flag male ancestor  Samuel  SHAW

  (b. abt. 1799 Virginia, USA   d. 29 January 1877 Decatur, Michigan, USA )  

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Samuel SHAW was born abt. 1799 in Virginia, USA

Samuel SHAW was the child of ?   and   ?

Samuel SHAW died 29 January 1877 in Decatur, Michigan, USA.





Father: William Shaw
Mother: Lydia Shaw


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Occupation

Samuel SHAW was a Farmer.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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NewsThe War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.
NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
Death
Name: Samuel Shaw
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 29 Jan 1877
Death Place: Decatur, Van Buren, Michigan
Age: 78
Birth Date: 1799
Birth Place: Virginia
Occupation: Farmer
Race: w
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: William Shaw
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Lydia Shaw
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B53221-8
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
GS Film number: 1019195
Reference ID: v B p 137

'Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHP2-B62 : 9 December 2014), Samuel Shaw, 29 Jan 1877; citing Decatur, Van Buren, Michigan, reference v B p 137; FHL microfilm 1,019,195.'
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Did You Know?The state of Virginia was named after England's Queen Elizabeth I. In the early 1600's, all of North America that was not Spanish or French was then called 'Virginia' in honor of 'The Virgin Queen,' and the earliest English colonial expeditions were sent by the Virginia Company of London. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1788 - Crown Colony of Virginia
June 25, 1788 - Virginia becomes 10th U.S. state

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