William Shaw + Elizabeth Cooper

Children ‎(9 children)‎

Nathaniel Chapman Shaw

‎(I1970)‎

Birth 24 June 1816

21 -- Howth, Dublin, Ireland
Death 15 April 1852 ‏(Age 35)‏ -- Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia

Charles William Shaw

‎(I1971)‎

Birth about 1818

23 -- Shorncliffe, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Death 10 November 1830 ‏(Age 12)‏ -- Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia

Elizabeth Caroline Shaw

‎(I1972)‎

Birth 23 April 1820

25 -- Leicester C.B., Leicestershire, England
Death 30 March 1873 ‏(Age 52)‏ -- Dandaragan, Western Australia, Australia

Frederick James Shaw

‎(I1973)‎

Birth about 1823

28 -- Leicester C.B., Leicestershire, England
Death 10 November 1830 ‏(Age 7)‏ -- Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia

Mary Louisa Birdsale Shaw

‎(I1974)‎

Birth 8 December 1825

31 -- Birstall, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Death 19 October 1918 ‏(Age 92)‏ -- Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia

George Edward Shaw

‎(I1975)‎

Birth 3 July 1828

33 -- Leicester C.B., Leicestershire, England
Death 9 December 1875 ‏(Age 47)‏ -- Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia

Lucy Ellen Shaw

‎(I1976)‎

Birth 27 January 1832

37 -- Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia
Death January 1905 ‏(Age 72)‏ -- Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia

Robert Casson Shaw

‎(I1977)‎

Birth 4 March 1834

39 -- Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia
Death 24 March 1919 ‏(Age 85)‏ -- Australia

Hester Francis Shaw

‎(I1978)‎

Birth about 1838

43 -- Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia
Death about 1929 ‏(Age 91)‏ -- Northam, Western Australia, Australia

Parents

Grandparents

William Shaw

‎(I999)‎

Birth 10 June 1788 -- Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Death 5 May 1862 ‏(Age 73)‏ Age: 74 -- Belvoir, Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia

Elizabeth Cooper

‎(I998)‎

Birth 16 November 1794

19 -- Newmarket St. Mary, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Death 18 August 1879 ‏(Age 84)‏ -- Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia

Capt. Nathan Cooper

‎(I1625)‎

Birth 26 November 1742

25 -- All Saints, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Death 6 June 1827 ‏(Age 84)‏ -- Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Esther Park

‎(I1626)‎

Birth 1775 -- Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Death 8 January 1832 ‏(Age 57)‏

Family Group Information (F526)

Marriage	8 April 1813 Dublin, Ireland
Last Change	29 December 2017 - 17:21:51
Note	William Shaw was an army man, he fought at Waterloo ‏(The battle of Waterloo was in 1815.)‏, served in the rifle brigade and was a captain in the Leicestershire militia. Ensign Wm Shaw of the Leicester militia became second leiutenant on 25 Feb 1813 and joined the 95th regiment of foot. He is listed at this rank and regiment in the 1814 and 1815 army lists, in the 1818 army list he is a 1st lieutenant in the rifle brigade, he achieved this rank on 26 June 1817. In the 1821 army list he islisted on half pay. He remained on half pay untill the 1829 list, when he emigrated to Australia. He is not mentioned in the army lists after 1829. He arrived in Western Australia on the ship Egyptian on 13 Feb 1830 with his wife, Elizabeth and6 children. A further 3 children were born in Australia. A letter written by Peter Cooper Hardy in 1907 indicates that William was "the first police magistrate in Perth and Hobart under Sir John Franklin, afterwards he movedto Bellview ‏(sic)‏, Upper Swan." He was granted 7,000 acres in the Avon district and 1,000 acres in the Swan River Colony which he named Belvoir.

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