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Shaw Last Name History & Origin
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Name Origin
Origin of the name
The surname Shaw has several different origins. The clan name is however derived from an Anglicisation of the Gaelic personal name Sitheach meaning “wolf”. The Gaelic names for the clan are Na Siach, or Mhic Sheaghd.
Origin of the name
The surname Shaw has several different origins. The clan name is however derived from an Anglicisation of the Gaelic personal name Sitheach meaning “wolf”. The Gaelic names for the clan are Na Siach, or Mhic Sheaghd.
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Spellings & Pronunciations
Shaw Name Meaning English: topographic name for someone who lived by a copse or thicket, Middle English s(c)hage, s(c)hawe (Old English sceaga), or a habitational name from any of the numerous minor places named with this word. The English surname was also established in Ireland in the 17th century.Scottish and Irish: adopted as an English form of any of various Gaelic surnames derived from the personal name Sitheach ‘wolf’.Americanized form of some like-sounding Ashkenazic Jewish surname.Chinese : variant of Shao.
Nationality & Ethnicity
In England and Scotland the name is a topographic name for someone who lived by a copse or thicket.[1] This name is derived from the Middle English schage, shage, schawe, and shawe, from the Old English sceaga meaning "dweller by the wood".[1][2] The name can also be a habitational name derived from places named after these words. The English surname was established in Ireland in the 17th century. In Scotland and Ireland the surname can also be an English form of several surnames derived from the Gaelic personal name sidheach meaning "wolf".[1][3]
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Name Joan E Carberry
Residence Year 1953
Street Address 4 Farwell
Residence Place Lewiston, Maine, USA
Occupation Clerk
Publication Title Lewiston, Maine, City Directory, 1953


Name Joan E Carberry
Residence Year 1951
Residence Place Lewiston, Maine, USA
Occupation Student Rll
Publication Title Lewiston, Maine, City Directory, 1951


Name Joan E Carberry
Residence Year 1949
Residence Place Lewiston; Auburn, Maine, USA
Occupation Student Rll
Publication Title Lewiston, Maine, City Directory, 1949


Name Joan E Carberry
Residence Year 1953
Residence Place Lewiston, Maine, USA
Occupation Social Worker
Publication Title Lewiston, Maine, City Directory, 1953


Name Joan E Carberry
Residence Year 1949
Residence Place Lewiston; Auburn, Maine, USA
Occupation Student Rll
Publication Title Lewiston, Maine, City Directory, 1949


Selina Ophelia SHAW was b. 25 or 26 Jul 1854 in Pittsfield or Richmond, MA to parents Henry SHAW (1834-1911) and Mary Ann PARK (1835-1878). Selina had 5 siblings including Henry W. SHAW (1856-1857); Henry F. SHAW (b. 1858); Mary A. SHAW (d. 1860); Albert William SHAW (1861-1940); Wilbert or Wilbur P. SHAW (b. 1869). Selina died 22 Aug 1896 at Egremont, MA and is buried in the Pittsfield Cemetery in Pittsfield, MA.
Henry Franklin SHAW was b. May 1858 to the same parents and married Nellie M. HAGAR (b. 1860) on 11 Jun 1883 in Dalton, MA. Henry died 14 Apr 1936 in Pittsfield, MA and is also buried in the Pittsfield Cemetery.
Albert William SHAW was b. 5 or 9 May 1861 Richmond, MA to the same parents and married Harriet Lyon Barker SUMNER (1861-1959) on 17 May 1882 in Burlington, VT and they had four children including Charles Sumner; Harriet Lyon Barker; Albert Park; and Henry Eugene SHAW, all born between 1883 and 1897. Albert died 19 Jan 1940 in Pittsfield, MA and he is buried in the Pittsfield Cemetery.
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