Brief Life History of Ellen Maria
When Ellen Maria Shaw was born in August 1838, in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Ebenezer Shaw, was 42 and her mother, Mary Bryant Dickerman, was 40. She married Nahum Williams Keith on 9 November 1859, in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 21 May 1902, in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 63.
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Sources (15)
- Ellen M Keith in household of Seth Fuller, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ellen H. Shaw, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Ellen Maria Shaw Keith, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
Spouse and Children
1835–1920 Male
1838–1902 Female
Children (1)
1862–1938 Male
Parents and Siblings
1795–1870 Male
1798–1853 Female
Siblings (8)
1816–1891 Male
1818–1819 Male
1821–1896 Male
1825–1903 Female
1828–1876 Male
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World Events (7)
1846
Age 8
1863
Age 25
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
Age 25
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): from Middle English s(c)hawe, s(c)haghe ‘small wood, grove, thicket’ (Old English sceaga). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived in or by a small wood, or habitational, for someone from any of the many places so named. Shaw and Shawe are most frequent in Lancashire and Yorkshire, where Shaw in Oldham (Lancashire) may be a principal source of the surname. The English and Lowland Scottish surname was also established in Ireland in the 17th century.
Scottish: shortened form of various surnames from the Gaelic personal name Sitheach, derived from sithech ‘wolf’.
Irish (Down and Antrim): adopted for Ó Síthigh ‘descendant of Sítheach’, a personal name based on sítheach ‘peaceful’. Compare Sheehy .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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