That is amazing mickwally. The difficulty in getting any information at all on this area has been really frustrating, and letters written to the various parishes and schools initiate no reply whatsoever. The family history goes back to Tullyorior in the 1850's. The exact area might have been called Shawstown!!!
Our relative Thomas Shaw left Tullyorior for Australia in 1886 on the ship “Energia”. Over the years we have found that John Shaw and Ann Byrne were married on 24th February 1858. The register does not name their parents, and civil registration of Roman Catholic marriages did not begin until 1864.
The following children appear in the register of baptisms:
John (baptised 27th September or 6th December 1858, the entry appears twice),
James (baptised 21st July 1860) and
an unnamed child (baptised 29th March 1862). This last child is almost certainly our ancestor Thomas. It is unfortunate that the register leaves a blank for the child’s name.
Since searching church registers was very time consuming, the researchers looked for the younger children, born post 1864, in the civil registers of births.
They found:
Mary Elizabeth (born 14th March 1866),
Hugh (born 12th June 1867) and
Matthew (born 23rd January 1871).
In addition was found:
Catherine (born 3rd January 1864) whose parents are listed as John Shaw and Jane Byrne of Tullyorior. As this couple do not appear in the Catholic registers, we can assume that Jane is a mistake for Anne.
From the extracts from the Registers of the Annaclone and Drumballyroney Roman Catholic Church, there is a record of a John Shaw who died on 9th March 1866 aged 82, so I need to be careful here. In the Civil Registers in the Banbridge Registrars Office, Banbridge District, there is a record of a another John Shaw who passed away on 31st October 1900 aged 76 years so he could also be associated with the above children
In Griffiths Valuation of Tenements there are two properties that were held by a John Shaw:
John Shaw Junior held 13 A and B. Ecclesiastical Commissioners House & Land 4a 3r 20p (about 7 acres)} £8
John Shaw senior held 14. Ecclesiastical Commissioners House, same house, offices & land 10a 3r 20p over 10 acres)} £11 5s.
There is so much information that I have, but best to start slowly. Do you know the area the family came from??
regards
