William (Merritt) Shaw (1819 - 1907)

Born 11 Dec 1819 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Died 20 Dec 1907 at age 88 in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

William Merrit was born 11 December, 1819, and baptised 25 November, 1821.^[1] He was the son of convicts Charles Meyrick and Susannah Brown.

After his mother began a relationship with convict Thomas Shaw in the early 1820s he was known as William Merritt Shaw - they formally married in 1828. William was recorded as Thomas's son on the 1825 muster (census).^[2]

William married Margaret Innes at Scone, NSW, on the 10th of February, 1851.^[3]

He passed away in 1907.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTD3-Y2B : 28 January 2020), William Merritt, 1821.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. 1825 muster (1823-1825). Minto, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.
   

   Brown, Susan, free by servitude, Lord Melville, 1817, 7 years, wife of T, Shaw, Minto

   Shaw, Thomas, convict, Isabella, 1818, 14 years, government servant to John Oxley, Minto

   Shaw, James, 13, came free, Lord Melville, 1817, son of Thomas Shaw, Minto

   Shaw, William, 5, born in the colony, son of Thomas Shaw, Minto

   Shaw, Mary Ann, 3, born in the colony, daughter of Thomas Shaw, Minto

   Shaw, Thomas, 3, born in the colony, son of Thomas Shaw, Minto

3. ↑ Scanned extract of marriage certificate viewed on Ancestry.com: Marriages in the Parish of Scone, in the county of Brisbane, in the year 1851. Number 669 Vol: 37B. William Merritt Shaw of Murrundi, Bachelor, and Margaret Innes, of Murrundi, Spinster were married in this Church by Banns with consent of - this 10th day of February in the year 1851. By me Fredk. R. Kemp Chaplain. This marriage was solemnised between us: William M. Shaw, Margaret Innes In the presence of: Anthy. Sadleir of Scone, Bridget X Sadleir of Scone Her Mark.
4. ↑ Scanned copy of death certificate viewed on Ancestry.com: 15811, 1066. Died: 1907 20th December Griffin Street Tamworth, M.; William Merritt Shaw, Bricklayer; Male 89 years; cause: Cerebral Thrombosis, medical attendant: E.W.Buckley M.B. (Registered), last saw deceased: 12th December 1907; father: Thomas Merritt Shaw, Stonemason, mother: Susan Brown; informant: John M. Shaw, Son, Tamworth; particulars of registration: [signature], 20th December 1907, Tamworth; buried: 21st December 1907, Church of England Cemetery West Tamworth, undertaker: Callcott & Co; minister: J K Abbott, Church of England, witnesses: E. J. Vonsonby, J. ? McCaffrey; born: Sydney N.S.Wales; marriage: Scone N.S.Wales, age: 32 years, wife: Margaret Innes; children of marriage: Susan M. 56 years, William M. 54, Mary M 53, John M 51, Margaret M 46, Henry M 44, Alice M 42, Eva M 34, Edwin M 32, Frederick M 30, Florence M 28, Living. One male and one Female deceased.