Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Shaw was born on 22 June 1882, in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, David Shaw, was 29 and her mother, Alice Mc Whinnie, was 33. She married Alexander McPhee on 13 July 1906, in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Scotland, United Kingdom in 1881. She died on 7 June 1956, in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 73.
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- Jane Shaw in household of David Shaw, "Scotland Census, 1891"
- Jane Shaw, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1885 · Creation of the Secretary of State for Scotland.
The post of Secretary for Scotland was established in 1885 after the need arose after establishing different departments for the benefit of the communities.
1902 · The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition was organized and led by William Speirs Bruce. Him along with Robert Falcon Scott’s Discovery Expedition completed an exploration of Antarctica. They established the first manned meteorological station, the Orcadas, in 1903 and discovered new land east of the Weddell Sea. The expedition was described as the most cost-effective and carefully planned scientific expedition of the Heroic Age. The Orcadas weather station has been in continuous operation ever since.
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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