Jane (Groom) Shaw (1805 - aft. 1861)

Born 26 Jul 1805 in St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Jane was born in 1805. She was the daughter of William Groom and Arabella Maude.

She was baptised on 21 August 1805 at Saint Giles in the Fields, Saint Giles High Street, Holborn, Camden, England.^[1]

Her father died in 1830.

Jane married John Shaw Jr. on 26 July 1832 at St Nicholas' Church, Brighton, Sussex, England, by Licence^[2]. The witnesses were Richard Groom, John Shaw and John Pocock:

MARRIED- At Brighton, on the 26th inst., by the Rev. Edward Miller, John Shaw, of Chatham-place, Blackfriars, eldest son of John Shaw, Esq., of Christ's Hospital and Bexley, Kent, to Jane, eldest daughter of the late William Groom, Esq., of Russell-square.^[3]

England and Wales Census, 1841: Living with her husband John (aged 35) and their three young children Julia (8), John (4) and Elizabeth (2) at Bexley, Kent, England. Jane was aged 35. Also in the household were five other individuals.

England and Wales Census, 1851: Living with her husband John (aged 47) and their three children Julia (17), Elizabeth (12) and William (7) at Crayford, Kent, England. Aged about 45. Also in the household were seven other individuals.

In 1861 she and her husband John (57 and an Architect), along with their 27 year old daughter Julia and 17 year old son William, were recorded as Lodgers in the household of Elizabeth Alexander at 30 Broad Street, Brighton Sussex. She was by now aged 55.

She passed away some time after 1861.

Sources

1. ↑ London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 for Jane Groom London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P82/GIS/A/02. Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Accessed on ancestry.com, Sept 2021.
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2. ↑ "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD6-KPM1 : 7 December 2017), John Shaw and Jane Groom, 1832.
3. ↑ Morning Post 28 July 1832, Pg 4, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/ (requires subscription).

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ2Q-RB9 : 6 March 2021), Jane Shaw in household of John Shaw, Bexley, Kent, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGL6-VV7 : 9 November 2019), Jane Shaw in household of John Shaw, Crayford, Kent, England; citing Crayford, Kent, England, p. 2, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.