Shaw, Nellie Glea

Birth Name Shaw, Nellie Glea
Gramps ID I3617
Gender female

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1891-09-15 Randolph Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a
Census 1900 Ward Twp, Randolph Cty, Indiana, USA  
2a
Census 1910 Richland Twp, Jay Cty, Indiana, USA  
3a

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Shaw, Joel [I2315]18501943-05-22
Mother Harshman, Elizabeth [I3612]1852
    Brother     Shaw, William [I3613] 1873-06-19 1939-07-20
    Brother     Shaw, James Ora [I3614] 1876-04-20 1968-11-05
    Sister     Shaw, Blanch [I3615] 1880 1978
    Brother     Shaw, Ward [I3616] 1884-03-29
         Shaw, Nellie Glea [I3617] 1891-09-15

Families

    Family of Abshire, Dawson A. and Shaw, Nellie Glea [F1148]
Married Husband Abshire, Dawson A. [I3619] ( * 1900 + 1929 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1915-06-27 Redkey, Richland Twp, Jay Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a

Narrative

Note: Researching Nellie Glea Shaw

Initially, the only records I'd found for Nellie were the 1900 and 1910 US Census records for the household of her father, Joel Shaw, as well as a marriage record dated 27 Jun 1915 for her marriage to Dawson A. Abshire. Her brother William's obituary names two surviving sisters, neither one with the surname Abshire, so that led me to suspect that Nellie had remarried after some event (divorce or death) ended what appeared to be her first marriage.

Looking for Dawson (or Danson, depending upon transcription) Abshire, son of L.C. and Florence Abshire, didn't turn up much until I'd found a FindaGrave listing in Woodlawn Cemetery, Montpelier, Balckford Cty, Indiana, for Lewis C. Abshire, b. 1861, no death date listed. The photo of his headstone shows that it's a share stone and set of plots for himself, wife Florence E.J. Abshire (b. 1865, no death date) and presumably a son, Dawson A. Abshire (b. 1900, d. 1929). This seems extremely likely to be the Dawson on the marriage record with Nellie, which would suggest that he was about fifteen years old when he married Nellie, who was in her mid-twenties. I do not have information at this point to suggest whether the marriage ended in divorce or whether Nellie was widowed at his death.

The previously-mentioned obituary for brother William names a surviving sister as Mrs. M.H. Donnell, of Redkey, Jay Cty, Indiana; there is a 1940 US Census record for a household in Redkey that consists of 51-year-old head M.H. Donnell, born in Illinois, and 49-year-old wife Glee Donnell, born in Indiana. I've found no other record for this particular family.

I've still not determined Nellie's death date, the date of her husband M.H. Donnell, or her burial site. I also have not yet determined if she had children.

Pedigree

  1. Shaw, Joel [I2315]
    1. Harshman, Elizabeth [I3612]
      1. Shaw, William [I3613]
      2. Shaw, James Ora [I3614]
      3. Shaw, Blanch [I3615]
      4. Shaw, Ward [I3616]
      5. Shaw, Nellie Glea
        1. Abshire, Dawson A. [I3619]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 [S0069]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V6R1-9TD : accessed 21 Nov 2014), Joel Shaw in entry for Danson A Abshire and Nellie Glea Shaw, 27 Jun 1915; citing Redkey, , Indiana, county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 001750175.

        "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V6RR-LQ6 : accessed 24 Nov 2014), Dawson A Abshire and Nellie Glea Shaw, ; citing [METHOD-ERROR], county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 001750178.

  2. US Census of 1900 [S0039]
      • Date: 1900
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9MT-GHD : accessed 21 Nov 2014), Ward Shaw in household of Jole Shaw, Ward Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 17A, family 388, NARA microfilm publication T623, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1240399.

        Event Year: 1900
        Event Place: Ward Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States
        Jole Shaw Head M 52
        Elizabeth Shaw Wife F 51
        William Shaw Son M 26
        James O Shaw Son M 23
        Blanc Shaw Daughter F 20
        Ward Shaw Son M 16
        Glee N Shaw Daughter F 10

  3. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Date: 1910
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKPW-57C : accessed 24 Nov 2014), Nellie G Shaw in household of Joel Shaw, Richland, Jay, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 75, sheet 2A, family 34, NARA microfilm publication of T624, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1374371.

        Event Year: 1910
        Event Place: Richland, Jay, Indiana, United States
        Joel Shaw Head M 57
        Elizabeth V Shaw Wife F 55
        James O Shaw Son M 28
        Nellie G Shaw Daughter F 19