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Elsworth Rectory Cambridgeshire

George Shaw (born 15 February 1844 Hastings, Sussex, died 18 June 1881 Elsworth, Cambridgeshire) in 1874 he was appointed Rector of Elsworth (more here). He was Mabel’s grandfather. These images in the archive were taken between 1874 and 1881:

Reverend George Shaw (1817-1845)

George Shaw was born on 5 June 1817 in Waltham On The Wolds, Leicestershire, the son of Maria and James. He married Elizabeth Daintree on 28 October 1841 in Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire. They had two children during their marriage. On June 14, 1840 he became Vicar of Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire. […]

Letter Ann Dobson to Caroline Isabella Shaw 1870s

Ann Dobson’s letter to her daughter Caroline Isabella Shaw in the 1870’s. Ann Cleaver was born in 1812 in Whitby, Yorkshire. She married John Ralph Dobson on 14 May 1838. They had four children in 12 years. She died on 12 January 1885 in Cambridgeshire at the age of 73 […]

12 Carte de Vistes

Twelve Victorian Carte de Visites, most of which probably relate to the Shaw family of Elsworth Rectory, near St Ives in Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire). The photographers are from diverse places. Most are from Saffron Walden, with odd ones from Cambridge, Huntingdon, Leicester and Leeds. Only one has writing on the back (detail […]