Susannah (Shaw) Abraham (1810 - 1899)

Born 17 Mar 1810 in County Wexford, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of John McNickle — married 1832 in Leeds, Upper Canada

Wife of Thomas (Abraham) Abram — married 8 Jul 1860 in Canada West

Descendants

Died 15 Sep 1899 at age 89 in Escott, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada

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Susannah (Shaw) Abraham was born in Ireland.

Biography

Susanna "Susan" Shaw was born in County Wexford in 1810. She was the daughter of William Shaw (1786 - 1879) and Mary Waldron (1790 - 1820). Susan grew up with two brothers: Robert Shaw (1812-1900) and Thomas Shaw (1816-1901).

Susannah and her family left Ireland and sailed to Canada in 1820. Her mother died due to an illness on board ship at Amherst Island, Upper Canada just before arriving in Kingston.

Her father continued with the three children landing Kingston. He then bought the land and built the farm now called Hogsback Hill Farm outside of Escott, Leeds County. She and her two brothers grew up in the beautiful stone house which is still standing today after 200 plus years.

Susanna met and married firstly, John McNickle (1810-1862) some time before 1833. He was the local Innkeeper. They had three children John, McNickle (1834 - 1888), Mary (McNickle) Storey (1837- 1921) and Susannah (McNickle) Phillips (1838-1908).

As a single parent, she continued with the Inn and also the Escott Mills.

Susannah married secondly to Thomas (Abrams) Abraham (1827-1892) on July 8, 1860. He would then take over in helping her with the Inn. They did not have any children. Thomas passed away in 1892.

Susannah (Shaw) McNickle Abraham died 15 September 1899, at the age of 89 in the home she grew up in at Hogsback Hill Farm in Escott, Leeds and Grenville United Counties in Ontario, Canada. She was buried at Escott Cemetery.

Sources

• FamilySearch.org Susannah "Susan" Shaw (1810 - 1899)

• 1851 census Escott township, Leeds, Canada West page 1a, (1) (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1851&op=img&id=e002356811)
  • McNickle, John Inn Keeper Ireland Church of England 42 Male
  • McNickle, Susan Ireland Church of England 42 Female
  • McNickle, John Jr. Inn Keeper Canada Church of England 18 Male
  • McNickle, Mary Canada Church of England 15 Female
  • McNickle, Susan Canada Church of England 13 Female

• 1861 census Escott, Leeds, Canada West page 18
  • Thomas Abraham Inn Keeper Ireland C. England 34 Male Married
  • Susanna Abraham Ireland C. England 49 Female Married
• 1871 Census, Ontario," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4QJ-XV7 : 2022), Susanah Abraham age 60 in household of Thomas Abraham, Front of Escott, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

• 1881 census Escott Front, Leeds South, Ontario, Canada Family 84, Page 38,
  • Thomas Abraham Male 52 Ireland Irish C. England Farmer Married
  • Susanna Abraham F 70 Ireland Irish C. England Married

• BURIAL Susanna Shaw Abraham BIRTH 17 Mar 1810 Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland DEATH 15 Sep 1899 (aged 89) Escott, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada buried Escott Cemetery, Escott, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Find A Grave: Memorial #142503099