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Janet Shaw 1826–1875 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1826

Birth Location: Monkton and Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 26 Nov 1875

Death Location: Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: Thomas Shaw

Mother: Jean Scoffield

Spouse(s): John Frew, James Higgins, John Howie

Children(s): Mary Frew, James (Higgins), Margaret Higgins, Thomas Higgins, Janet Higgens, William Shaw, Jane Howie, James Higgins

In 1826, Janet Shaw entered the world in Monkton and Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, born to Thomas Shaw And Jean Schoffield Or Scoffield. In 1841, Janet Shaw resided in Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. In 1851, Janet Shaw resided in Monkton and Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland. Janet Shaw married James Higgins, John Frew, John Howie, Unknown, and had children including James Higgins, James Shaw Higgins, Jane Jean Howie, Janet Higgens, Margaret Higgins, Mary Eaglesome Smith Frew, Thomas Higgins, William Shaw. Janet Shaw passed away in 1875 in Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1826, Janet Shaw entered the world in Monkton and Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, born to Thomas Shaw And Jean Schoffield Or Scoffield.
  • In 1841, Janet Shaw resided in Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  • In 1851, Janet Shaw resided in Monkton and Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  • Janet Shaw married James Higgins, John Frew, John Howie, Unknown, and had children including James Higgins, James Shaw Higgins, Jane Jean Howie, Janet Higgens, Margaret Higgins, Mary Eaglesome Smith Frew, Thomas Higgins, William Shaw.
  • Janet Shaw passed away in 1875 in Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Shaw
1802–1855
Birth Location: Newton-upon-Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Jean Scoffield
1798–1855
Birth Location: St Quivox and Newton-on-Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

John Frew
–1843
Birth Location: –
JF
James Higgins
1813–1875
Birth Location: St Quivox, Ayrshire, Scotland
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John Howie
1813–1875
Birth Location: St Quivox, Ayrshire, Scotland
JH

Children(s)

Mary Frew
1844–1901
Birth Location: Newton-upon-Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
MF
James (Higgins)
1858–
Birth Location: Monkton, Ayrshire, Scotland
J(
Margaret Higgins
1861–
Birth Location: Monkton, Ayrshire, Scotland
MH
Thomas Higgins
1865–
Birth Location: Monkton, Ayrshire, Scotland
TH
Janet Higgens
1856–
Birth Location: Monkton, Ayrshire, Scotland
JH
William Shaw
1846–
Birth Location: Monkton, Ayrshire, Scotland
WS
Jane Howie
1850–1888
Birth Location: Monkton, Ayrshire, Scotland
JH
James Higgins
1854–1856
Birth Location: Monkton and Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland
JH

Janet Shaw's Ancestors

Self
Janet Shaw
1826–1875
Birth Place: Monkton and Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Thomas Shaw
1802–1855
Newton-upon-Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Jean (Schoffield Or) Scoffield
1798–1855
St Quivox and Newton-on-Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James (Schoffield Or) Scoffield
1761–
St Quivox and Newton-on-Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Janet ("Jane") Bone
1767–
Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
David Bone
1726–1816
Jane McConnell
1729–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Bone
1681–1753
Kathrine Hay
1691–

