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Anna Ola Shaw

Anna Ola Shaw

Female 1931 - 1976  (44 years)

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  • Name Anna Ola Shaw  [1, 2
    Birth 27 Oct 1931  Brown, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    SSN issued Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Name Anna Christopher  [3, 4
    Residence 1935  Rural, Brown, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1940  Justice Precinct 1, Brown, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    StreetAddress: Brownwood & Indiana Creek Elkins & Ridge Route Highway; Age: 8; AttendedSchool: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 25-13; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 1st grade; ResidenceFarmNineteenThirtyFive: Yes; Respondent: Yes; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Daughter 
    Social Security Number 452-46-4995  [3
    Death 21 Aug 1976  Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    • Anna Ola Shaw Christopher, 44, died August 21, 1976 in Fort Worth, Texas after a courageous battle with cancer.

      Memorial Services 2:00 pm Tuesday August 24, 1976 in the Greenwood Chapel with Rev. W. A. "Bill" Schibler and Rev. John Reynolds officiating. Burial in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, TX.

      She was born Oct. 27, 1931 in Jordan Springs, Brown County, Texas to Samuel Bryant Shaw and Cressie Mae Berry Shaw. She was a 1949 graduate of Carlton High School (Hamilton County, Tx) and then attended Howard Payne University in Brownwood, TX. On May 11, 1952 she married William Arthur Christopher in Carlton, Texas. They lived in numerous locations, including Japan. She was a devote Baptist.

      Survivors include her husband, Wm. "Chris" Christopher; sons, Dale & David; daughter, Linda; mother, Cressie Shaw; brothers, Robert & Seth Shaw; sisters, Lois Bien, Nina Menting & Mamie Wisely; cousins, Aleene Patterson, Maebell Dansby & Earleene Fitzgerald; many nieces and nephews and numerous other family members and friends.
    Burial Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Person ID I25477  tng Genealogy

    Father Samuel Bryant Shaw,   b. 2 Jan 1887, Limestone, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1944, Precinct 3, Brown, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Cressie Mae Berry,   b. 28 Aug 1898, Stephenville, Erath, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1999, Dublin, Erath, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 100 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F8469  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Arthur Christopher,   b. 10 Feb 1922, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1994, De Leon, Comanche, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 11 May 1952  Carlton, Hamilton, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
    Family ID F8470  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Oct 1931 - Brown, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsSSN issued - - Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 May 1952 - Carlton, Hamilton, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Aug 1976 - Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Anna Shaw Christopher photo
    Anna Shaw Christopher photo

    Headstones
    William & Anna Shaw Christopher gravestone
    William & Anna Shaw Christopher gravestone

  • Sources 
    1. [S369] Ancestry.com, Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;).
      Record for Anna Ola Shaw
      [ View birth certificate]

    2. [S474] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Year: 1940; Census Place: Brown, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-03994; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 25-13
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=154877803&indiv=try
      [ View Federal Census Document]
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=154877803&indiv=try

    3. [S344] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Number: 452-46-4995; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: Before 1951.
      Record for Anna Christopher
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=10755131&indiv=try
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=10755131&indiv=try

    4. [S365] Ancestry.com, Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for Anna Christopher

    5. [S142] Gravestone.
      [ View gravestone photograph]

    6. [S122] FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41839977
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41839977.
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41839977