Lettice Barbara Hay Shaw (1887 - 1904)

Born 27 Jan 1887 in Tooting, London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 4 Jun 1904 at age 17 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Lettice Shaw died young.

Lettice was born in 1887. ^[1] She was the daughter of John Shaw and Rebecca Mary Ann Jeffers.

In the UK Census of 1891 she was living with her parents and older sister Clara in St Nicholas Road, Streatham, London, England. Aged 4. Also in the household were three servants.

England and Wales Census, 1901: Living in The Crescent, Bedford Eastern Ward St Paul, Bedfordshire, England with her parents and two servants. Aged 14.

Sadly she passed away in 1904 at the age of 17.^[2]

THE LATE MISS LETTICE HAY SHAW

On Saturday a stained glass window in St Paul's Church was solemnly dedicated to the glory of God, as a memorial to Miss Lettice Barbara Hay Shaw, the daughter of Lieut.Colonel Hay Shaw, who died four years ago this month. Miss Hay Shaw, it will be remembered, was a very gifted pupil of the High School, and her early death cut short a life of great achievement and of even greater promise. To this day her loss is lamented, and her memory cherished, by a great number of friends.

The following inscription appears under three lights:

"To the Glory of God, and to the dear memory of Lettice Barbara Hay Shaw, the beloved youngest child of Lieut.Colonel Hay Shaw, and Marian his wife. Died June 4, 1904 aged xvii years. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2X5X-7WB : accessed 14 January 2016), Lettice Barbara H Shaw, 1887; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Wandsworth, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NRX-CJ7 : accessed 14 January 2016), Lettice Barbara H Shaw, 1904; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ Bedfordshire Times and Independent June 5, 1908 https://search.findmypast.com/

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1891." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 11 September 2020. From "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census." Database and images. findmypast. http://www.findmypast.com : n.d. Citing PRO RG 12. The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QSKK-H6Z

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS3Z-ZF5 : accessed 14 January 2016), Lettice B H Shaw in household of John H Shaw, Bedford Eastern Ward St Paul, Bedfordshire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Bedford And Kempston subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.