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Category Archives: Shaw family
Inconsistencies
You don’t have to do genealogy very long before you run into one of the genealogist’s greatest bugaboos–an inconsistency. Records from the distant past are notorious for being wrong. People made mistakes as they recorded a name or a date … Continue reading
Posted in Shaw family
Tagged 1930, car accident, Chicago, Marie Shaw, mystery, Percy Shaw
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Friends and Neighbors
Every street has a multitude of stories. As you drive through old neighborhoods you can feel the history, the countless moments that have occurred in the homes that line the streets. Many of these stories are long forgotten, but some … Continue reading
A startling coincidence or something else?
For many years I have wondered what happened to my 3rd great grandfather’s missing son. I could track his three daughters and two of his sons, but I could never figure out where the third son went. The paper trail … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, death, Edward Shaw, Garfield Tea Company, John W. Shaw, mystery, Peninah Hill
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Death by Downturn
Economic downturns don’t necessarily cause an increase in the mortality rate. In fact, depressions and recessions tend to increase the overall health of the general population. This seems counter-intuitive to me. My great grandfather, Edward H. Harris, Sr., died on … Continue reading
Kiss Me, I’m Irish?
‘Tis the month for celebrating being Irish. Saint Patrick’s Day, Green Beer, Shamrocks and the Dublin Irish Festival (Dublin, Ohio, that is). Until I went to Notre Dame for my undergraduate studies, Saint Patrick’s Day never meant much to me. … Continue reading
Posted in Hollingsworth family, Shaw family, Wright family
Tagged Dissenter, Dublin Irish Festival, Dublin Ohio, Edward Shaw 1815-1909, England, George Fox, green beer, Irish, Irish Quaker, Martin Luther, Notre Dame, plantation, Quaker, Reformation, Saint Patrick's Day, Scotland, shamrock, Stuart England, Tudor England
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Underground
Finding information about your ancestors can be challenging. Record-keeping was hit-and-miss in the past. Even if births, deaths and marriages were recorded, sometimes the records got lost or burned up in fires or eaten by mice. Getting beyond the records … Continue reading
Posted in Hadley family, Harvey family, Jay family, Shaw family, Wright family
Tagged Allen Jay 1831-1910, Canada, Clinton County Ohio, Edward Shaw 1815-1908, Hadley, Hadley Abolitionist Quilt, Harvey, illicit, Jonathan Wright, Quakers, record-keeping, runaway slave, slave, slavery, Springboro Ohio, Underground Railroad, Wayne County Indiana, Wilbur Siebert
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A Father’s Concern for his Daughter
In the somewhat shaky handwriting of a 72-year-old man, he signed the letter “[I] remain thy affectionate father, Jonathan Wright.” The letter, written December 12, 1820, was an expression of love and concern. Jonathan had recently learned that his son-in-law, … Continue reading
Posted in Mills, Shaw family, Wright family
Tagged Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Cincinnati, eighteenth-century mills, Elizabeth Wright Shaw 1748-1827, fathers and daughters, Fayette County Indiana, frontier teacher, Highland County Ohio, Indian Affairs Committee, Indian Agent, John Shaw, Jonathan Wright 1748-1829, letter, Madame Marie Ferree, Philadelphia Quakers, Quaker, Susannah Griffith, tanyard, Warren County Ohio, Westtown Boarding School, woman teacher, Wyandot
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A Little Boy’s Shoes
Amid all the great and terrible things of history, parents have to put shoes on their children. On the frontier, there was no Wal-Mart, no local store to provide any size and style of shoe a person wanted. Other arrangements … Continue reading
Posted in Mills, Shaw family, Wright family
Tagged Cincinnati, David Holloway, Elizabeth Wright Shaw, Fort Ferree, Fort Greenville, Fort Wayne, Indian Agency, James B. Finley, John Johnston, John Shaw, Jonathan Wright, Kanawha Salt Works, Lewis Cass, Ohio County, Pennsylvania, pioneer, Quaker marriage, shoes, Upper Sandusky, Wal-Mart, Waynesville, William Henry Harrison, Wyandot
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The Civil War of 1812
The War of 1812 is one of the least-remembered, least-documented wars in American history. In preparation for celebrating its bicentennial less than one year from now, I plan to read Alan Taylor’s The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British … Continue reading
Posted in Harris family, Hill family, Kinsey family, Shaw family, Wars
Tagged Abraham Kinsey, Dayton, Fort Greenville, Fort Wayne, Indian Agent, Jacob Wolf, John Shaw, Jonas Harris, Montgomery County, Northwest Territory, Revolution, Robert Hill, supplies, teamster, Tecumseh, War of 1812, William Eustis, William Henry Harrison
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The Family Historian
Not every family has a historian, but mine has had many. As I’m sure you know by now, I enjoy doing family history and have been doing it for some time–two and a half decades. I started when my grandfather … Continue reading
Posted in Experiences, Harris family, Shaw family, Wayne County Indiana
Tagged archivist, Dorothy Harris, Edward H. Harris Jr., Edward Shaw, family historian, family history, genealogy, grandfather, Lewis K. Harris, librarian, liniment, Mary Elizabeth Shaw, pioneers, Quaker, Roswell Harris, Swarthmore College, Tecumseh, Underground Railroad, William Henry Harrison
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Arbor Familiae 