In Her Presence And In The Presence Of Each
Other, We Subscribed Our Names As Witnesses Hereto.Witness. John
H. Peters, Fayette. Henry C. Sweet, Fayette, State Of New York,
Seneca County. Ss:Be It Remembered, That On The Day Of The Date
Hereof, The Last Will And Testament Of Louisa Shirley, Late Of
The Town Of Fayette In Said County, Deceased, (Being The Foregoing
Written Instrument) Was Duly Proved Before George Franklin, Surrogate
Of Said County, According To Law, As And For The Last Will And
Testament Of The Real And Personal Estate Of The Said Deceased,
Which Said Last Will And Testament And The Proofs And Examinations
Taken Thereon Are Duly Recorded In The Surrogate'S Office Of
Said County Of Seneca. In Testimony Whereof, The Surrogate Of
Said County, Hath Hereunto Set His Hand And Affixed His Seal
Of Office, The 18Th Day Of February, Eighteen Hundred And Eighty.
(Seal) George Franklin, Surrogate. Recorded November 27, 1899,
At 1 O'Clock, P.M.
1(ix). Franklin Shirley born 22 August 1843 at Phelps, Ontario Co.
NY, age 8 in 1850 census, age 17 in parents' 1860 census household;
He was a soldier in the Civil War; He lived with his family (and
father-in-law) at Fayette Seneco Co NY in 1880 census, age 37,
occupation: Laborer. Lived in Seneca Co NY in 1900, age 57; He
died 23 May 1904, buried at the Maple Grove Cemetery, at Waterloo
Seneca Co NY;
married Mary Ester Loveridge, She was age 33 in 1880 census
Children
2(i). Lena May Shirley born about 1870 in NY, age 10 in 1880 census;
Named as an heir of uncle Alexander Shirley in a petition filed
by aunt Florinda Shirley in 1908;
2(ii). Josephine Lida Shirley born about 1873 in NY, age 7 in 1880 census;
Named as an heir of uncle Alexander Shirley in a petition filed
by aunt Florinda Shirley in 1908;
2(iii). Jessie Francis Shirley born about 1876 in NY, age 4 in 1880 census
2(iv). Robert Rose Shirley born about 1878 in NY, age 2 in 1880 census;
Named as an heir of uncle Alexander Shirley in a petition filed
by aunt Florinda Shirley in 1908;
2(v). Nellie Marian Shirley born about 1880 in NY, age 0 in 1880 census,
age 20 in 1900 census; Named as an heir of uncle Alexander Shirley
in a petition filed by aunt Florinda Shirley in 1908;
2(vi). William Arthur Shirley born about 1882 in NY, age 18 in 1900 census;
Named as an heir of uncle Alexander Shirley in a petition filed
by aunt Florinda Shirley in 1908;
married Lena Belle Clark on 3 Dec 1919 at Seneca NY
2(vii). Effie Leona Shirley born about 1885 in NY, age 15 in 1900 census;
Named as an heir of uncle Alexander Shirley in a petition filed
by aunt Florinda Shirley in 1908;
2(viii). Hazel Florence Shirley born about 1889 in NY, age 11 in 1900 census;
Named as an heir of uncle Alexander Shirley in a petition filed
by aunt Florinda Shirley in 1908;
1(x). Henry Shirley born 15 February 1844 Ontario Co NY, age 6
in 1850 census, age 15 in parents' 1860 census household; He
was a soldier in the Civil War. He was single and living
with his widowed mother in the 1870 Seneca Co NY census, age
24; Lived at Seneca Falls Township, Seneca Co NY in 1900 census,
age 54; He died 30 September 1911, buried at Maple Grove Cemetery
in Waterloo, Seneca Co NY,
Henry Shirley
(source: findagrave)
married Emma Miller, She was age 47 in 1900 census
Children
2(i). Annie May Shirley
2(ii). Ella Shirley
2(iii). John H. Shirley born about 1884 in NY, age 16 in 1900 census
2(iv). Louisa Shirley born about 1887 in NY, age 13 in 1900 census
2(v). Raymond Shirley born about 1890 in NY, age 10 in 1900 census
2(vi). Harrison B. Shirley born about 1892 in NY, age 8 in 1900 census
2(vii). Eva May Shirley born about 1896 in NY, age 4 in 1900 census
1(xi). Mary Jane, Shirley born about 1847 in NY, age 3 in 1850 census,
age 13 in 1860 census; Living with widowed mother in 1870 Seneca
Co NY census, age 22; Living with brother Franklin Shirley in
1880 census, she was age 32; Her Will was written in 1882 and
probated in Seneca County NY in 1885/1899; unmarried
1882 Will Of Mary J. Shirley, Fayette,
Ny - I, Mary J. Shirley, Of The Town Of Fayette, Seneca County
In The State Of New York, Being Of Sound Mind And Menory, Do
Make Ordain, Publish And Declare This To Be My Last Will And
Testament, That Is To Say: -- First, After All My Lawful Debts
Are Paid And Discharged, I Give, Devise And Bequeath Unto My
Sister, Florinda M. Edwards, All Of My Property, Both Real And
Personal, Wherever Situate. Likewise, I Make, Constitute And
Appoint, John H. Peters, Of Fayette, To Be Executor Of This My
Last Will And Testament, Hereby Revoking All Former Wills By
Me Made. In Witness Whereof, I Have Hereunto Subscribed My Name
And Affixed My Seal The 30Th Day Of September, A.D. 1882. The
Above Instrument Was At The Date Thereof, Mary J. Shirley (L.S.)
