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Lena Shaw (Levy)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ridge Pen, Mountainside, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
Death: September 21, 1987 (81-90)
Camden, New Jersey, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Michael Aria Levy and Lavinia Constance Levy
Wife of Vincent George Shaw
Mother of Sylvia Shaw; Ronald Shaw; Eleanor Shaw and Private
Sister of Charles Brandford Levy; Hortense Eloise Clacken; Ada Eugenie Crosbie; Private; Private and 2 others

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About Lena Shaw

Could this Female Unknown Levy be Lena Levy Shaw? The date matches the date on her marriage certificate. If she was born in 1903 as listed in her obituary, she and her brother Ralph Aria Shaw would've been born less than a year apart. See:

"Jamaica, Civil Registration, 1880-1999," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XNC9-Q4S : 15 August 2019), Levy, 21 Jun 1901, Birth; citing Mountainside, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, Registrar General's Department, Spanish Town; FHL microfilm 1,507,083.

"New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:248S-4XZ : 10 February 2018), Vincent Shaw and Lena Levy, 08 Dec 1923; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,653,960.

New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGGV-25ST : 21 August 2019), Hortense Clacken in entry for Ralph A. Levy, 1921.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7NBT-22N2 : 8 August 2020), Lena S. Shaw, ; Burial, Hightstown, Mercer, New Jersey, United States of America, East Windsor Cemetery; citing record ID 195679550, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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Lena Shaw's Timeline

1901
1901
Ridge Pen, Mountainside, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
1924
October 15, 1924
New York, United States
1928
August 30, 1928
New York, United States
1931
January 24, 1931
New York, United States
1987
September 21, 1987
Age 86
Camden, New Jersey, United States