Eliza Shaw

Eliza Ann Shaw 

Born: 1857, Cork, Ireland

Father: William Shaw – Record Card lists him as ‘Stud Groom’. 

Mother: Mary Ann Shaw (b. 1818)

Sisters: Caroline Shaw (b. 1858), Annie Maria Shaw (b. 1861)

Marriage:        5 August 1886, Derby 

Husband:         Herbert Shaw 

                        b. 1842

                        Schoolmaster

Issue – 

#1 George Edward Shaw (b. 1888)

#2 Lilian Mary Shaw (b. 1889)

#3 Arthur Frederick Shaw (b. 1891)

#4 Hilda May Shaw (b. 1894)

#5 Evelyn Alice Shaw (b. 1895)

In 1871 – 

She is at Greetwell Road, Lincoln. Her mother is listed as widow and ‘Annuitant’. Eliza is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her sisters, Caroline and Annie, are unlisted. Harriet Hives (b. 1793), a boarder, is an unlisted widow. There is a servant, Margaret Carthy (b. 1808). 

In 1881 – 

She is at Schoolhouse, Oxton. Eliza is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her sister, Caroline, is listed as ‘Formerly Ladies Maid’. Her sister, Annie, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Mugginton, Weston Underwood, Derbyshire. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Eliza, her stepdaughter, Maria Ann Shaw (b. 1870), and her children (George and Lilian) are unlisted.

In 10/98 – 

Address is Weston Underwood, Derby.

In 1901 – 

She is at Park View, Weston Underwood. Her husband is listed as ‘Assistant Overseer Insurance Agent’. Eliza, her stepdaughter, Maria Shaw (b. 1870), and her children (George, Lilian, Arthur and Evelyn) are unlisted. 

In 1911 – 

She is at Oak Tree Cottage, Weston Underwood. Her husband is listed as ‘Retired Schoolmaster now Assistant Overseer’. Her son, George, is listed as ‘Clerk in Office of Land Valuer’. Her daughter, Lilian, is listed as ‘Cashier Work Firm of Drapers’. Her son, Arthur, is listed as ‘Clerk in Office of District Valuer’. Eliza and her daughters, Hilda and Evelyn, are unlisted.

d.         28 July 1913, Belper 

SHAW, Eliza Ann of Weston Underwood, Derbyshire (wife of Herbert Shaw) died 28 July 1913. Probate London 13 February to Caroline Shaw and Annie Maria Shaw, spinsters. Effects £648, 16s, 3d.