Person Sheet


Name Sir William Houston SHAW-STEWART RN KCB, 6681
Birth 7 9 1822, Kirkmichael House Ayrshire
Death 13 11 1901, 51 Hans Road Chelsea Age: 79
Death Memo IoD 4Q1901 Chelsea 1a272
Occupation 1851: Cdr RN. 1881: Controller of the Navy (CN).
Spouses:
1 Catherine Elizabeth COOTE, 6683
Birth 2 7 1829, Portman Square
Christen 27 7 1829, St Mary Bryanston Square
Christen Memo #322
Death 23 11 1867 Age: 38
Father Eyre COOTE (1806-1834)
Mother Eliza Rosetta MASSY-DAWSON, 977 (~1809-1858)
Marriage 20 2 1850, Fordingbridge area
Marriage Memo IoM 1Q1850 Fordingbridge 8/293
Children: Catherine C, 6686 (1854-)
Louisa ME, 6687 (1858-)
2 Blanche Caroline STEWART, 6684
Birth 1845
Death 1927 Age: 82
Marriage 1872, Devonport
Marriage Memo IoM 1Q1872 Stoke Damerel 5b533
Children: Blanche Nita Mary, 6685 (1873-)
Notes for Sir William Houston SHAW-STEWART RN KCB
Ancestry231208: census1881. Wikipedia: DandPofB DandPofD. Ancestry070512: census1851. Ancestry240514: IoD aged79. AncestryProbate240514: DandPofD.
Census
Census1851 1667/728/17: aged27, mar, son/law at West Park House Rockbourne w Armar Lowry Corry (6688), occ, PofB Ayrshire. Census1881 104/89/36: aged58, mar, hd at 50 Warwick Square Belgrave, occ, PofB Scotland.
Census Notes for Catherine Elizabeth (Spouse 1)
Census1851 1667/728/17: aged21, mar, dau/law (stepdau) at West Park House Rockbourne w Armar Lowry Corry (6688), PofB Marylebone.
Misc. Notes
Wikipedia070512: only dau of Eyre Coote, d.23 Nov 1867. Ancestry070512: census1851. AncestryLBB150512: ChrR DandPofB.
Notes for William Houston & Catherine Elizabeth (Family)
Ancestry070512: IoM. Wikipedia: DofM.
Census Notes for Blanche Caroline (Spouse 2)
Census1881 104/89/36: aged35, wife at 50 Warwick Square Belgrave, PofB Scotland.
Misc. Notes
IoM: maiden name. Ancestry231208: census1881. Wikipedia: YofB YofD.
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