Shaw, Minerva

Birth Name Shaw, Minerva
Gramps ID I2322
Gender female

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1842 Ohio, USA  
 
Census 1850 White River Twp, Randolph Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a
Census 1860 Ward Twp, Randolph Cty, Indiana, USA  
2a

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Shaw, James Nelson [I0262]1820-10-221877-10-29
Mother Burton, Elizabeth Edmund [I0263]1820-06-031897-12-07
         Shaw, Minerva [I2322] 1842
    Sister     Shaw, Hannah [I2316] 1847 1889-08-17
    Brother     Shaw, Joel [I2315] 1850 1943-05-22
    Brother     Shaw, Edmund [I0241] 1852-09-10 1924
    Brother     Shaw, Seth [I2317] 1854 1920
    Brother     Shaw, Henry Richard [I2318] 1857-03-07 1946-11-22
    Sister     Shaw, Amanda [I2319] 1860
    Sister     Shaw, Mary Ellen [I2320] 1863
    Brother     Shaw, Delbert [I2321] 1868

Narrative

Note: Minerva Shaw

I have not yet found records for Minerva Shaw, eldest daughter of James and Elizabeth (Burton) Shaw, after the 1860 US Census listing for her father's household in Ward Twp, Randolph Cty, Indiana. There is mention of woman by that name in the History of Randolph County, Indiana (E. Tucker, 1882, p146) in connection with the Christian Disciples' Church in nearby Winston (also in Randolph Cty). Here, she is mentioned as one of the first members of the church in 1866, and later chosen as a deaconess in 1875. Given the age and proximity - she would have been about twenty-four at the church's founding - I believe this Minerva to be the same one as mentioned above (daughter of James and Elizabeth). In both instances, she is named Minerva Shaw, suggesting that, at least by her mid-thirties, she was unmarried and likely without children.

I have not yet found further residency information for Minerva, nor a death date or burial location.

ADDENDUM: The reference in the History of Randolph County, Indiana to Minerva Shaw may well have been the wife of Gideon Shaw, and not the daughter of James Nelson Shaw.

Pedigree

  1. Shaw, James Nelson [I0262]
    1. Burton, Elizabeth Edmund [I0263]
      1. Shaw, Minerva
      2. Shaw, Hannah [I2316]
      3. Shaw, Joel [I2315]
      4. Shaw, Edmund [I0241]
      5. Shaw, Seth [I2317]
      6. Shaw, Henry Richard [I2318]
      7. Shaw, Amanda [I2319]
      8. Shaw, Mary Ellen [I2320]
      9. Shaw, Delbert [I2321]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. US Census of 1850 [S0046]
      • Date: 1850
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHV3-DXD : accessed 18 Nov 2014), James Shaw, White River, Randolph, Indiana, United States; citing family 355, NARA microfilm publication M432, NARA microfilm publication M432, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

        Event Year: 1850
        Event Place: White River, Randolph, Indiana, United States
        James Shaw M 29
        Elizabeth Shaw F 29
        Minerva Shaw F 7
        Hannah M Shaw F 3
        Shaw M 0

  2. US Census of 1860 [S0044]
      • Date: 1860
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4NT-VRH : accessed 18 Nov 2014), James Shaw, Ward Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 65, household ID 458, NARA microfilm publication M653; NARA microfilm publication M653. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 803292.

        Event Year: 1860
        Event Place: Ward Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States
        James Shaw M 39
        Elizabeth Shaw F 40
        Menerva Shaw F 18
        Hanah Shaw F 12
        Joel Shaw M 10
        Edmund Shaw M 8
        Seth Shaw M 6
        Henry Shaw M 4
        Amanda Shaw F 0