Family:Thomas Shores and Betsey Wilson (1)

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Facts and Events
Marriage[1] 18 Jun 1832 , Somerset County, Maryland
Census[2][4] 24 Sep 1850 Dames Quarter District, Somerset, Maryland
Census[3][5] 5 Jul 1860 Dames Quarter District, Somerset, Maryland
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References
  1. Pollitt, Roy C. Somerset County, Maryland, marriage records 1796 - 1871. (Prince George, Virginia: Old Somersett House, c1986)
    p. 130; p. 334.

    SHAW[sic] Thomas [m.] WILSON Elizabeth 18 Jun 1832
    WILSON Eliazbeth [m.] SHAW[sic] Thomas 18 Jun 1832 _TMPLT:
    FIELD:
    Name: Page
    VALUE: p. 130; p. 334 _QUAL:
    _INFO: S

    I believe Thomas "SHAW" to be Thomas SHORES.

  2. Household of Thomas Shores , 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Dames Quarter District, Somerset, Maryland.

    Thomas Shores of J, head of household, 51, male, white, farmer, RE:$1500, b. Md., illiterate
    Betsey Shores, 42, female, b. Md.
    Sarah Shores, 17, female, b. Md.
    Elizabeth Shores, 12, female, b. Md.
    Thomas Shores, 11, male, b. Md.
    Emily Shores, 10, female, b. Md.
    George Shores, 7, male, b. Md.
    Sydney Shores, 6, male, b. Md.
    Virginia Shores, 5, female, b. Md.
    Margaret Shores, 2, b. Md. _TMPLT:
    FIELD:
    Name: Page _QUAL:
    _INFO: P

    Thomas, head of household, may be a son of Joab Shores and, possibly, the Thomas Milar Shores who was a major beneficiary in the 1804 will of Thomas Shores.

  3. Thomas Shores family, 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Dames Quarter District, Somerset, Maryland, page.


    Thomas SHORES
    , 50, male, farmer, no RE, PE $200, b. Maryland
    Betsy SHORES, 45, female, b. Maryland
    Elizabeth SHORES, 25, female, b. Maryland
    Thomas SHORES, 25, male, oysterman, b. Maryland
    Emily SHORES, 18, female, b. Maryland
    George SHORES, 16, male, b. Maryland
    Virginia SHORES, 14, female, b. Maryland _TMPLT:
    FIELD:
    Name: Page _QUAL:
    _INFO: P

  4. Sarah, Sydney and Margaret Shores, who appear as children in the household of Thomas Shores in 1850, are not enumerated in the household in 1860. Sarah is married to John Bennett and the other two are presumed dead before 1 Jun 1860.
  5. The listings on the 1860 census schedule differ so substantially from those of the 1850 census that they may have been provided by either a young child or even a neighbor. In any case, age differences abound, including head-of-household, Thomas SHORES, listed as 1 year younger than his age in the 1850 census. Also of note is the substantial decline in the stated value of his real estate from 1850 to 1860. Alsence of both Sydney SHORES and Margaret SHORES from the 1860 census may indicate that they died between 1850 and 1860.