Morning :-) Not much to go on ! Never mind .. when you have time: join the SHAW list .. I'll forward your message to them. Cheers Jane > -----Original Message----- > From: gaile [mailto:gaile@gateway.net] > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 8:34 PM > To: jane@janelachs.de > Subject: Sam Shaw and Others > > > Jane: I have a photograph of a gravestone located in the Elmwood Cemetery > in Methuen, MA. One of the names engraved on the stone is "Sam Shaw > 1852-1921". My great grandmother, Maria Wigglesworth McEwen Harris Hanson, > who was born in Yorkshire, England, is buried there also. I have no idea > who Sam Shaw was. I am wondering if he was married to one of my great > grandmother's sisters. I also have a photocopy of a 'plot deed' indicating > the owners of the plot as "Mrs. Sam Shaw, Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Harris and Mr. & > Mrs. Swasey Raimey". The deed is dated June 11, 1921. I have been on a > very long, unproductive mission to find any information I can in regard to > my great grandmother's first marriage. All I know is that her first > husband's last name was "McEwen" and nothing more. This is a most > frustrating endeavor with no results thus far. I am on the WIGGS List for > descendents of Wigglesworth and have been communicating for over a year, via > email, with a woman in England who has searched and searched and can find no > record of any marriage for Maria (as a matter of fact she cannot find any > first marriages for Maria's sister, Sarah and Elizabeth either!). Most > perplexing....anyway I am now trying to see if I can find out anything about > the mysterious "Sam Shaw" and perhaps find a missing link. If you have any > ideas or info I would very much appreciate it. Thank you. By the way my > great grandmothe was born on September 18, 1869 in Keighley, Yorkshire, > England, the daughter of William Wigglesworth and Ann Leach. Gail Gosnell > >