She is thoroughly feminine yet conscious of social evils and eager to remedy them....thoroughly domestic, yet intelligent and widely read and able to charm the distinguished visitors.
Anna Shaw was a member of the prominent American Shaw family of Boston, Massachusetts. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1836/00/00 | Anna Shaw is born to Francis George Shaw and Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw. | Born | |||||
| 1856/00/00 | Anna Shaw marries George William Curtis at the Unitarian Church of the Redeemer in New Brighton, Staten Island. | Bride | Marriage of Anna Shaw and George William Curtis | ||||
| 1863/10/10 | Fearing her husband George will be targeted by Southern sympathizers during the draft riots in NYC, Anna and her three children leave Staten Island to stay with her grandparents in Roxbury Massachusetts. | Life | |||||
| 1903/00/00 | Anna Curtis begins serving 16 years as President of the Board of Trustees for the Church of the Redeemer, now the Unitarian Church of Staten Island at 312 Fillmore St, Staten Island, NY. She spearheads the building of a parish hall and a parsonage. | Faith | |||||
| 1923/08/22 | Anna Shaw dies. She is buried in the Shaw family plot, Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, New York. | Died | Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island | New York City |
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