Brief Life History of John D
When John D Shaw was born on 22 January 1871, in Kane, Illinois, United States, his father, John E Shaw, was 50 and his mother, Nancy L. Shepherd, was 30. He married Dolly Jane Shimp on 22 June 1911, in Kane, Illinois, United States. He lived in Elgin, Kane, Illinois, United States for about 60 years. He died on 17 May 1949, in Kane, Illinois, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in West Dundee, Kane, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (12)
- John Shaw in household of Nancy Shaw, "United States Census, 1910"
- John D Shaw, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- John D Shaw, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1871–1949 Male
1872–1956 Female
Parents and Siblings
1821–1900 Male
1840–1922 Female
Siblings (3)
1865–1947 Male
1871–1949 Male
1873–1891 Male
World Events (8)
1872 · The First National Park
Age 1
1877 · The First Workers Strike
Age 6
1892 · The Chicago Canal
Age 21
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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