Brief Life History of Lizzie McConnell
When Lizzie McConnell Shaw was born in 1879, in Barrhill, Ayrshire, Scotland, her father, Alexander Shaw, was 37 and her mother, Ann Rowan, was 33. She lived in Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1901. She died on 4 May 1918, in Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 39.
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Sources (4)
- Lizzie Mcconnell Shaw, "Scotland Census, 1881"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lizzie McConnell Shaw - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Lizzie McConnell Shaw
- Lizzie Shaw in household of Annie Shaw, "Scotland Census, 1901"
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World Events (8)
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.
1890 · Opening of the Forth Railway Bridge.
The Forth Bridge is a railway bridge across the Firth of Forth river in the east of Scotland, 9 miles west of Edinburgh City Center. It is considered as a symbol of Scotland and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was opened on 4 March and was the longest single cantilever bridge span in the world until 1919. It is still in operation.
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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Mental Health Issues
Elizabeth had mental health issues and was admitted to Ayr Asylum in 1914 dying there in 1918. SHAW, Elizabeth Mcconnell 4 May 1918 Order image (1) Ayr District 1914
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