Brief Life History of Ellen Josephine
When Ellen Josephine Shaw was born in 1859, in Moultrie, Illinois, United States, her father, Isaac Shaw, was 33 and her mother, Mary Jane Tanner, was 33. She married Marcus E. Bragg on 13 November 1880, in Sullivan, Moultrie, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Sullivan Township, Moultrie, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Sullivan, Moultrie, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1934, in Moultrie, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in French Cemetery, Allenville, Moultrie, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (20)
- Ellen J Shaw in household of Isaac Shaw, "United States Census, 1860"
- Ellen Josephine Bragg, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Ellen J. Shaw, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
Spouse and Children
1859–1936 Male
1859–1934 Female
Children (4)
1882–1978 Female
1885–1946 Female
1893–1960 Male
1899–1899 Female
Parents and Siblings
1826–1901 Male
1826–1901 Female
Siblings (12)
1850– Female
1852–1930 Male
1854–1937 Male
1857– Male
1859–1934 Female
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World Events (8)
1863
Age 4
1873
Age 14
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 22
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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