Brief Life History of James
When James Shaw was born in 1811, in Horsmonden, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Shaw, was 42 and his mother, Hannah Botten, was 35. He married Ann Rial in 1839, in Horsmonden, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881.
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Sources (4)
- 1881 James SHAW "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- 1840 James SHAW in entry for Sarah Rial SHAW, "England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911"
- 1851 James SHAW, a servant, in 1851 Census of Horsmonden, Kent, England
Spouse and Children
1811– Male
1797–1847 Female
Children (1)
1840–1881 Female
Parents and Siblings
1769–1842 Male
1776– Female
Siblings (7)
1802–1804 Male
1803– Female
1805–1806 Male
1806–1835 Female
1809–1875 Female
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1815
Age 4
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
Age 22
1843
Age 32
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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