More Letters Between George Shaw and wife Agnes (1870s) here
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Twelve Victorian letters written during the 1870s from George Shaw to his wife. It appears that George was visiting friends on a farm at Cove, near Tiverton in Devon and wrote almost daily to his wife. George was the vicar or rector of Elsworth, near St Ives in Huntingdonshire (now […]
Letters Between George Shaw and wife Agnes (1870s) Letter Ann Dobson to Caroline Isabella Shaw 1870s
The photographic images in this archive are catalogued as follows: Carte de Vistes (unnamed) Elsworth Rectory Cambridgeshire
Much of this archive date from the 1870s onwards. The main players appear to be George Shaw and Caroline, his wife, plus their daughter Agnes Mabel (known as Mabel). Mabel has a most fascinating life history. She was a talented musician, and after the First World War she secured a […]
Agnes Mabel Shaw was born on 3 September 1898 in Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire. Through most of her life she was known as Mabel. I am using her preferred name throughout this research. Mabel’s father, George Shaw (who was born on 16 February 1869 in Saffron Walden, Essex married Agnes Edith […]