Oscar F Shaw

Brief Life History of Oscar F

When Oscar F Shaw was born in October 1846, in Illinois, United States, his father, Sylvester Shaw, was 28 and his mother, Ameila Harriet Noble, was 27. He had at least 1 daughter with Sarah D Rice. He lived in Howard, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Forest City Township, Howard, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 27 July 1910, in Lime Springs, Howard, Iowa, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Lime Springs, Howard, Iowa, United States.

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Oscar F Shaw
1846–1910
Sarah D Rice
1841–1926
Nellie J Shaw
1869–1913

Sources (18)

  • Oscar F Slaw, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Oscar F Shaw, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
  • Oscar Shaw in entry for Sarah D Shaw, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

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World Events (8)

1847 · The Great Seal of the State of Iowa is made

The Great Seal of the State of Iowa was created in 1847 and depicts a soldier standing in a wheat field surrounded by symbols including farming, mining, and transportation with the Mississippi River in the background. An eagle overhead bears the state motto.

1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized

Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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