He arrived in New York with his parents on 30 March 1848 on board the Sir John Peel[2], and died a few days later: He was 10 months and a fortnight old when he died. We buried him on Sunday the 16th of April.
Sources
↑ 1.01.1England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth, database entry for SHAKESPEAR, EDGAR Mother's Maiden Surname: WIMBLE GRO Reference: 1847 J Quarter in BIRMINGHAM Volume 16 Page 385 https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/
↑New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27GR-6YK : 20 February 2021), Edgar Shakespeare, 1848; 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 2,317.
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