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William Merritt Shaw 1819 – 1907 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Dec 1819

Birth Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Death Date: 20 Dec 1907

Death Location: Griffin Saint, Tamworth, Peel River, New South Wales, Australia

Father: Charles Merritt

Mother: Susannah Brown

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Henry Shaw, Edwin Shaw, John Shaw

The story of William Merritt Shaw began in 1819 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. William Merritt Shaw had children including Henry Thomas Shaw, Edwin Valentine Shaw, John Henry Shaw. William Merritt Shaw passed away in 1907 in Griffin Saint, Tamworth, Peel River, New South Wales, Australia.

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Biography

  • The story of William Merritt Shaw began in 1819 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  • William Merritt Shaw had children including Henry Thomas Shaw, Edwin Valentine Shaw, John Henry Shaw.
  • William Merritt Shaw passed away in 1907 in Griffin Saint, Tamworth, Peel River, New South Wales, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Charles Merritt
Birth Location: –
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Susannah Brown
1792 – 1864
Birth Location: Baile Átha Cliath, County Dublin, Ireland
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Henry Shaw
1861 – 1943
Birth Location: Murlo, Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia
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Edwin Shaw
1863 – 1939
Birth Location: Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia
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John Shaw
Birth Location: –
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William Shaw's Ancestors

Self
William Shaw
1819 – 1907
Birth Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Parents
Charles Merritt
Susannah (Convict) Brown
1792 – 1864
Baile Átha Cliath, County Dublin, Ireland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Shaw's Descendants

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William (Merritt) Shaw (11 Dec 1819 – 20 Dec 1907)
  1. 1. Henry (Thomas) Shaw (6 Jun 1861 – 19 Aug 1943)
    1. 1. Ruby (Kate) Shaw (4 Dec 1882 – 16 Jul 1916) m. Hedley (Samuel David) Doust (14 Dec 1882 – 29 May 1982)
      1. 1. Lilian (May) Doust (4 Apr 1907 – 12 Dec 2005)
      2. 2. Albert (Clarence) Doust (17 May 1909 – )
      3. 3. Daphne (Muriel) Doust (3 Oct 1911 – 16 Nov 1998)
      4. 4. Athol (Kinley) Doust (21 May 1914 – )
      5. 5. Hedley (Rixon) Doust (28 Jan 1916 – 7 Jan 1985) m. Mary (Leckie) Purdy (26 Oct 1915 – 20 Feb 1982)
        1. 1. Kaylene (Ruth) Doust (17 Apr 1942 – 6 May 2020)
        2. 2. David (Harold) Doust (19 May 1943 – 4 Mar 2021)
        3. 3. Daryl Doust (23 Aug 1955 – 23 Aug 1955)
  2. 2. Edwin (Valentine) Shaw (14 Feb 1863 – 4 Aug 1939)
    1. 1. Henry (Alfred) Shaw (14 Aug 1890 – 14 Jun 1974)
      1. 1. Philip (Dudley) Shaw (28 Apr 1928 – 18 Nov 2022)
        1. 1. Ross Shaw
  3. 3. John (Henry) Shaw m. Catherine (Katie May Busch) Pusch (9 Aug 1858 – 1 Oct 1931)
    1. 1. Ettie (Elizabeth) Shaw (1880 – 13 Aug 1953) m. Frederick (Bowman) Boyd (1881 – 25 Mar 1932)
      1. 1. Doris (May) Gardiner (18 Feb 1906 – 4 Jul 1987) m. Wallace (Edwin) Osland (13 Nov 1906 – 2 Oct 1970)
        1. 1. Elaine (Mary) Osland (1928 – 1999) m. Allan (John) McIntosh (18 Oct 1926 – 27 Dec 2007)
        2. 2. Joan (Carmen) Osland (11 Apr 1929 – 26 May 1994)
        3. 3. Pamela (Joy) Osland (4 Feb 1942 – 4 Jul 2007)
      2. 2. Marion (Cecily) Boyd (1911 – )
      3. 3. Harold (Bowman) Boyd ( – 24 June 1971) m. Philomena (Kitchener) Duncan (8 Dec 1919 – )
        1. 1. Boyd m. Reynolds
    2. 2. Eva (Florence) Shaw (23 Dec 1893 – 19 May 1990)
      1. 1. Thomas (Kingsmill Richard) Allen (10 Sep 1916 – 6 Jul 1972)
        1. 1. Beverley Allen m. Fox

William Shaw's Timeline

2 Records

1819
11 Dec 1819
Birth of William Merritt Shaw in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1907
20 Dec 1907
Age 88
Death of William Merritt Shaw in Griffin Saint, Tamworth, Peel River, New South Wales, Australia
Griffin Saint, Tamworth, Peel River, New South Wales, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Dec 1819
    Event Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Dec 1907
    Event Place: Griffin Saint, Tamworth, Peel River, New South Wales, Australia
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