Obituary of Charles Shaw, as published in The Salem News, on 1 March 1943: “Charles Shaw, 56, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home, 578 Perry st., at *6:30 a.m. today. The son of Charles and Alice Luke Shaw, he was born in Pennsylvania July 10, 1886. Surviving are his wife, Margaret; four sisters, Mrs. William Peer of West Farmington, O., Mrs. Harvey Risdon of Hopewell, Pa., Mrs. George Grafton of Phillippsburg, Pa., and Mrs. Dorothy Costill of California. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Stark memorial, in charge of Rev. M. R. Searles. Burial will be in Hope cemetery. Friends may call this evening at the funeral home.”
*Note that this time of death appears to be an error. The death certificate of Charles Shaw records his time of death as 6:30 p.m. on 28 February 1943.
Biographical information:
Charles Shaw was a first-generation American, born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania to English parents by the name of Charles Shaw and Alice Luke. One of six siblings, he grew up in Pennsylvania, eventually working as a coal miner in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in his early adulthood. His WWI Draft Registration Card reveals that in physical appearance he was a slim fellow, of medium height, with red hair and blue eyes.
In September of 1912, he was married to fellow Pennsylvanian Myrtle L. Fleck, who was a youthful bride aged just one week shy of 17 years. That marriage proved to be short-lived, with Myrtle going on to remarry. In about 1922, Charles also remarried and this second marriage endured to the end of his life.
His second wife was named Margaret Lee, the daughter of Lyman John Lee and Harriet "Hattie" Eaton of Illinois. The couple made their home in Salem, Columbiana, Ohio for many years. Charles Shaw was handy with a pick and spade, apparently, as most records of his employment list him as a miner or coal company employee, except in one instance when he was working as a ditch digger.
Charles and Margaret did not have any children of their own, but they took in and cared for a niece, Mildred A. Rosberg, after her mother - Margaret's sister Lydia Lee - died in 1927.
After Charles passed away in 1943, his widow Margaret Lee Shaw married Robert Suggett, another resident of Salem, Columbiana, Ohio who had English ancestral roots.
Written 8 May 2019 by Auralie Jones, a 2nd great-niece of Charles Shaw's second wife, Margaret Lee.
*Note that this time of death appears to be an error. The death certificate of Charles Shaw records his time of death as 6:30 p.m. on 28 February 1943.
Biographical information:
Charles Shaw was a first-generation American, born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania to English parents by the name of Charles Shaw and Alice Luke. One of six siblings, he grew up in Pennsylvania, eventually working as a coal miner in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in his early adulthood. His WWI Draft Registration Card reveals that in physical appearance he was a slim fellow, of medium height, with red hair and blue eyes.
In September of 1912, he was married to fellow Pennsylvanian Myrtle L. Fleck, who was a youthful bride aged just one week shy of 17 years. That marriage proved to be short-lived, with Myrtle going on to remarry. In about 1922, Charles also remarried and this second marriage endured to the end of his life.
His second wife was named Margaret Lee, the daughter of Lyman John Lee and Harriet "Hattie" Eaton of Illinois. The couple made their home in Salem, Columbiana, Ohio for many years. Charles Shaw was handy with a pick and spade, apparently, as most records of his employment list him as a miner or coal company employee, except in one instance when he was working as a ditch digger.
Charles and Margaret did not have any children of their own, but they took in and cared for a niece, Mildred A. Rosberg, after her mother - Margaret's sister Lydia Lee - died in 1927.
After Charles passed away in 1943, his widow Margaret Lee Shaw married Robert Suggett, another resident of Salem, Columbiana, Ohio who had English ancestral roots.
Written 8 May 2019 by Auralie Jones, a 2nd great-niece of Charles Shaw's second wife, Margaret Lee.
Obituary of Charles Shaw, as published in The Salem News, on 1 March 1943: “Charles Shaw, 56, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home, 578 Perry st., at *6:30 a.m. today. The son of Charles and Alice Luke Shaw, he was born in Pennsylvania July 10, 1886. Surviving are his wife, Margaret; four sisters, Mrs. William Peer of West Farmington, O., Mrs. Harvey Risdon of Hopewell, Pa., Mrs. George Grafton of Phillippsburg, Pa., and Mrs. Dorothy Costill of California. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Stark memorial, in charge of Rev. M. R. Searles. Burial will be in Hope cemetery. Friends may call this evening at the funeral home.”
*Note that this time of death appears to be an error. The death certificate of Charles Shaw records his time of death as 6:30 p.m. on 28 February 1943.
Biographical information:
Charles Shaw was a first-generation American, born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania to English parents by the name of Charles Shaw and Alice Luke. One of six siblings, he grew up in Pennsylvania, eventually working as a coal miner in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in his early adulthood. His WWI Draft Registration Card reveals that in physical appearance he was a slim fellow, of medium height, with red hair and blue eyes.
In September of 1912, he was married to fellow Pennsylvanian Myrtle L. Fleck, who was a youthful bride aged just one week shy of 17 years. That marriage proved to be short-lived, with Myrtle going on to remarry. In about 1922, Charles also remarried and this second marriage endured to the end of his life.
His second wife was named Margaret Lee, the daughter of Lyman John Lee and Harriet "Hattie" Eaton of Illinois. The couple made their home in Salem, Columbiana, Ohio for many years. Charles Shaw was handy with a pick and spade, apparently, as most records of his employment list him as a miner or coal company employee, except in one instance when he was working as a ditch digger.
Charles and Margaret did not have any children of their own, but they took in and cared for a niece, Mildred A. Rosberg, after her mother - Margaret's sister Lydia Lee - died in 1927.
After Charles passed away in 1943, his widow Margaret Lee Shaw married Robert Suggett, another resident of Salem, Columbiana, Ohio who had English ancestral roots.
Written 8 May 2019 by Auralie Jones, a 2nd great-niece of Charles Shaw's second wife, Margaret Lee.
*Note that this time of death appears to be an error. The death certificate of Charles Shaw records his time of death as 6:30 p.m. on 28 February 1943.
Biographical information:
Charles Shaw was a first-generation American, born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania to English parents by the name of Charles Shaw and Alice Luke. One of six siblings, he grew up in Pennsylvania, eventually working as a coal miner in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in his early adulthood. His WWI Draft Registration Card reveals that in physical appearance he was a slim fellow, of medium height, with red hair and blue eyes.
In September of 1912, he was married to fellow Pennsylvanian Myrtle L. Fleck, who was a youthful bride aged just one week shy of 17 years. That marriage proved to be short-lived, with Myrtle going on to remarry. In about 1922, Charles also remarried and this second marriage endured to the end of his life.
His second wife was named Margaret Lee, the daughter of Lyman John Lee and Harriet "Hattie" Eaton of Illinois. The couple made their home in Salem, Columbiana, Ohio for many years. Charles Shaw was handy with a pick and spade, apparently, as most records of his employment list him as a miner or coal company employee, except in one instance when he was working as a ditch digger.
Charles and Margaret did not have any children of their own, but they took in and cared for a niece, Mildred A. Rosberg, after her mother - Margaret's sister Lydia Lee - died in 1927.
After Charles passed away in 1943, his widow Margaret Lee Shaw married Robert Suggett, another resident of Salem, Columbiana, Ohio who had English ancestral roots.
Written 8 May 2019 by Auralie Jones, a 2nd great-niece of Charles Shaw's second wife, Margaret Lee.
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