Subscribed By The Said Mary J. Shirley, In The Presence Of Us
And Each Of Us, She At The Time Making Said Subscription, Acknowledged
That She Executed The Same And Declared The Said Instument So
Subscribed By Her To Be Her Last Will And Testament, Whereupon
We Then And There At Her Request, And In Her Presence And In
The Presence Of Each Other, Subscribed Our Names As Witnesses
Thereto. John H. Peters, Fayette, Seneca County, Ny Jno H. Youndt,
Fayette, Seneca County, Ny. State Of New York, Seneca County
Surrogates Office, Ss. I Hereby Certify That The Annexed Instrument
Being The Last Will And Testament Of Mary J. Shirley Of The Town
Of Fayette In The County Of Seneca And State Of New York Deceased,
Has Upon Due Proof Been This Day Admitted To Probate By The Surrogate'S
Court Of The Said County Of Seneca As A Will Valid To Pass Real
And Personal Property, Which Said Last Will And Testament And
The Proofs And Examinations Taken Thereon Are Recorded In The
Office Of The Surrogate Of Said Last Mentioned County. In Testimony
Whereof, I Have Hereunto Set My Hand And Affixed The Seal Of
Said Surrogate'S Court At Seneca Falls In The Said County, This
18Th Day Of May, In The Year One Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty
Five. (Seal) Wm. S. Macdonald, Clerk Surrogate'S Court Recorded
November 24, 1899, At 1 O'Clock, P.M. Signed: Patrick Savage,
Clerk
1(xii). Ella Shirley Shirley born about 1850 in NY, age 10 in 1860 census;
Living with widowed mother in the 1870 census for Seneca Co NY,
age 19; She died 26 June 1874 (born 1852), buried at the Maple
Grove Cemetery, at Waterloo Seneca Co NY; Her Will was written
in 1874 and probated in Seneca Co NY in 1875/1899, unmarried
1874 Will Of Ella Shirley, Waterloo,
Ny - Know All Men By These Presents. That Ella Shirley, Of Waterloo,
Seneca County, In The State Of New York, Being Of Sound Mind
And Memory, Do Make, Declare, And Publish This My Last Will And
Testament. 1St. I Direct My Executor Hereinafter Named To Dispose
Of Such Securities As I May Have At The Time Of My Death, And
To Pay All Of My Just Debts And Funeral Expenses. 2Nd. I Give
And Bequeath Unto My Mother, Effie Shirley, The Use And Income
Of All My Property Real And Personal, Which I May Have At The
Time Of My Death, And Which I May Be Entitled To For And During
Her Natural Life Time And No Longer. 3Rd. After The Death Of
My Mother, Effie Shirley, I Give Bequeath And Devise, Unto My
Sisters, Louisa Shirley, Florinda M. Edwards, And Mary J. Shirley,
All Of The Rest, Residue And Remainder Of My Estate, Real And
Personal, To Be Equally Divided Between Them Share And Share
Alike. 4Th. I Do Nominate And Appoint John H. Peters, Of Fayette,
To Be The Executor Of This My Last Will And Testament. In Testimony
Whereof, I Have Herunto Set My Hand And Seal, And Publish And
Declare This To Be My Last Will And Testament, In Presence Of
The Witnesses, Named Below, This Sixteenth Day Of June, A.D.
1874. Signed, Sealed, And Declared And Published By The Said
Ella Shirley. (L.S.), As And For Her Last Will And Testament,
In Presence Of Us, Who At Her Request And In Her Presence And
In Presence Of Each Other, Have Subscribed Our Names As Witnesses
Hereto.Witness. Hency C. Sweet, Fayette. John H. Peters, Fayette,
State Of New York, Seneca County, Ss: Be It Remembered, That
On The Day Of The Date Hereof, The Last Will And Testament Of
Ella Shirley, Late Of The Town Of Fayette In Said County, Deceased,
(Being The Foregoing Written Instrument) Was Duly Proved Before
Gilbert Wilcoxen, Surrogate Of The Said County According To Law,
As And For The Last Will And Testament Of The Real And Personal
Estate Of The Said Deceased, Which Said Last Will And Testament
And The Proof And Examinations Of The Said Deceased, Which Said
Last Will And Testament And The And The Proof And Examinations
Taken Thereon, Are Duly Recorded In The Surrogate Of Said County
Hath Hereunto Set His Hand And Affixed His Seal Of Office The
15Th Day Of February, Eighteen Hundred And Seventy Five. (Seal)
G. Wilcoxen, Surrogate. Recorded November 27, 1899, At 1 O'Clock
P.M.
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Philander Shirley