Mary Bonnycastle1,2,3
#625, (bt 1831 - 1835 - 1859)
| Father | Charles Bonnycastle4,1 (1796 - 1840) |
| Mother | Ann Mason Tutt4 (1807 - 1873) |
| Relationship | Granddaughter of John Bonnycastle |
| Charts | 5 Generations of Descendants of Charles Bonnycastle (1796-1840) |
Life Events | |
| Research Note | The only instance of a middle name is the letter "Y" in her marriage announcement in the NY Daily Tribune. |
| Birth | Mary Bonnycastle was born between 1831 and 1835. This birthdate is calculated from the tallies in the 1840 census. The newspaper notice of Mary's death in 1859 reported her age as 21, suggesting a birth year of 1837 or 38.5 |
| Marriage | She married James B Shaw on 15 Jan 1857 in Washington, D.C., The register had no further information.6 |
| Newspaper | Published 19 Jan 1857 in the New York Daily Tribune. Marriages SHAW - BONNYCASTLE -- At Washington City, on Thursday, Jan 15, by the Rev Mr Cummings, Mr James B Shaw of Texas, to Miss Mary Y Bonnycastle, daughter of the late Prof Bonnycastle of the University of Virginia.3 |
| Newspaper | Published 30 Jan 1857 in the Richmond Whig. Marriages. James B Shaw, of Texas, to Mary, dau of Prof. Bonnycastle of the Univ of Va.1 |
| Note. | James B Shaw was the comptroller for the Republic, then State, of Texas. [see his page for interesting biographical information] |
| Death | Mary died on 7 Jul 1859 in Water Cure, Baltimore, Maryland. "in her 22d year, Mrs Mary Shaw, wife of James Shaw, late Comptroller of the State of Texas and youngest dau of the late Prof Bonnycastle of the Univ of Va" According to the entry for James in the Handbook of Texas, they had a daughter who died at the age of two, shortly before Mary died.7,8 |
| Gravestone | There is a gravestone for Mary in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky. The inscription is: Mary Bonnycastle, wife of James B Shaw, died July 7 1859. On the same stone is inscribed: James B Shaw, died Nov 15 1889, aged 70 years. [Note: there is no entry for Mary's burial in the Cave Hill Cemetery online database]9 |
| (Mentioned) Will | Mary was mentioned in the will of her mother Ann Mason Bonnycastle dated 12 Dec 1872. Her mother left money for her granddaughters to buy diamond rings "because I promised my dear little Mary the one I wore which I now leave to Ann."10 |
| Last Edited | 19 Apr 2014 |
Citations
- Index to Marriages & Obituaries, Richmond newspapers, 1736-1982, compiled by Bernard J Henley, Library of Virginia, online at http://eagle.vsla.edu/henley/, Richmond Whig, 30 Jan 1857.
- W. Pippenger, Washington D.C. Marriage Licenses, 1811-58 (Arlington, Virginia: n.pub., 1994).
- New York Daily Tribune, Shaw-Bonnycastle marriage announcement, 19 January 1957, page 8. Digitized copy viewed at the Library of Congress site, "Chronicling America."
- Letters from William Robinson (Rob) Bonnycastle, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, to J Kolthammer, dated beginning in 1990.
- 1840 Federal Census for United States, Virginia, Albemarle County, Roll 549, Page 134. Digital image viewed at Ancestry.com.
- Marriage Records of District of Columbia, 1811-1950. Original records District of Columbia Clerk of the Superior Court. Viewed at Family Search Historic Records & Images Online, James B Shaw & Mary Bonnycastle, 1857, FHL film #2079251.
- Index to Marriages & Obituaries, Richmond newspapers, 1736-1982, compiled by Bernard J Henley, Library of Virginia, online at http://eagle.vsla.edu/henley/, Richmond Whig, 22 July 1859.
- Seymour V. Connor, "SHAW, JAMES B.," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fsh10), accessed October 09, 2011. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
- Website Find A Grave. Mary Bonnycastle, wife of James Shaw, image of gravestone.
- Will and Probate of A M Bonnycastle of Louisville, 12 December 1872, proved in the Jefferson County, Kentucky, Court, 23 July 1873. Volume 8, Page 166. Digitised copy viewed at Familysearch.org.