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Thomas Edward Shaw

Born about 1843 in Dalkey, Near Dublin Ireland

Son of James Shaw and Sarah (Lewis) Shaw

Brother of Letitia Shaw, Christopher Shaw, James William Shaw, Sarah Elizabeth Marion (Shaw) Moverley and Patrick Shaw

Husband of Rachael (McCullough) Shaw — married 28 Dec 1863 in Dublin, Ireland

Husband of Lavinia (Davison) Shaw — married 14 May 1879 in In the house of Mr Ritchie, Paeroa, Ohinemuri, New Zealand

Descendants

Father of Letitia (Shaw) Hatton, Edward Joseph Shaw, Christopher James Shaw, Frederick Thomas Shaw, Minnie Shaw, Unknown Shaw, Alice May (Shaw) Hill, Amy Lillian Shaw, Ethel Mary (Shaw) Brenan, Eugene Lewis Shaw, Esmond Dudley Shaw and Gerald Edwin Shaw

Died 2 May 1917 at about age 74 in Paeroa, New Zealand

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Biography

Arrived into NZ on board the ship `Matoaka' - sailed on 23 Sept 1864 arrived 3rd Jan 1865 and then taken to barracks in Onehunga.

Buried at Pukerimu Lawn Cemetery , Paeroa on the 4 May 1917 - aged 74 years

Died 2 MAY 1917. Paeroa, NZ. ^[1] ^[2]

Buried 4 MAY 1917. Paeroa, TVY, NZ. ^[1]

Marriage Husband @I57@. Wife @I58@. Child: @I165@. Child: @I166@. Child: @I21@. Child: @I168@. Child: @I167@. Marriage 28 DEC 1863. Dublin, IRL. ^[3]

Husband @I57@. Wife @I59@. Child: @I474@. Child: @I478@. Child: @I476@. Child: @I479@. Child: @I481@. Child: @I482@. Marriage 14 MAY 1879. Paeroa, TVY, NZ. ^[4] ^[5]

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Source: S7 Kenure Cemetery Rush, Dublin, Ireland
↑ Source: S38 1057 Quarter 2
↑ Source: S23
↑ Source: S38 941
↑ Source: S27

Cemetery record

Thomas and Rachael married in the Anglican Church - St Catherine. He was a Catholic and she Church of England / Ireland Thomas was a brick layer. They came to NZ, possibly due to poverty, discrimination over mixed marriage and discrimination against Catholics. There also offer of 10 archers of land in the Franklin District of Auckland, by the Auckland provisional gov with assisted passage. They sailed on a Clipper chip, the Matuaka from Tilbury docks in London.

Information from book by Leone Shaw The Shaw - from Shore to Shore. She researched and wrote the history of the Shaw family.

Source: S38 RGO Index NOTESource Medium: Book

Source: S7 Cemetary Burial Records NOTESource Medium: Book

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Thomas and Rachael married in the Anglican Church - St Catherine.

He was a Catholic and she Church of England / Ireland Thomas was a brick layer. They came to NZ, possibly due to poverty, discrimination over mixed marriage and discrimination against Catholics. There also offer of 10 archers of land in the Franklin District of Auckland, by the Auckland provisional gov with assisted passage. They sailed on a Clipper chip, the Matuaka from Tilbury docks in London. Information from book by Leone Shaw The Shaw - from Shore to Shore. She researched and wrote the history of the Shaw family.

posted 8 Feb 2023 by Naomi (Davis) Or [thank Naomi]

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas: