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Walter Merrell Shaw 1888 – 1916 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Jun 1888

Birth Location: Princess Anne, Virginia

Death Date: 25 Feb 1916

Death Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut

Father: Christopher Shaw

Mother: Ellen Stewart

Spouse(s): Sallie Hobbs

Children(s): Margaret Rodgers

Walter Merrell Shaw was born in 1888 in Princess Anne, Virginia, the child of Christopher Shaw and Ellen Stewart. Walter Merrell Shaw later married Sallie Elizabeth Hobbs, and together they raised children including Margaret Shaw Rodgers. In 1916, Walter Merrell Shaw passed away in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

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Parents

Christopher Shaw
1857 – 1932
Birth Location: Charlotteville, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
CS
Ellen Stewart
1862 – 1935
Birth Location: Arkansas
ES

Spouses(s)

Sallie Hobbs
1889 – 1970
Birth Location: Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA
SH

Children(s)

Margaret Rodgers
1908 – 1995
Birth Location: Norfolk, VA.
MR

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 21 Jun 1888
    Event Place: Princess Anne, Virginia
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, 1910 United States Federal Census, North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, Princess Anne County, Virginia Births, 1881-96, U.S., Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Virginia, U.S., Birth Registers, 1853-1911

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Tanners Creek, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Norfolk Ward 3, Norfolk (Independent City), Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 25 Feb 1916
    Event Place: Bridgeport, Connecticut
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current
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