Hi Shaw List, FINALLY, I can respond to the request for the alphabetic earliest-Shaw connections !! :>)) Below I've copied from my database my Shaw connection, including the earliest Shaw in my sister-in-law's line. She is a granddaughter of the John Stewart Decker who married Ida May Shaw, daughter of David Winfield Shaw, son of the earliest known Shaw, Oscar Shaw, born about 1816 in New York. These Shaw's are an Orange County, NY family. Appreciate any information, clues, leads, etc. on the ancestry of Oscar Shaw -- or connections to any of you "cousins" out there. :>)) Thanks, John Hale Williamsburg, VA Descendants of Oscar Shaw 1 Oscar Shaw b: Abt. 1816 in New York .. +Mary Ann Carpenter b: Abt. 1816 in New York ......... 2 [2] David Winfield Shaw b: Bet. January 27 - February, 1843 in Howells, Orange County, New York d: January 19, 1912 in Town of Wallkill, Orange County, New York ............. +Matilda A. Myers or Matilda Mae Williams b: Abt. 1845 in New York d: Bef. 1880 .................... 3 Lucy Gertrude "Lulu" Shaw b: Bet. June 24, 1870 - 1871 in New York ........................ +George Irving Wakeman b: Bet. July 03, 1868 - July 1870 in New York m: April 13, 1889 in Town of Wallkill, Orange County, New York d: 1933 in Thompsonville, New York .................... 3 [1] Ida May/Mae Shaw b: July 22, 1874 in New York d: January 1955 ........................ +John Stewart Decker b: Bet. March 1870 - 1871 in Red Mills, New York m: July 18, 1894 in Wallkill, Orange County, New York d: June 13, 1955 in Home of son, Oscar Decker, 142 Montgomery Street, Newburgh, Orange County, New York Burial: Wallkill Valley Cemetery, Walden, Orange County, New York .................... *2nd Husband of [1] Ida May/Mae Shaw: ........................ +Archie L. Montgomery b: Abt. 1884 in New York m: Aft. 1900 ......... *2nd Wife of [2] David Winfield Shaw: ............. +Ida J. Weller b: Bet. 1853 - March 1854 in New York m: Abt. 1881 .................... 3 Benjamin W. Shaw b: March 1882 in New York ........................ +Laura/Lena Crans b: Abt. 1883 in New York m: October 25, 1905 in Town of Wallkill, Orange County, New York .................... 3 Clarence Shaw b: Bet. December 05, 1886 - December 1887 in Town of Wallkill, Orange County, New York .................... 3 Harrison/Harry H/S Shaw b: February 13, 1889 in Town of Wallkill, Orange County, New York .................... 3 Helen T. Shaw b: December 1891 in New York .................... 3 John Shaw b: February 1898 in New York ......... 2 Nancy E. Shaw b: Abt. 1850 in New York ......... 2 Sarah J. Shaw b: Abt. 1853 in New York In a message dated 8/15/2005 11:35:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Lets hear from anyone researching Shaws whose given (first) names started with an O or P. The older, the better. Of course, all other Shaw inquiries welcome also. Keep in mind, it makes it easier if instead of hitting the "reply," just start a new email to [email protected] with YOUR "O" or "P" Shaw name in the Subject line. This has been fun...we will make it through the whole alphabet by the end of the year. I appreciate the list managers letting us do this. Susan Shaw Gardner [email protected]