Anna Stanton Shaw

Feb 29, 1868 - Jul 20, 1955

Anna Winston Stanton is the daughter of Aaron Stanton and Elizabeth "Ella" Elmina Brandon.

She married Arthur E. Shaw on Apr 10, 1888.

The 1910 Census shows Anna (42) and Arthur (46) living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their children, and their ages in 1910, are Anna E. (21), Elizabeth E. (13), Marjorie (11), and Arthur Basil (6). They, apparently, have only been in Philadelphia the past few years, as Majorie - at 11 - is shown as being born in Mississippi, while Arthur - at 9 - is shown as being born in Philadelphia.

The household includes two servants: Anna Maguire from Ireland (24) and Anna Maloney (18) from Pennsylvania.

The 1930 Census shows Anna (aged 62) and Arthur (aged 67) living with their grandson, John J. Hess (aged 8). John is the son of their daughter Elizabeth Shaw Hess, who died at the age of 26 (b. 1897 - d. 1923). A servant, Mildred P. Killion (aged 41) lives with them.

Their daughter, Elizabeth, died in 1923 and there is a grave that sits in front of the Shaws for an infant, Anna Elizabeth Hess (b./d. 1923) and my guess is that their Elizabeth and her infant daughter (named for mother and grandmother) both died in childbirth. The older son, John, would have been born in 1922 and it would explain why he - in the 1930 Census - is shown as being raised by his grandparents with no mention of his parents.

The 1940 Census shows Anna (aged 72) and Arthur (aged 77) living at 5214 Wayne Ave in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania along with their 18 year-old grandson, John J. Hess, Jr., who is in his first year of college. Though this is obviously the same family, this census has the last name of "Shew" rather than "Shaw" and lists the three's race as "Negro (Black)".

Anna died in 1955, at the age of 87, ten years after her husband, who died in 1945 at the age of 83. They are buried, along with some of their children, at Ivy Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

ANNA WINSTON STANTON SHAW
Feb 29, 1868 - Jul 20, 1955

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ARTHUR E SHAW
May 1, 1862 - Dec 28, 1945

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CHARLOTTE STANTON SHAW
1891 - 1892

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ELIZABETH SHAW HESS
1897 - 1923

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ARTHUR BASIL SHAW
1903 - 1856

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DAVID STANTON SHAW
1905

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