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Thomas Shaw

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wexford, Ireland
Death: March 29, 1901 (84)
Marble Rock, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada
Place of Burial: Ebenezer Cemetery Lansdowne, Leeds and Grenville United Counties Ontario, Canada
Immediate Family:

Son of William Shaw and Mary (Waldron) Shaw
Husband of Mary (Davis) Shaw
Father of Mary Ann (Shaw) Byers; William Henry Shaw; Edward Shaw; Margaret Burke; Susan Shaw and 5 others
Brother of Susannah Shaw McNickle/Abrams and Robert Shaw
Half brother of James Shaw

Occupation: Farmer
Managed by: Keith Millard
Last Updated:

About Thomas Shaw

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Thomas Shaw was born in Co. Wexford, Ireland in Dec. 1816. He came to Lansdowne, (now Leeds Co.), Ontario in 1820 at the age of 3 by his parents, William and Mary Waldron Shaw. His mother died on board ship. He grew up in he township of Escott and at age 21 he did military service in the rebellion of 1837 - 1838. He married Mary Davis on 26 Mar 1838 and bought an uncleared piece of land in Leeds Twp near Marble Rock in the wilderness. He gradually cleared it and bought more land and cleared it. He built a large wood house framed with 12" x 12" timbers in the walls, ceilings and floors, which still stands today. He died on his farm, where he lived for 60 years, on 29 Mar 1901. Thomas was my gg gf. The farm was passed on to his son Edward, (my g gf) and to Edward's son, Robert Bruce Shaw, known as Bruce.

Children of Thomas and Mary were: William H. Shaw, 1842 - 1933, m. Mary McConnell Edward Shaw, 1843 - 1899, m. Martha Boulton & Almeda McNish Susan Shaw, 1846 - 1870 Margaret Shaw, 1848 - 1890 Isabella Shaw, 1850 - , married Kenny of Madoc Sarah J. Shaw, 1855 - 1872 Eliza Ann Shaw, 1858 - 1949, m. John William Day of Gananoque Robert J. Shaw, 1861 - , of Athens, Ont. Thomas J. Shaw, 1863 - 1884. Unknown Shaw.

Joseph M. Shaw East Syracuse, NY

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Birth: Dec., 1816 County Wexford, Ireland Death: Mar. 29, 1901 Gananoque Leeds and Grenville United Counties Ontario, Canada

Thomas SHAW Birth: Dec 1816 in County Wexford, Ireland Death: 29 Mar 1901 in Gananoque, Leeds, ON Can Burial: Ebenezer Cem. Lansdowne, Leeds, Ont CA

Occupation: Farmer Religion: Anglican, Church of England

Father: William SHAW b: Abt 1785 in County Wexford, Ireland Mother: Mary WALDRON

Married: Mary DAVIS b: 1818 Married: 26 Mar 1838 in Elizabethtown, Leeds, Ont. CA

Children

1. William Henry SHAW b: 11 Feb 1842 in Lansdowne, Leeds, Ontario 2. Edward SHAW b: 5 Dec 1843 3. Margaret SHAW b: 11 Jan 1845 in Lansdowne, Leeds, Ontario 4. Susan SHAW b: 1846 in Lansdowne, Leeds, Ontario 5. Isabella SHAW b: 25 Mar 1849 in Lansdowne, Leeds, Ontario 6. Sarah J. SHAW b: 1855 in Lansdowne, Leeds, Ontario 7. Eliza Ann SHAW b: 1858 in Lansdowne, Leeds, Ontario 8. Robert Joseph SHAW b: 1861 in Lansdowne, Leeds, Ontario 9. Thomas J. Jr. SHAW b: 1863 in Lansdowne, Leeds, Ontario

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Spouse:
 Mary Davis Shaw (1818 - 1886)

Children:

 Thomas J Shaw (1853 - 1884)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Lansdowne Cemetery Ebenezer Leeds and Grenville United Counties Ontario, Canada

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Thomas Shaw's Timeline

1816
December 16, 1816
Wexford, Ireland
1839
March 1839
Gananoque, Ontario, Canada
1842
February 11, 1842
Lansdowne, Leeds, Ontario, Canada, ON, Canada
1843
December 5, 1843
Lansdowne , County Leeds, Ontario, Canada
1845
January 11, 1845
Lansdowne, Leeds, Ontario, Canada