Janet Shaw's Descendants

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Janet Shaw (Abt. 1826–26 Nov 1875) m. John Frew (–1843) m. James Higgins (8 Sep 1813–21 Nov 1875) m. John Howie (08 Sep 1813–21 Nov 1875)
  1. 1. Mary (Eaglesome Smith) Frew 1844–1901 m. James White 1844–1914 m. David Robertson 1842–1874
    1. 1. Janet Robertson 1865–1913 m. Archibald Hewitt 1862–1912
      1. 1. James (White) Hewitt 1885–1949 m. Margaret (Ann) McNeil 1886–1913
        1. 1. Malcolm (McNeil) Hewitt 1910–1910
        2. 2. Archibald Hewitt 1907–1988 m. Annie (Robertson) Matheson 1909–1983
        3. 3. James (White) Hewitt 1904–1906
      2. 2. Janet ("Jennie") Hewitt 1887–1944 m. Charles (Webster) Rae 1882–1939
        1. 1. Jesse (Jarvis B) Rae 1909–1967
        2. 2. Janet (Robertson) Rae 1910–1989 m. John (Stevenson) McAllister 1909–1978
        3. 3. John (Simpson) Rae 1912–1985
        4. 4. Mary (Barclay) Rae 1914–1926
        5. 5. Euphemia (Donald) Rae 1915–1995 m. Samuel (Joseph) McElveen 1911–
        6. 6. Mary (Hewitt) Rae 1927–2001
      3. 3. Archibald Hewitt 1889– m. Catherine Cassidy 1889–
      4. 4. Mary (Frew) Hewitt 1891–1949 m. Charles (Edward) Berrie 1891–1939
        1. 1. Charles (Edward) Berrie 1914–1995
        2. 2. Mary (Frew Hewitt) Berrie 1916–1967 m. John (McLean) Mailer 1916–1994
        3. 3. William (Edward) Berrie 1912–1913
      5. 5. Maggie (Woods White) Hewitt 1894–1974 m. Robert Campbell 1894–1982
        1. 1. Robert (H.) Campbell 1916–1994 m. May 1924–
        2. 2. Janet Campbell 1918–2009 m. Charles (Lorayne) Amick 1916–2000
      6. 6. Annie (Dora Frew "Dora") Hewitt 1896–1966 m. Daniel (McVicar) McCaskill 1890–1926 m. John Morwood 1891–1960
        1. 1. Allan McCaskill 1918–1942
      7. 7. William (Robertson) Hewitt 1897–1981 m. Elizabeth (Cowan) Miller 1900–1991
        1. 1. William (Robertson "Bill") Hewitt 1925–2015
        2. 2. John (Miller) Hewitt 1930–2020 m. Marie (Louise) Tuttle 1930–2020
      8. 8. Alice Hewitt 1903–1978 m. James (A.) McSkimming 1902–1964
      9. 9. Alexander Hewitt 1884–1885
    2. 2. Annie Robertson 1866–1947 m. William McBarron 1864–1939 m. James McDonald 1863–1887
      1. 1. Annie McBarron 1891–1962 m. Demitre Alexandridis 1892–1944 m. Gilbert (William) Perry 1884–1961 m. Albert (Ernest) Hutchinson 1891–1917 m. Frederick Chiplen 1888–1916
        1. 1. Gilbert (William Loveridge) Perry 1911–1959 m. Olive Mannings 1913–1987
        2. 2. Steven (E) Alexandridis 1921–1984 m. Cecilia Callaghan 1921–2006
        3. 3. Frederick (Charles) Chiplen 1908–1945 m. Isobel (Winifred Eliza) Morgan 1907–2007
      2. 2. Alexander Robertson 1888–1959
      3. 3. Thomas McBarron 1896–1916
      4. 4. Martha McBarron 1901–1979
      5. 5. James (David) McBarron 1905–1977 m. Margaret Hanlon 1904–1989
        1. 1. William (Gerard) McBarron 1929–1987
        2. 2. Bernard McBarron 1934–1984
        3. 3. Eileen McBarron 1927–1929
      6. 6. Mary (Frew) McBarron 1895–1972 m. Simon Stratis 1884–1964
        1. 1. Chariclia Stratis 1921–2019 m. Ronald (Trevor) Salter 1918–1994 m. Antonis Stratis –1942
        2. 2. Dorothy (or Dorothea) Stratis 1913– m. Edward (E) Stewart 1913–
        3. 3. George (S) Stratis 1916–1917
        4. 4. William (Anthony) Stratis 1918–1944
        5. 5. George Stratis 1922–
      7. 7. William McBarron 1899–1918
      8. 8. Patrick McBarron 1892–1950
      9. 9. George (Llewellyn) McBarron 1902–1962 m. Alice (Maud) Coulthard 1902–1925 m. Eleanor (Mabel) Miller 1906–1978
        1. 1. Edna (Margaret T) McBarron 1924–1987 m. Oswald (Arthur) Linbourn 1913–1984
      10. 10. Walter McDonald 1886–
      11. 11. Martha (Birgitta or Bridgit W) McBarron 1894–1894
