Brief Life History of William
When William Shaw was born on 18 April 1867, in Mossley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Shaw, was 37 and his mother, Sarah Dean, was 36. He married Ellen Jane Cole on 4 July 1887, in Chadderton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Hollinwood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1911 and Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1911.
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- William Shaw, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- William Shaw, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- William Shaw in entry for Lily, "England, Manchester, Parish Registers, 1603-1910"
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1878 · Bacup Natural History Society
The Bacup Natural History Society was established in 1878 in Lancashire. It holds a collection of over 4,000 photos, slides, and documents. It holds many different artifacts from military to fossils.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1901 · East Lancashire Royal Engineers
The East Lancashire Royal Engineers was a group of volunteers in a unit of Britian's Royal Engineers. They were started in Manchester in 1901. They fought on the western front during WWI and were part of the Dunkirk Evacuation during WWII.
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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