Lynn the Forest Fan
26-09-21, 08:08
Seeing that Shropshire parish records are now on Ancestry has encouraged me to look again at my husband's great grandma Edith (Adelaide)Shaw. She has always been a bit of a puzzle as she apparently left the family sometime after her last child's birth in 1922 and I have never found any trace of her after that.
In 1911 she is listed as Edith Lyons age 24 born Market Drayton. On her 1907 marriage cert she was Edith Shaw age 21, father Thomas Shaw ag lab. In 1901, I found her in Tyrley as a servant age 13. Also in Tyrley are a Thomas Shaw, wife Mary Ann, daughter Elizabeth c1889 and son Thomas c1897. My late father in law had a recollection of an Elizabeth, and Thomas, so this seemed to fit. However in 1891 this family were in Little Drayton with older daughter Adelaide, not Edith. I was unable to find Edith elsewhere and it was suggested that Edith can be another version of Adelaide. I found a marriage in 1888 for a Thomas Shaw and Mary Ann Bowler. I couldn't find a birth for an Adelaide Shaw, but did find one for an Adelaide Bowdler and have the cert.
Checking the Shropshire parish records yesterday, I found a baptism for an Adelaide Bowler, parents Thomas and Mary Ann and wondered if this is the same one.
I don't have a sub and was wondering if someone could confirm the details for me please? One of my problems with this family is that some records seem to be Shropshire, whilst others are Staffordshire, which gets very confusing.
Thanks
In 1911 she is listed as Edith Lyons age 24 born Market Drayton. On her 1907 marriage cert she was Edith Shaw age 21, father Thomas Shaw ag lab. In 1901, I found her in Tyrley as a servant age 13. Also in Tyrley are a Thomas Shaw, wife Mary Ann, daughter Elizabeth c1889 and son Thomas c1897. My late father in law had a recollection of an Elizabeth, and Thomas, so this seemed to fit. However in 1891 this family were in Little Drayton with older daughter Adelaide, not Edith. I was unable to find Edith elsewhere and it was suggested that Edith can be another version of Adelaide. I found a marriage in 1888 for a Thomas Shaw and Mary Ann Bowler. I couldn't find a birth for an Adelaide Shaw, but did find one for an Adelaide Bowdler and have the cert.
Checking the Shropshire parish records yesterday, I found a baptism for an Adelaide Bowler, parents Thomas and Mary Ann and wondered if this is the same one.
I don't have a sub and was wondering if someone could confirm the details for me please? One of my problems with this family is that some records seem to be Shropshire, whilst others are Staffordshire, which gets very confusing.
Thanks