Individual Details
Robert Shaw
(5 May 1831 - 28 Feb 1877)
Notes by: Alan Egginton
Robert and Barbara Shaw migrated to Australia from Scotland arriving in S ydney on 21 February,1855, on the ship Anna which sailed from Liverpool . This ship carried 420 passengers made up of :- married couples : 78 ; single : 83 males and 46 females; children 7 - 14 : 22 m. and 25 f ; 1 -7 : 33m and 35f; under 1 : 9m and 9f.
Robert's occupation in Scotland was listed as being an ironstone miner an d when they settled in Minmi, near Newcastle, N.S.W., he worked as a coa l miner. I was told, however, that he had an orange orchard near the ra ilway line in Minmi.
Shipping records state that both Robert and Barbara were able to read an d write.
Of their children, Catherine was 3 and Annie 1 when they migrated but th e remainder were born in Minmi.
Robert died from English cholera on 28th February,1877, aged 45 year s and
9 months.
Barbara died from a cerebral haemorrhage on 10th December, 1901, aged 7 2 years, at the home of her son John in Union Street, Tighes, Newcastle.
At the funeral of Barbara Shaw, my mother recalls how she and her cousin , Nellie Shaw, both dressed in black, walked behind the coffin along Mait land Road from Tighes Hill to Hamilton railway station where they waite d for a train to take them to Hexham and thence to Minmi. " And it was fr eezing cold," she said.
Both Robert and Barbara are buried in Minmi cemetery and on their headsto ne are memorials to 3 of their sons who tragically died in accident s - David who was killed in a railway accident at Minmi on 22 November , 1875, aged 17 years; Alexander who was drowned in the wreck of the 'Ne w England' on 27th December, 1882, aged 8 years; and William Corner, kil led in a mining accident at Lithgow on 4 March, 1890, aged 29 years. Davi d would have been buried here but I don't believe Alexander's body ws rec overed and I doubt that William's would have been brought there from Lith gow. I have photo copies of reports of the accidents to David and Alexand er as published in the Newcastle Morning Herald and also
of William, published in the Sydney Morning Herald.
At the side of the headstone is a small memorial to Lizzie Shaw, my mothe r's sister, born on 22 August, 1893 and died on 10th July, 1896, just ove r 4 months after my mother was born.
( The marriage locations for Robert's children - Barbara, Catherine and J ane - are actually where the marriages were registered, not where they we re married. )
Robert and Barbara Shaw migrated to Australia from Scotland arriving in S ydney on 21 February,1855, on the ship Anna which sailed from Liverpool . This ship carried 420 passengers made up of :- married couples : 78 ; single : 83 males and 46 females; children 7 - 14 : 22 m. and 25 f ; 1 -7 : 33m and 35f; under 1 : 9m and 9f.
Robert's occupation in Scotland was listed as being an ironstone miner an d when they settled in Minmi, near Newcastle, N.S.W., he worked as a coa l miner. I was told, however, that he had an orange orchard near the ra ilway line in Minmi.
Shipping records state that both Robert and Barbara were able to read an d write.
Of their children, Catherine was 3 and Annie 1 when they migrated but th e remainder were born in Minmi.
Robert died from English cholera on 28th February,1877, aged 45 year s and
9 months.
Barbara died from a cerebral haemorrhage on 10th December, 1901, aged 7 2 years, at the home of her son John in Union Street, Tighes, Newcastle.
At the funeral of Barbara Shaw, my mother recalls how she and her cousin , Nellie Shaw, both dressed in black, walked behind the coffin along Mait land Road from Tighes Hill to Hamilton railway station where they waite d for a train to take them to Hexham and thence to Minmi. " And it was fr eezing cold," she said.
Both Robert and Barbara are buried in Minmi cemetery and on their headsto ne are memorials to 3 of their sons who tragically died in accident s - David who was killed in a railway accident at Minmi on 22 November , 1875, aged 17 years; Alexander who was drowned in the wreck of the 'Ne w England' on 27th December, 1882, aged 8 years; and William Corner, kil led in a mining accident at Lithgow on 4 March, 1890, aged 29 years. Davi d would have been buried here but I don't believe Alexander's body ws rec overed and I doubt that William's would have been brought there from Lith gow. I have photo copies of reports of the accidents to David and Alexand er as published in the Newcastle Morning Herald and also
of William, published in the Sydney Morning Herald.
At the side of the headstone is a small memorial to Lizzie Shaw, my mothe r's sister, born on 22 August, 1893 and died on 10th July, 1896, just ove r 4 months after my mother was born.
( The marriage locations for Robert's children - Barbara, Catherine and J ane - are actually where the marriages were registered, not where they we re married. )
Events
| Birth | 5 May 1831 | Kilysth, Stirling, Scotland | |||
| Christen | 15 May 1831 | Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland | |||
| Birth | 15 May 1831 | Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland | |||
| Marriage | 11 Jul 1853 | Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland - Barbara Corner | |||
| Death | 28 Feb 1877 | Minmi Newcastle. New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Burial | Minmi Newcastle. New South Wales, Australia | ||||
| Ancestral File Number | 51ED080514J |
Families
| Spouse | Barbara Corner (1829 - 1901) |
| Child | Catherine Shaw (1854 - ) |
| Child | Annie Shaw (1855 - ) |
| Child | David Shaw (1858 - 1875) |
| Child | John Shaw (1859 - ) |
| Child | William Corner Shaw (1861 - 1890) |
| Child | Andrew Shaw (1863 - 1947) |
| Child | Alexander Shaw (1874 - 1882) |
| Father | David Don Shaw ( - 1846) |
| Mother | Ann Aitken (1791 - 1855) |
| Sibling | Jean "Jane" Shaw (1816 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Andrew Shaw (1818 - 1853) |
| Sibling | John Shaw (1820 - 1861) |
| Sibling | Matthew Shaw (1822 - 1824) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Shaw (1824 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Ann Shaw (1826 - ) |
| Sibling | David Shaw (1829 - 1866) |
| Sibling | Agnes Shaw (1831 - 1888) |
| Sibling | Barbara Shaw (1837 - 1870) |
| Sibling | Matthew Shaw (1839 - ) |