SHAW
This name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and may be either a topographical or a locational surname. As a topographical name, Shaw was used for someone who lived by a copse, wood, or thicket, derived from the Old English pre 7th Century "sceaga", copse, small wood. As a locational surname, Shaw is derived from any one of the numerous small places names Shaw, from the Old English "sceaga", such as those in Berkshire, Lancashire, and Wiltshire. Shaw in Berkshire is recorded as "Essages" in the Domesday Book of 1086, and in Lancashire as "Shaghe" in 1555, and a place in Wiltshire as "schaga" in the 1167 Pipe Rolls of the county. The development of the surname includes Richard de la Schawe (1275, Worcestershire), John ate Shaw (1295, Essex), and William Bithe Shaghe (1333, Somerset), and the modern forms of the surname range from Shaw(e), Shay and Shay(e)s to Shave(s) and Shafe. One of the most notable bearers of the name was George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), who was born in Dublin into a Protestant family established in Ireland by William Shaw a captain in William lll's army, who went there in circa 1689. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Simon de Schage, which was dated 1191, in the Berkshire Pipe Rolls, during the reign of King Richard l, known as "Richard the Lionheart", 1189 - 1199.
Shaw Family Members
Frederick Shaw
Maude Marcia Shaw
Rebecca Shaw
Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw (1886)
Family members on this branch may be able to help with a photo album that once belonged to Roseann Shaw (nee Wisnom). Most of the people in the album are unknown at present. If you are related to the Wisnoms, Shaws, Albions, or Maitlands and are able to help solve the mystery of who the people in the photos are, please contact Clayton Talbot at [email protected]
A link to the photo album can be found here
Maude Marcia Shaw
Rebecca Shaw
Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw (1886)
Family members on this branch may be able to help with a photo album that once belonged to Roseann Shaw (nee Wisnom). Most of the people in the album are unknown at present. If you are related to the Wisnoms, Shaws, Albions, or Maitlands and are able to help solve the mystery of who the people in the photos are, please contact Clayton Talbot at [email protected]
A link to the photo album can be found here