TX Family Groupsheet for Felix Newman SHAW (1) Family Submitted by: Sharon Shaw Email address: <25912000@yahoo.com> *********************************************** Copyright by submitter. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Husband: Felix Newman SHAW - (1) Birthdate: 22 Apr. 1853 - (3) Birthplace: Vermilion Parish, LA (1) Death date: 2 Mar. 1879 - (3) Place of death: TX (3) Father: James Stokes SHAW(1) Mother: Mary Serena LYONS (1) Marriage date: 6 Jan. 1874 (4) Marriage place: Galveston, Galveston Co., TX Wife: Mary Cornelia O'BRIEN - (2) Birthdate: 29 Mar. 1855 - (5) (6) Birthplace: Galveston Co., TX (5) Death date: 6 Jan. 1948 - (5) (6) Place of death: Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA (5) Father: Luke O'BRIEN (2) Mother: Mary Gertrude BOTTS (2) CHILDREN Child No. 1: Maude SHAW (7) Sex: F Birthdate: c1875 (7) Birthplace: prob. Pt. Bolivar, Galveston Co., TX (&) TX (7) Death date: c1875 (7) Place of death: prob. Pt. Bolivar, Galveston Co., TX (7) Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 2: Archie L. SHAW (8) Sex: M Birthdate: 31 Jan. 1876 (8) Birthplace: Pt. Bolivar, Galveston Co., TX (8) Death date: 14 Feb. 1972 (9) Place of death: Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., TX (9) Marriage date: 14 May 1903 (10) Marriage place: Kountz, Hardin Co., TX (10) Spouse's name: Carrie Belle CHALFANT (10) Child No. 3: Elizabeth Emm SHAW (11) Sex: F Birthdate: 8 June 1878 (12) Birthplace: Burleson, Caldwell Co., TX (12) Death date: 17 Nov. 1937 (13) Place of death: Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA (13) Marriage date: c1900 (14) Marriage place: Beaumont, Jefferson Co., TX (14) Spouse's name: Robert Thomas BURGE Child No. 4: Newman Stewart SHAW (15) Sex: M Birthdate: 11 Nov. 1879 (16) Birthplace: prob. Lampasas Co., TX (16) Death date: 14 Nov. 1914 (16) Place of death: San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX (16) Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Documentation: (1) Name listed in 1860 US Cen., Vermilion Parish, LA as son of James & Mary Serena (Lyons) Shaw; (2) Name listed in 1880 US Cen. as dau. of Luke & Mary Gertrude O'Brien; (3) b. & d. dates from his wife, Mary C. Shaw, written in her personal papers and corr. w/ est. date from 1860 Cen. and her being a "Wid." in 1880 Cen., Lampasas Co., TX. Mary C. Shaw reports her husband died of pneumonia; (4)Mar. rec. Galveston Co., TX Book "E"; Page 416; No. 824; (5) Mary C. Shaw's death cert., rec. Los Angeles Co., CA; (6) Mary C. Shaw's headstone, Magnolia Cem., Beaumont, Jefferson Co., TX; (7) Maude Shaw is mentioned in Mary C. Shaw's letters in 1875, but not after that, so assumed she died; (8) Archie's b. date & place from his 1912 student enrollment card University of TX at Austin, TX; (9) Archie's death cert. recorded in Los Angeles Co., CA & his headstone, Magnolia Cem., Beaumont, Jefferson Co., TX; (10)Marriage invitation & mar. lic. in courthouse, Kountz, Hardin Co., TX; (11) Elizabeth Emma Shaw listed in 1880 Census with her mother and brothers living in the household of her grandfather, Luke O'Brien, Lampasas Co., TX; (12) Elizabeth's 1918 US Passport; (13) Elizabeth's death cert., rec. Los Angeles Co., CA & her headstone, Forest Lawn Mem. Park, Glendale, Los Angeles Co., CA; (14) Family notes, no proof found yet; (15) Newman is listed in the 1880 Cen., Lampasas Co., TX with his mother, sister and brother; (16) Newman's b. & d. dates are listed on his death cert., San Antonio, TX and his headstone, Magnolia Cem., Jefferson Co., TX, he did not marry. Archie Luke Shaw became an attorney in TX and CA, a judge in Beaumont, TX. Elizabeth Emma (Shaw) Burge had no children, but spent her life traveling and hunting big game with her husband. Elizabeth & Robert Burge moved to Los Angeles, CA in 1914. The entire family moved to Los Angeles in 1932, when Elizabeth became ill with cancer and was widowed.