Ernest Shaw
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Ernest was the son of William Shaw and Annie Maria Shaw (née Wilson). His father William was born in Burton Joyce, (bap. St Helen 20 August 1827), the son of William and Mary Shaw. He married Sarah Ann Sanders at St Helen on 26 September 1853 and they had a son, Stephen b. Burton Joyce 1855 bap. St Helen 14 May 1855. In 1861, the widowed William (33), a framework knitter, and his son Stephen (5) were living in Burton Joyce with William's younger brother Arthur and their widowed father, both of whom were also framework knitters. Ernest's mother Annie Maria was born in 1844 in Maltby, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, the daughter of William and Maria Wilson. She was baptised at Maltby parish church on 21 January 1844. In 1861 she was living with her parents and siblings in Tickhill, Yorkshire, where her father was both a farmer (44 acres) and inn keeper of the Scarborough Arms. William and Annie were married at Nottingham St Paul on 26 December 1864. They had seven children who were all born in Burton Joyce and baptised at St Helen's parish church: Harriet b. 1865 bap. 4 June 1865; Catherine b. 1867 bap. 29 April 1867; William b. 1870 bap. 4 September 1870; George birth registered 1873 (J/F/M) bap. 9 February 1873; Ernest birth registered 1875 (J/F/M) bap. 12 September 1875; Alfred b. 1878 bap. 25 May 1878 and Alice b. 1882 bap. 1 October 1882. In 1871 William (44) and Annie (27) were at the Cross Keys public house, Burton Joyce, with his son Stephen (15) and their three children Harriett (5), Catherine (4) and William (under 1 year). William and Annie were still living in Burton Joyce ten years later; he was a framework knitter and she a seamstress. Also in the household were Stephen, a framework knitter, William, George (8), Ernest (5) and Alfred (2). Harriett was a general servant at Hoveringham in the household of William Hind, a retired farmer, and his wife. Catherine has not yet been traced on the 1881 Census. William Shaw snr. died in March 1890 and in 1891 his widow Annie was living on Main Road, Burton Joyce, and working as a priests' hood maker. Also in the home were Catherine a machinist, Alfred and Alice (8). Harriet a cook/domestic and Ernest a gardener were recorded at St Helen's vicarage in the household of Rev. Ward and his wife. William and George have not yet been traced on the census but their half-brother Stephen was a professional cricketer and living in Tiverton, Devon, with his wife Elizabeth (née Curtis, m. Lincoln 1881) and their children. Annie Shaw was still living on Main Street and following the same occupation in 1901. Three of her sons were in the home on the night of the census: William a wheelwright, Ernest a cricket bat maker and Alfred a gardener (domestic). Harriett, a cook (domestic) was a patient in Basford Sanatorium Nottingham. Catherine and her husband George Henry Selby (m. 1897) were living on Chesterfield Drive, Burton Joyce, while George, his wife Ellen (née Walker m. 1900) and their daughter Hilda were living on Main Street, Burton Joyce. Alice was employed by the Fowler family as a housemaid at Basford Hall, Cinderhill, Nottingham (see 'Extra information'). Stephen had died in Sheffield on 2 November 1896. His widow Elizabeth had remarried (Wilson) and was living with her husband and her children in Lincoln. Annie (priests' hood maker) continued to live on Main Street and in 1911 was there with her two unmarried sons, Ernest a stoker at a water works, and Alfred a greaser (railway company). Harriet was living in Rugby, Warwickshire, with her husband Thomas William Osborn (m. 1905). Catherine, her husband and their six children and George, a railway examiner, his wife and daughter were both living on Main Street, Burton Joyce. William, a wheelwright, and his wife, Hannah Elizabeth (née Hucknall m. 1903) were living in Netherfield with their daughter Sarah. Alice and her husband Thomas Wardall (m. 1904) were living in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Annie Maria died on 22 February 1925. The probate record gave her address as 7 Main Street, Burton Joyce; her married daughter Harriett was awarded Administration of her Will.
Private Ernest Shaw enlisted in Nottingham and served In the Durham Light Infantry (77586). He later transferred to the Northern Command Labour Centre Labour Corps. He died of pneumonia on 20th February 1918 at the Auxiliary Hospital Middlesborough and was buried in Burton Joyce Cemetery, Nottinghamshire (grave ref. 3.2).
'Shaw Alfred (1842–1907), cricketer, born of humble parents at Burton Joyce, a village five miles north of Nottingham, on 29 Aug. 1842, was the youngest of thirteen children. Two of his brothers, William (b. 5 Aug. 1827) and Arthur (1834-1874), played in Nottinghamshire cricket ... Shaw played regularly for Notts from 1865 to 1887 ... also played for England.' Wikisource: Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement/Shaw, Alfred. In 1901 his sister Alice was a housemaid at Basford Hall, Cinderhill, Nottingham, the home of the Fowler family. Lt Col George Herbert Fowler, 1/8th Bn Sherwood Foresters, was killed in action on the Hohenzollern Redoubt, France, on 15 October 1915. (See record on this Roll of Honour) Nottingham Evening Post, ‘Roll of Honour’, 25 February 1918: ‘Shaw. On the 20th inst., of pneumonia, at Auxiliary Hospital Middlesborough, Pte Ernest Shaw, of Burton Joyce. In loving memory from Mabel.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) Nottingham Evening Post, 'In Memoriam', 20 February 1919:- 'Shaw. – In loving memory of Pte. Ernest Shaw, Burton Joyce, died of pneumonia at Middlesborough, Feb. 20th, 1918. Fondly remembered. – Mabel.' Notice courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918. Also 'In Memoriam' notice Nottingham Evening Post, 20 February 1920 - Mabel. WW1 Pension Ledgers Index Cards: named his mother Annie Maria, Burton Joyce.
