Shaw family migration from Yorkshire to Canterbury

Date: 1877 [unknown]
Location: New Zealand
Surnames/tags: Shaw new_zealand

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Birth records (Yorkshire BMD) 3 Census 3.1 1911 3.2 1901 3.3 1891 3.4 1881 4 Shipping records 5 Sources

Introduction

This page documents the migration of James Edward Shaw and Mary Wood and family from Yorkshire to New Zealand. They settled in Kaiapoi, Canterbury.

Their marriage record shows up under "Greenfield, Oldham" in the Lancashire BMD, however I believe this is the same place as "Greenfield, Saddleworth, Yorkshire". Today it is part of Greater Manchester; at the time Saddleworth was divided between Lancashire and Yorkshire. (Or something).

Birth records (Yorkshire BMD)

Surname	Forenames	Mother's Maiden Name	Year	Sub-District	Registers At	Reference
SHAW	Arthur	WOOD	1880	Uppermill, Saddleworth	Oldham	UPP/26/372
SHAW	Harry	WOOD	1882	Uppermill, Saddleworth	Oldham	UPP/28/263
SHAW	Charlie	WOOD	1884	Uppermill, Saddleworth	Oldham	UPP/30/50
SHAW	Ida Mary	WOOD	1886	Uppermill, Saddleworth	Oldham	UPP/31/284
SHAW	Fred	WOOD	1892	Uppermill, Saddleworth	Oldham	UPP/35/27
SHAW	Minnie	WOOD	1893	Uppermill, Saddleworth	Oldham	UPP/35/445
SHAW	Esther Jane	WOOD	1896	Uppermill, Saddleworth	Oldham	UPP/37/205
SHAW	Albert	WOOD	1901	Uppermill, Saddleworth	Oldham	UPP/39/312

That is all the entries for MMN=Wood, Sub-District=Uppermill. There are also other Saddleworth entries that at this stage look to be other families.

Census

Note - these have been taken from the Familysearch transcriptions in most cases, have not verified via the image that they have been correctly transcribed.

1911

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace	Occupation
James Ed Shaw	Head	Male	56	Greenfield Saddleworth, Yorkshire	SELF ACTOR MINDER & COTTON SPG MILL
Mary Shaw	Wife	Female	52	Greenfield Saddleworth, Yorkshire	MARRIED
Charlie Shaw	Son	Male	26	Greenfield Saddleworth, Yorkshire	IRON TURNER @ LOOM MAKERS
Ida Mary Shaw	Daughter	Female	24	Greenfield Saddleworth, Yorkshire	WOOLLEN WEAVER @ FLANNEL MANFR
Fred Shaw	Son	Male	18	Greenfield Saddleworth, Yorkshire	PLANEING MACHINE TENTER IRON WORKS @ LOOM MAKERS
Esther Jane Shaw	Daughter	Female	15	Greenfield Saddleworth, Yorkshire	FLANNEL WEAVER @ FLANNEL MANFR

Event Place: Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.^[1]

1901

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace	Occupation
James E Shaw	Head	Male	46	Saddleworth, Yorkshire	COTTON MULE MINDER
Mary Shaw	Wife	Female	42	Saddleworth, Yorkshire
John Shaw	Son	Male	22	Saddleworth, Yorkshire	COTTON PIECE FINISHER
Harry Shaw	Son	Male	18	Saddleworth, Yorkshire	FARM LABOURER
Charles Shaw	Son	Male	16	Saddleworth, Yorkshire	COTTON PIECE FINISHER
Ida M Shaw	Daughter	Female	14	Saddleworth, Yorkshire
Fred Shaw	Son	Male	8	Saddleworth, Yorkshire
Esther J Shaw	Daughter	Female	5	Saddleworth, Yorkshire

Event Place: Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.^[2]

1891

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace	Occupation
James Edward Shaw	Head	Male	36	Yorkshire, England	Cotton Self Acting Minder
Mary Shaw	Wife	Female	33	Yorkshire, England
John Shaw	Son	Male	12	Yorkshire, England	Cotton Piecer
Arthur Shaw	Son	Male	11	Yorkshire, England	Woollen Piecer
Harry Shaw	Son	Male	8	Yorkshire, England	Scholar
Charlie Shaw	Son	Male	6	Yorkshire, England	Scholar
Ida Mary Shaw	Daughter	Female	4	Yorkshire, England	Scholar

Event Place: Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom^[3] Address: Waterside Cottages.^[4]

1881

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace	Occupation
James E Shaw	Head	Male	26	Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England	Cotton Operative
Mary Shaw	Wife	Female	22	Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England
John Shaw	Son	Male	2	Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England
Arthur Shaw	Son	Male	1	Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England

Event Place: Saddleworth, Yorkshire,Yorkshire West Riding, England^[5] Address: Boarshurst.^[6]

Shipping records

On the Ionic sailed 7 Sep 1911 from New Zealand to London:^[7]

• Ticket #440 Ida Shaw, domestic, unaccompanied female
• Ticket #655:
  • Jas. Shaw, Farmer, married
  • Mm(?) Shaw, wife
  • Fred Shaw, son
  • Esther Shaw, daughter

Fred and Esther were originally on Ticket 440 but moved, it seems. All passengers bound for Wellington, New Zealand.

John emigrated around 1906 ; Arthur in 1913, and Harry in 1914, all on separate ships, details are on their specific profiles.

The Tainui (Harry's ship) also has a Charles Shaw , that could well be Charlie. The inbound log says "Mr C", a turner, but the outbound says Charles. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWNT-YP6 : 15 May 2019), James Ed Shaw, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9RB-TBW : 21 May 2019), James E Shaw, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Upper Mill subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7DHP-3T2 : 6 May 2019), Ida Mary Shaw in household of James Edward Shaw, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (West Riding) county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ Image
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27R-NLDS : 11 December 2017), Arthur Shaw in household of James E Shaw, Saddleworth, Yorkshire,Yorkshire West Riding, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 44, Piece/Folio 4364/25, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,223.
6. ↑ Image 1881 census image
7. ↑ Ancestry Record 2997 #37899838, Record Collection 2997. Ancestry.com. UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Outwards Passenger Lists. BT27. Records of the Commercial, Companies, Labour, Railways and Statistics Departments. Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England.
8. ↑ Ancestry Record 2997 #35052182