Charles E Shaw (abt. 1841 - 1921)

Born about 1841 in Glens Falls, Warren County, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Melissa Arebell (Corey) Sampair — married 12 Sep 1880 in Clinton, Barron, Wisconsin, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Apr 1921 at about age 80 in Malibu, Los Angeles County, California

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Biography

Charles was born in either late 1841 or early 1842 depending on which source you look at. On the 1850 census, which was enumerated on the 16th of August, his age is stated as 9 years of age. The family relocated to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada sometime in the 1850's. Charles is next found in the 1861 Canadian census in Peterborough giving his age as 19. No image was available to see what the enumeration date was. On his enlistment papers on the 21st of August 1863 he gives his age as 22. He gave his age as 29 on the 1871 Canadian census. He is enumerated on the 1880 census in Turtle Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin and gives age as 38 and single. In 1883 Charles he has a daughter Ida Edna in Gilmer, Upshur, Texas. There is a Charles Shaw that owns a shingle mill that is in operation for one year in Gilmer, Upshur, Texas during 1884. On his admission papers for the U.S. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers on April 8, 1909 he is listed as 68 years of age. Charles Shaw passed away in a Veterans Home in Malibu, California in1921.

Marriage: Charles abandoned his wife and three children and marries Melissa Arebell Corey in Wisconsin September 12, 1880.

Sources

• Census:

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZM9-D8K : 12 April 2016), Charles Shaw in household of Nathaniel Shaw, Glens Falls, Warren, New York, United States; citing family 364, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"Canada, Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ7P-44N : 5 September 2017), Nathaniel Shaw, Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 47, line 5; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1067, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,940.

"Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M43B-KFF : 2 April 2016), Charles E Shaw, Harvey, North Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 33, line 4; Library and Archives Canada film number C-9988, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,305.

New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT8X-27N : 30 June 2016), Mabel Shaw in household of Sophia Shaw, Caldwell, Warren, New York, United States; citing p. 16, line 45, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 474,180.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZNH-1KM : 13 September 2017), Mabel J Shaw in household of Sophia M Shaw, Caldwell, Warren, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 112, sheet 13B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0941; FHL microfilm 1,254,941.

• Marriage:

to Sophia M Shaw "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVP2-CN6 : 18 October 2017), Oliver B. Lockhart and Mabel Jennie Shaw, 16 Dec 1908, , New York, United States; citing ref. ID 239, county clerk’s office,; FHL microfilm 473,327.

• Marriage

to Melissa Arebell Corey: Ancestry.com. Wisconsin, U.S., Marriage Index, 1808-1907 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000. Original data: Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. Wisconsin Vital Record Index, pre-1907. Madison, WI, USA: Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Vital Records Division Wisconsin Historical Society. Pre-1907 Vital Records Collection. Madison, WI, USA: Wisconsin Historical Society Library Archives.

• Business

https://www.treetexas.com/research/sawmill-database/?action=view&cid=4284

• Death:

California Department of Health and Welfare. California Vital Records-Vitalsearch (www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com). The Vitalsearch Company Worldwide, Inc., Pleasanton, California.