George Cornelius SHAW

1860 - 1936  (76 years)

• Name	George Cornelius SHAW
  Birth	02 Aug 1860	Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Aug 1936	Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I19281	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	James Henry SHAW [James Henry SHARLAND],   b. 1824, Islington, Middlesex, England d. 01 Mar 1901, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Julia LAZARUS,   b. 1819, London, Middlesex, England d. 21 Jul 1894, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand (Age 75 years)
  Common law partners	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia  [3]
  Family ID	F6570	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Jane MILLS,   b. 11 Nov 1860, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand d. 24 Nov 1912, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	05 Oct 1881	Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand   [1, 4]
  Family ID	F6573	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 02 Aug 1860 - Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand Marriage - 05 Oct 1881 - Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand Death - 29 Aug 1936 - Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1590] guinhall, Ancestry.com - Public Member Tree - Hall Family Tree, (Ancestry.com). [S162] Papers Past - The Evening Post (Wellington), (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. DEATHS. SHAW. - On August 29, 1936, at the Wellington Hospital, George Cornelius Shaw, of Lower Hutt, and beloved husband of the late Sarah Jane Shaw; aged 81 years. (Nelson papers please copy). - published 31 Aug 1936 [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'. [S172] NZ Marriages 1836-1956, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists, 2006).