Marjory Shaw-alias-Anderson
1835 - 1865 (30 years)
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Name Marjory Shaw-alias-Anderson Birth 1832 Moray, Scotland 
[1] Born 1835 Duffus, Elginshire (presently Moray), Scotland [2] Gender Female Birth 1836 Moray, Scotland [3] Name Marjory Anderson Name Marjory Shaw [2] Name May Shaw [3] Residence 1841 Village of Cummingston, Duffus, Moray, Scotland [3] Occupation 1851 Seamstress Residence 1851 Cummingston, Duffus, Moray, Scotland [2] Died 1865 London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Buried Dresden Cemetery, Kent Co., Ont. Person ID I14172 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 19 Sep 2024
Father Unknown Shaw, b. Abt 1800, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN Relationship natural Mother Janet Anderson, b. 12 Jan 1806, New Spynie, Moray, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN Relationship natural Family ID F3838 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Andrew Cuthbert, b. Abt 21 Mar 1828, Port Gordon, Rathven, Banffshire, Scotland , d. 5 Jan 1892, Dresden, Kent, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 63 years) Married 13 Jun 1851 Duffus, Moray, Scotland Children 1. Alexander Cuthbert, b. 10 Jun 1852, Hopeman, New Duffus, Moray, Scotland , d. 15 Feb 1930, 288 Windemere St., Walkerville, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years) [natural]2. Unknown Cuthbert, b. Abt 1860, London, Middlesex, Ontario? , d. Abt 1860, London, Middlesex, Ontario? (Age ~ 0 years) [natural]Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F910 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Marjory's seems to have used both Shaw and Anderson as a surname. Her husband Andrew Cuthbert's obit gives her maiden name as Anderson. Their marriage record and the birth record of their son Alexander gives her surname as Shaw. In 1841 and 1851 she is shown as "Marjory (or May) Shaw" and is residing with her mother Janet Anderson and grandfather Alexander Anderson in Cummingston, Duffus, Moray, Scotland.
No corresponding birth record has been found for Marjory (May) Shaw or Anderson. It would appear that her father's name is likely Shaw and that she was either illegitimate or her father died when she was a child and her mother never remarried. The fact that no birth record can be found would lend preference to the suggestion that her birth was illegitimate.
A close birth has been found for Marjory Shaw, b/bap 17 OCT/27 DEC 1837 in Abernethy and Kincardine, Moray, Scotland, (Upper Spey, south of Granttown) to Alexander Shaw and Ann Anderson. However this family can be found residing in said parish in 1851 and thus could not be the same Marjory.
Marjory and Andrew's marriage record describes her as residing "in Cummingston" which is about 1 mile west of Hopeman where Andrew was residing.
Marjory's gravestone indicates her birth as 1832, however, census records consistently show her as born in 1835/36, This would mean that she was only 15 or 16 when she married Andrew Cuthbert. This could be the reason for "padding" her birth date on her grave stone.
The 1841 census shows May Shaw, age 5, residing in Cummingston, Duffus, Moray, Scotland with Janet Anderson 35 and Alexander Anderson 75, pauper -- all born in Moray, Scotland. The 1851 census shows similar. In 1861 Marjory (shown as "Mary") was residing with her husband and son in Mosa, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
- Marjory's seems to have used both Shaw and Anderson as a surname. Her husband Andrew Cuthbert's obit gives her maiden name as Anderson. Their marriage record and the birth record of their son Alexander gives her surname as Shaw. In 1841 and 1851 she is shown as "Marjory (or May) Shaw" and is residing with her mother Janet Anderson and grandfather Alexander Anderson in Cummingston, Duffus, Moray, Scotland.
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Sources - [S129] Gravestone inscription - Dresden Cemetery, Kent Co., Ont.
- [S46] 1851 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
Record for Marjory Shaw - [S20] 1841 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
Record for May Shaw
- [S129] Gravestone inscription - Dresden Cemetery, Kent Co., Ont.