James Henry SHAW [James Henry SHARLAND]

1824 - 1901  (77 years)

• Name	James Henry SHAW
  Known As	James Henry SHARLAND
  Birth	1824	Islington, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Convicted	08 Apr 1844	London, Middlesex, England   [2]
  Sentence	08 Apr 1844  [3]
  	For housebreaking, transported for 15 years
  Emigration	13 Jul 1844	London, Middlesex, England   [3]
  Emigration	From 13 Jul 1844 to 15 Nov 1844	Convict Ship LORD AUCKLAND   [3]
  Immigration	15 Nov 1844	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia   [3]
  Death	01 Mar 1901	Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand   [1, 4]
  Burial	03 Mar 1901	Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand   [5]
  Person ID	I19280	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family	Julia LAZARUS,   b. 1819, London, Middlesex, England d. 21 Jul 1894, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand (Age 75 years)
  Common law partners	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia  [6]
  Children	1. George Cornelius SHAW,   b. 02 Aug 1860, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand d. 29 Aug 1936, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F6570	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1824 - Islington, Middlesex, England Convicted - 08 Apr 1844 - London, Middlesex, England Emigration - 13 Jul 1844 - London, Middlesex, England Immigration - 15 Nov 1844 - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Death - 01 Mar 1901 - Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand Burial - 03 Mar 1901 - Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Headstone - Julia and James Henry Sharland (Shaw) In memory of Julia Sharland, died 22.7.1894; and her husband, James Henry, died 3.3.1901 Plot: Plot number 096, Area BAPTIST

  
  

• Sources

  [S1590] guinhall, Ancestry.com - Public Member Tree - Hall Family Tree, (Ancestry.com). [S1341] Convict Records, (British Convict transportation register made available by the State Library of Queensland, https://convictrecords.com.au). 15 Years for House breaking [S1341] Convict Records, (British Convict transportation register made available by the State Library of Queensland, https://convictrecords.com.au). [S87] Papers Past - Nelson Evening Mail, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. DEATH. SHAW. - On March 1, at the residence of his son, Bridge-street, James Henry Shaw (Sharland), aged 77 years. - published 2 March 1901 [S157] Nelson City Council, Nelson City Council Cemeteries Database, none. [S323] Internet. https://micktopfer.com/familyhistory/130.html James Shaw left Hobart in 1860 with a new partner (Julia Meyers nee Lazarus) and his eldest son to move to New Zealand, leaving his wife and two other children behind. My great-grandfather was the youngest of the two children left behind. He was baptised Alfred Henery Shaw but was known as Frederick Shaw. Julia Meyers (nee Lazarus) and her brother Joseph Lazarus were licensees of the Waterloo Hotel and Tap on the corner of Murray and Davey Streets from 1856-1859 according to Pubs in Hobart from 1807, by David Bryce, p.173. The approval for their licence to sell liquor appeared in The Hobart Town Gazette for 11 November 1856, 13 January 1857, 5 January 1858, and 1 February 1859. The building is now occupied by the law firm Butler, McIntyre and Butler. On reaching New Zealand, James changed his name from Shaw to Sharland. It is understood he changed his name to avoid supporting the wife and two children left behind in Hobart. His son James Frederick Shaw became known as James Frederick Sharland. An account of the new life in New Zealand written by Ellen Sharland, a great great grand-daughter of James Frederick Sharland can be found here! James and Julia had a son in 1860 who was named George Cornelius Sharland. When George married in 1881, George decided to change his name to Shaw. He obtained a letter from his father that explained that the original name change was '.....in consequence of family reasons'.