Francis Henry Shaw (1846 - 1922)

Born 22 Mar 1846 in Fitzroy, Carleton, Canada West

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Argue) Shaw — married 29 Jan 1873 in Huntley, Carleton, Ontario, Canada

Husband of Margaret Charlotte (Hunter) Shaw — married 24 Oct 1878 in Seneca, Ohio, U.S.

Descendants

Died 4 Nov 1922 at age 76 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA

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Biography

Francis Shaw was born in 1846 to James Shaw and Elizabeth Hunt (Eliza) .

He worked as post master at Pakenham.

At age 25, he married Elizabeth Argue (Lizzie) in January of 1873.

Between June of 1873, and May of 1874, it was thought Francis had drowned, but he was found to have turned up in the U.S.

The 1920 US Census gives Francis' immigration date to US as 1876; (according to newspaper clipping in Perth Courier in 1873, he was there earlier).

In 1878, Francis married Margaret Charlotte Hunter.

Four of five children born to them were: Albert A., John E., Ray F., and Alice.

He had 10 grandchildren at the time of his death on the 4th of November, 1922.

He is buried at Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.

Sources

• 1851 Census of Canada West, Carleton County, Fitzroy Township (Library and Archives Canada) census photo page 17 line 32,Francis Shaw, Place of Birth Fitzroy C W, Religion Church of England, Age next Birthday 5, Male

• 1861 Census of Canada West, Carleton, Fitzroy (Library and Archives Canada) census photo page 16 line 47 Francis Shaw age 13

• 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario, Carleton County, Fitzroy Township (Library and Archives Canada) census photo page 27 line 10, Shaw Francis, Male, Age 22, Province of Birth O (Ontario), Religion C of Engd (Church of England), Origin Irish, Going to School

• Perth Courier June 1873

• Montreal Daily Witness May 30, 1874

• Ontario Marriages Huntley, Carleton, Ontario, Canada FamilySearch.org http://bit.ly/2evVY2W

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55415998
• Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana 5 Nov 1922, page 11

Shaw-6341 was created by Kenneth Wolf through the import of wolf_macdonald.ged on Jan 21, 2015.

UPD

UPD 31 DEC 1969 18:00:00 GMT -0600

Record ID Number

Record ID Number: MH:I115

User ID

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