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Elizabeth Letitia <I>Westaway</I> DeShay

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Elizabeth Letitia Westaway DeShay

Birth
England
Death
5 Dec 1876 (aged 36)
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec N Lot 22427
Memorial ID
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Killed in the 1876 Brooklyn Theater Fire


Kings County Estate Files

Brother William Westaway of BK


1870 Census - BK

Wm Deshary 30

Eliza Deshary 29

Annie Deshary 4

Wm Deshary


1865 Census - BK

Jamima Westaway 44 Head

William Deshay 24 Son-in-law

Elizabeth Deshay 23 Daughter



1860 Census

William Westaway Male 50 England

Jemima Westaway Female 39 England

Elizabeth Westaway Female 19 England

William Westaway Male 14 England


Buried in the common grave with about 103 others.

Within days, the mass burial of the victims was arranged at Green-Wood for those whose bodies could not be identified, had not been claimed, or whose family could not afford burial. The coffins buried in the plot are arranged in a radiating double circle around the base of the monument which was erected by The City of Brooklyn.

Killed in the 1876 Brooklyn Theater Fire


Kings County Estate Files

Brother William Westaway of BK


1870 Census - BK

Wm Deshary 30

Eliza Deshary 29

Annie Deshary 4

Wm Deshary


1865 Census - BK

Jamima Westaway 44 Head

William Deshay 24 Son-in-law

Elizabeth Deshay 23 Daughter



1860 Census

William Westaway Male 50 England

Jemima Westaway Female 39 England

Elizabeth Westaway Female 19 England

William Westaway Male 14 England


Buried in the common grave with about 103 others.

Within days, the mass burial of the victims was arranged at Green-Wood for those whose bodies could not be identified, had not been claimed, or whose family could not afford burial. The coffins buried in the plot are arranged in a radiating double circle around the base of the monument which was erected by The City of Brooklyn.



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