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 (7)
Death date: c1875 (7)
Place of death: prob. Pt. Bolivar, Galveston Co., TX (7)
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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)
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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.

Notes:
* 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.