    3. 3. William Robertson 1872–1952 m. Jessie (Ross) Rennie 1873–1944
      1. 1. David (James White) Robertson 1902–1982 m. Bella Mullett 1914–1990 m. Amy (Vera) Cooper 1908–1973
      2. 2. Harriet (Outerbridge) Robertson 1904–1994 m. James (Campbell) Paterson 1900–1941
      3. 3. Annie Robertson 1906–1992 m. William Douglas 1903–1949
    4. 4. John White 1881–
    5. 5. James Robertson 1863– m. Helen (Ambrose "Ellen") Bilsland 1865–
      1. 1. Agnes (Bilsland) Robertson 1889–
      2. 2. Robert (Bilsland) Robertson 1894– m. Isabella (Rennie) Stevenson 1894–1963
      3. 3. Mary (Bilsland) Robertson 1899–1903
      4. 4. David Robertson 1899–
      5. 5. Mary (Frew) Robertson 1892–1893
    6. 6. Mary Robertson 1868–1874
    7. 7. Charles White 1879–1949
      1. 1. Margaret ("Maggie") White 1905–1974
      2. 2. Mary (Frew) White 1907–1967
      3. 3. Bella (Loy) White 1909–1990
      4. 4. Emily (Wicks) White 1911–
    8. 8. Margaret (Woods) White 1876–1977 m. Cuthbert (Stanley) Weston 1879–1910
    9. 9. Unnamed Robertson 1870–1870
  2. 2. James (Shaw) (Higgins) 1858–
  3. 3. Margaret Higgins 1861–
  4. 4. Thomas Higgins 1865–
  5. 5. Janet Higgens 1856–
  6. 6. William Shaw 1846–
  7. 7. Jane ("Jean") Howie 1850–1888 m. James Armour 1853–1918
    1. 1. Andrew (Boyd Howie) Armour 1885–1955 m. Mary Crawford 1888–1961
      1. 1. Sarah (Douglas) Armour 1907–1960
    2. 2. Janet (Shaw) Armour 1874–
    3. 3. Maggie Armour 1879–
    4. 4. Robert (Howie) Armour 1881–1950
      1. 1. Marion (Lang) Armour 1921–1921
    5. 5. James Armour 1873–
    6. 6. Jenet Armour 1875–1911
    7. 7. Andrew (Boyd) Armour 1877–1881
  8. 8. James Higgins 1854–1856

Janet Shaw's Timeline

6 Records

1826
Abt. 1826
Birth of Janet Shaw in Monkton and Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland
Monkton and Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland
1841
1841
Age 15
Janet Shaw resided here in Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
1851
1851
Age 25
Janet Shaw resided here in Monkton and Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland
Monkton and Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland
1861
1861
Age 35
Janet Shaw resided here in Monkton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Monkton, Ayrshire, Scotland
1871
1871
Age 45
Janet Shaw resided here in Monkton and Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland
Monkton and Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland
1875
26 Nov 1875
Age 49
Death of Janet Shaw in Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland
Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1826
    Event Place: Monkton and Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Newton on Ayr; ED: 8; Page: 9; Line: 730; Year: 1841

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Monkton and Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Monkton and Prestwick; ED: 5; Page: 6; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1851_136; Year: 1851

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Monkton, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1861 Scotland Census, Parish: Monkton; ED: 5; Page: 3; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1861_88

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Monkton and Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Monkton and Prestwick; ED: 5; Page: 16; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1871_113

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Nov 1875
    Event Place: Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland
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