Sea Road, Abergele, Denbighshire, Wales

History of the Shaw family

1891 Glandwr House, Sea Road

James Begg Shaw, 53, living on own means, b Manchester

Susanne Jennette, wife, 46, b Manchester

Rosamund Catharine, daughter, 19, b Lancs

Magaret Joyce, daughter, 14, b Lancs

Jennette Booth, daughter, 6, b Lancs

Gwendoline Mary, niece, 21, governess, b London

Mary Ibbotson Walker, boarder, governess, b Yorks

Stanley Melar, visitor, 22, jam maker, b Lancs

Ethel Rosa Hynes Clinton, visitor, 17, scholar, b Lancs

Emily Jane Clarke, servant, 24, servant, b Suffolk

It is not apparent yet why photos of this family have been kept by the Museum of Cambridge. This entry reproduces ll the relevant images in the hope that this mystery can be uncovered.

Studio portrait of a balding man with a thick grey beard, wearing a pinstriped jacket, light tie, and a small floral boutonniere.

James Begg Shaw (MoCA5963)

A pencil drawing showing a front-facing head-and-shoulders portrait of an older woman wearing a ruffled bonnet tied at her chin.

? Mary Chadwick who married John Begg?

A crack runs across a vintage portrait of a woman in a wide-skirted dress, encased in an oval, ornate gold-colored frame.

Susan Jennette Booth

Oval portrait drawing of an older man with sideburns wearing a dark coat and a ruffled white cravat, by Rogers of St Leonards.

John Begg (MoCUN0005)

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