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James "Jim" Shaw 1864 – 1938 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Aug 1864

Birth Location: Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand

Death Date: 7 August 1938

Death Location: Christchurch, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand

Father: David Shaw

Mother: Margaret Stevenson

Spouse(s): Matty Campbell

Children(s): Matilda Shaw

James "Jim" Shaw was born in 1864 in Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand, the child of David Shaw and Margaret Stevenson. James "Jim" Shaw married Matty Campbell, and had children including Matilda Campbell Shaw. James "Jim" Shaw passed away in 1938 in Christchurch, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • James "Jim" Shaw was born in 1864 in Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand, the child of David Shaw and Margaret Stevenson.
  • James "Jim" Shaw married Matty Campbell, and had children including Matilda Campbell Shaw.
  • James "Jim" Shaw passed away in 1938 in Christchurch, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Shaw's Ancestors

Self
James Shaw
1864 – 1938
Birth Place: Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
Parents
David Shaw
1836 – 1933
Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Margaret Stevenson
1843 – 1919
Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Grandparents
John SHAW
1799 – 1867
Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland
Mary Laing
1805 – 1888
, Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland
James Stevenson
1804 –
Beerhill Cadder Lanarkshire Scotland
Helen Smith
1804 – 1883
Baldernock, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Shaw
1764 – 1841
Elizabeth ANDERSON
1769 – 1841
Alexander Laing
1783 – 1844
Mary Livingston
1774 – 1841
Margaret Bogle
1777 –
Robert Smith
1761 –
Elizabeth Buchanan
1761 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Matthew Shaw
1730 – 1800
Jean Cleland
1721 – 1800
Thomas Anderson
1737 –
Agnes Hay
1741 –
James Laing
1760 – 1824
Elizabeth Findlay
1760 –
Elizabeth SHAW
1743 – 1800
James Bogle
1750 – 1811
Margaret Cummings
1757 – 1826
Katherine Buchanan
1718 – 1776

James Shaw's Descendants

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James ("Jim") Shaw (10 Aug 1864 – 7 August 1938) m. Matty Campbell (16 Mar 1865 – 14 Oct 1896)
  1. 1. Matilda (Campbell) Shaw (22 Sep 1896 – 25 Jun 1979) m. John (William Edmund) Hudson (22 Sep 1886 – 3 Jun 1959)
    1. 1. Lucy (Catherine) Hudson (4 Sep 1917 – 2015)
    2. 2. Arthur (Vincent) Hudson (13 Nov 1918 – 1 Dec 1941)
    3. 3. Joan (Winifred) Hudson (9 Sep 1920 – 23 Jul 1960)
    4. 4. Gordon Hudson (17 Feb 1923 – 2007)
    5. 5. Margaret (Enid) Hudson (29 Jul 1930 – Aft. 1981) m. George (Alexander) Sleep (6 June 1929 – 14 July 1982)
      1. 1. Christine (Alison) Sleep (06 Nov 1950 – )
      2. 2. Barbara (Judith) Sleep (04 Mar 1952 – ) m. Murray (Joseph) Thomas (14 Jul 1950 – )
        1. 1. MaryLouise Thomas (24 Nov 1978 – ) m. Craig Treanor
        2. 2. Peter (George) Thomas (24 Nov 1982 – )
      3. 3. Murray (George) Sleep (23 Jul 1953 – )
      4. 4. Gordon (Richard) Sleep (15 Jun 1956 – )
      5. 5. Gordon (Richard) Sleep (15 Jun 1956 – 14 Mar 2012)

James Shaw's Timeline

2 Records

1864
10 Aug 1864
Birth of James "Jim" Shaw in Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
1938
7 August 1938
Age 74
Death of James "Jim" Shaw in Christchurch, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand
Christchurch, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Aug 1864
    Event Place: Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 August 1938
    Event Place: Christchurch, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand

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