Abstract
Born in Dover, Racine, Wisconsin; died in Escanaba, Delta, Michigan.
Emigration from England
Sarah’s mother, Mary Ann Ridgeway, and father, John W. Appleton, as well as some of her siblings, Mary, Jane and John, emigrated from Lancashire County, England to Dover, Racine, Wisconsin.
Their route took them from Liverpool to New York. Their ship was most likely the Ohio and they arrived in New York on 18 May 1843. Sarah’s uncle, Charles Appleton, also emigrated at that time.
The family is recorded in the 1841 England Census living on Naylor Street(?) in the hamlet of Hardshaw, St Helens, Prescot, Lancashire, England. Next, the family is recorded in the 1850 US Census, living in Dover, Racine, Wisconsin.
Family Life – Parents and Siblings
John Appleton
+ Mary Ann Ridgeway m. 16 Jan 1837, (maybe St. Luke’s), Farnworth, Prescot, Lancashire, Eng
i. Mary Appleton b. 10 Oct 1838, St Helens, Prescot, Lancashire, Eng, d. 19 Oct 1921, , , , USA
ii. Jane Appleton b. 22 Jun 1840, St Helens, Eng, d. 9 Mar 1917, unknw
iii. John Appleton b. 13 Apr 1842, St Helens, Eng, d. 19 Dec 1882, Black Creek, Outagamie, WI, USA
iv. Ellen Appleton b. 16 May 1844, Dover, Racine, WI, USA, d. 5 Mar 1910
v. George Appleton b. 16 May 1844, Dover, Racine, WI, USA, d. 18 May 1844, Dover, Racine, WI, USA
vi. Henry Appleton b. 16 Apr 1848, , , , Eng, d. 23 Apr 1931, Waterford, Racine, WI, USA
vii. Elizabeth Appleton b. 16 Feb 1850, Dover, Racine, WI, USA, d. 11 Jun 1920
vii. George Appleton b. 22 Feb 1852, Dover, WI, USA, d. 3 Mar 1852, Dover, WI, USA
ix. Sarah Appleton I b. 22 Feb 1852, Dover, WI, USA, d. 8 Mar 1852, Dover, WI, USA
x. Joseph Appleton b. 11 Feb 1853, Dover, WI, USA, d. 24 Feb 1933, unknw
xi. Sarah Ann Appleton b. 7 Jun 1855, Dover, WI, USA, d. 6 Jan 1940, Dover, WI, USA
xii. Matilda Appleton (Tillie) b. 24 Jun 1857, Dover, WI, USA, d. 10 Apr 1944, unknw
xiii. Emily Appleton b. 15 Mar 1860, Dover, WI, USA, d. 18 Apr 1948, unknw
xiv. Thomas Appleton (Physician) b. 13 Feb 1863, unkn, Outagamie, WI, d. 22 Aug 1942, Seattle, King, WA
Ancestors
Paternal Side
William Leyland (carpenter)
+ Ann Whittle m. 2 Aug 1724, Penwortham, Lancashire, Eng
i. Richard b. 8 May 1726, Farington House, Penwortham, Lancashire, Eng
ii. John b. 14 Dec 1729, Farington House
iii. Thomas Leyland b. 8 Aug 1731, Farington House
+ Ann March
a. Jane Leland
+ Henry Appleton (muslin weaver) m. 16 Nov 1801, Rainford Chapel, Lancashire, Eng
i. John W. Appleton b. 2 Feb 1814, St Helens, Prescot, Lancashire, Eng
d. 1866 WI
Maternal Side
James Ashton
+ Hannah A. m. unk
i. Ellen Ashton b. 1 Nov 1789, Billinge, Prescot, Lancashire, Eng
+ John Ridgeway m. 7 Dec 1808, Warrington, Prescot, Lancashire, Eng
a. Mary Ann Ridgeway b. 26 Feb 1818, Warrington, Prescot, Lancashire, Eng;
d. 3 Aug 1906, Escanaba, Delta, MI, USA
Descendants
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GEDCOM – can be provided
Records for which I Have a Copy
US Census 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900
Sarah Ann Appleton Fish obituary
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Mary Appleton Morris Noble Commemorative Sketch
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1841 Eng Census (John, Mary Ann, and Jane Appleton)
1841 Eng Census (Henry and Jane Appleton)
1851 Eng Census (John and Ellen Ridgeway)
Note on a) marriage place/date for Henry Appleton & Jane Leland,
b) Jane’s parents, and c) Henry’s profession from RootsWeb
Note of marriage location common for Appleton family was St Luke’s in Farnworth from RootsWeb
Baines Commercial National Directory Lancashire 1824
Pigots Directory Lancashire 1828
Transcriptions on ancestry.com (no images) for
Registers of The Parish Church of Penwortham, in The South of Lancaster, 1608-1755
Billinge – Parish Register, 1696-1812
England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940
Timeline
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