Rosana Shackford, the daughter of Samuel and Susanna (Hobbs) Shackford was born August 25, 1824 in Duxbury, Vermont. She was seven when her father died, 10 when her mother married Ezra French, and 16 when she married 33 year old Alfred York, the son of John Bradbury and Mary Polly (Emerson) York in Waterbury, Vermont on June 23, 1841. Albert had six children from a previous marriage – Bradbury, George, Daniel W, Ann, Jonas, and John W. We have not yet learned what happened to Albert’s first wife Abigail (Watson) York.
In 1850 George, Jonas, and John were living with Alfred and Rosana. After George died in Virginia during the Civil War, his youngest daughter Lizzie moved in with Alfred and Rosana.
Alfred died on August 4, 1890 in Waterbury and was buried in the Hope Cemetery in Waterbury, Vermont. His will which was written in 1886 mentioned his children Bradbury York, Ann Simonds, Janus York, John W. York, Daniel York and his grandchildren Lizzie York and Imagine Jones, both children of his son George York who died in the Civil War.
Rosana died at the age of 85 on August 4, 1890 of uranemia and nephritis. She had been living in the home of her step-granddaughter Lizzie and her step-great-granddaughter Rosie.
Rosana was buried in the Waterbury Cemetery in Waterbury, Vermont. Thank you to Vermont Grave Walker who gave permission to share a copy of the photo of Rosana’s gravestone in this blog.
Rosana’s wrote a will and two codicils between Dec 11, 1897 and May 19, 1910 which mention her step-granddaughter Mrs Lizzie Gibson, her step-great granddaughter Rosie Gibson, Mrs Malinda Hart, her sister Susanna Sabrina Lanfair of Deerfield, Mass., (her only living sibling), Mrs Mandana Dillingham (her niece), Malanda Hart (her niece), Samuel Hart (her nephew), the Freewill Baptist Home Mission Society, the Freewill Baptist Foreign Mission Society, her step-son John W York, her step-son Jonas M. York and Samuel S. Foster., Emogene Jones, and step-grandson Fred E. York. She also left a legacy to the Waterbury cemetery to maintain the Alfred York gravesites.
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SOURCES:
1850 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, Waterbury, page 609 (handwritten), 305 (stamped), dwelling 1969, family 1977, Alfred York; digital images, FamilySearch(http://familysearch.org : accessed 29 May 2019).
1860 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, Waterbury, Page No 187, dwelling 1425, family 1520, Alfred York; digital images, FamilySearch(http://familysearch.org : accessed 28 May 2019).
1870 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, Waterbury, Page No 32, dwelling 250, family 273, Alfred York; digital images, FamilySearch(http://familysearch.org : accessed 28 May 2019).
1880 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, Waterbury, enumeration district (ED) 218, Page No 45, dwelling 477, family 578, Alfred York; digital images, FamilySearch(http://familysearch.org : accessed 28 May 2019).
1900 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, Waterbury Village, enumeration district (ED) 239, Sheet No 9, dwelling 226, family 252, Rozanna York; digital images, FamilySearch(http://familysearch.org : accessed 28 May 2019).
1910 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, Waterbury Village, enumeration district (ED) 237, Sheet No 14A, Rosanna York in home of Lizzie A Gibson; digital images, FamilySearch(http://familysearch.org : accessed 28 May 2019).
“Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” 13 October 1925; SG SGA 5; Shackford collection by Samuel Burnham Shackford; New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. (56) William Shackford, Shackford Genealogy Manuscript, #251 Rosanna Shackford
Vermont, Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2V7N-9BN, Rosana York, 19 May 1910; digital images, FamilySearch(www.familysearch.org : accessed 25 December 2015).
Vermont, Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V8MB-BBM, Rosana Shackford/Alfred York, 23 June 1841; digital images, FamilySearch(www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 June 2013).
“Vermont, Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999,” digital images, Ancestry(www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 June 2019), Alfred York; page 102-104.
“Vermont, Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999,” digital images, Ancestry(www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 June 2019), Rosana York.
Updated June 12 adding Alfred’s death
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Hi. I just came across your notes regarding Alfred York and Rosana. Alfred is my GG Grandfather through Bradbury Watson York. In comparing my notes to yours, I did notice a couple of differences. Alfred actually had 3 wives. The first was Abigail Watson, married Nov 23, 1826 in Nottingham, Rockingham, NH. They had Bradbury Watson and George W. York. That marriage ended (?divorce or death) before 1834. Alfred then married to Eunice Walker 29 Mar 1835 in Waterboro, Maine. They had Anna M,, Daniel W., James M. and John Walker York. (If you very closely at their names in Alfred’s will, what looks like Jonas is actually James). Eunice died 24 April 1840 in Waterbury, VT. And then he married Rosana in 1841. I am still in the process of finding documentation for everything, but thought I would send you this information. I am now looking into John Bradbury vs. James Bradbury (which is the name that I have on record). These Yorks sure are a tough bunch to track down ! Thanks !
Thanks for reading my blog & adding updated information to Rosanna’s husband! Best with the rest of your research on the York line!