Abt 1816 - Joseph Shaw was born at Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England.

March 2, 1842 - Court of Assizes, York, Yorkshire, England. Convicted of burglary - sentenced to 10 years transportation. Gaol Report - character of the worst description, in prison before. Stated this Offence - “Breaking into a mill at Mr Joes and stealing wool valued at £18; assault, 1 month. Married, 2, wife Mary at Native Place.”

June 28, 1842 - Departed from London, England on board the Emily bound for Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Hulk Report - orderly.

November 24, 1842 - Arrived at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia after a voyage of 4 months, 28 days. Surgeons Report - well behaved.
Description upon arrival: Trade - shoemaker; Height - 5' 3¼"; Age - 26; Complexion - fair; Head - oval; Hair - brown; Whiskers - brown inclined to red; Visage - oval; Forehead - medium high; Eyebrows - sandy; Eyes - blue; Nose - large; Mouth - medium; Chin - medium; Native Place - Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England; Remarks - pearl on left eye, nearly blind of it, scar on back of left hand, scar on thumb; Religion - Protestant; Read/Write - can read, write a little; Status - married, 2 children; Wife - Mary; Sister - Mary, both at Native Place.

May 26, 1846 - Employed by Robert Blake for two months as a shoemaker at Bothwell.

January 30, 1847 - Attended muster at Bothwell.

March 29, 1847 - Employed by Robert Blake for six months as a shoemaker at Bothwell.

February 8, 1848 - Ticket of Leave approved.

March 27, 1848 - Employed by Robert Blake, Bothwell / Drunk and disturbing the public - fined 10s.

March 31, 1848 - Attended muster at Bothwell.

July 24, 1848 - Appeared at the Lower Court, Bothwell before George King, Esq, APM.

Joseph Shaw, Emily, 10 years, Ticket of Leave holder, employ of Mr Blake. Charged on complaint of Constable Thomas Hand with misconduct in having resisted him in the execution of his duty and damaged his police coat on the 22nd Feb inst. Pleaded not guilty. Found not guilty and discharged. Thomas Hand being sworn said - 'I am a Constable attached to the Bothwell Police. On Saturday night last, between 10 and 11 o'clock, I was on duty and going down the street that leads to the Green when I met the prisoner, Joseph Shaw, and another man. I asked them who they were and the prisoner said he was a Ticket of Leave man. I asked in whose service and he said Mr Blake's. I then turned to the other man and asked him who he was and he said he was a Ticket of Leave man and that he was no service at present. Prisoner then said if I wanted any more of him I must go to his master. I told him I knew nothing of his master, he should go with me to prove where he belonged and in turning round the corner, I said "come along my lad", and he said "no, he would go to his master" and ran away into his master's yard and I followed him. He shut the gates and ran to the back of the house and I went and took hold of him and he got hold of a water tube and I pulled him away from that and he then put his legs between my legs and upset me and when I got up still retaining my hold of him, he called out "master," some person came out. I did not know Mr Blake personally and he said I should not take him, prisoner, out of there and attempted to pull prisoner away from me. I told him I would take him and if he restricted me in my duty, I would take him otherwise. Mr Blake then stood between me and prisoner again, threw me down by putting his leg between mine and throwing me off my balance and in going out of the gate, prisoner tried to throw me down again but I told him it would not do this time and he then put both arms round my legs and tried to throw me backwards. I then called another constable and took prisoner to the watch-house and when I got to the watch-house keeper's place, I found it was nearly five minutes to eleven. When prisoner threw me down I had on the police coat now produced and it was damaged in the fall. Prisoner was sober and quiet and was going towards his master's residence. The scuffle lasted ten minutes, it was about a quarter past ten o'clock when I first saw prisoner.' Questioned by prisoner - I took you in charge at Mrs White's corner. I had accosted you previously about sixty yards from there. You got in your master's premises by running there.

August 3, 1848 - Employed by Robert Blake, Bothwell / Out after hours - admonished.

December 5, 1848 - Conditional Pardon recommended.

January 20,1849 - Attended muster at Bothwell.

January 22, 1849 - Employed by Daniel Hunt, Bothwell / Misconduct in being in a public house on Sunday evening - seven days solitary confinement.

April 24, 1849 - Permission to marry approved for Joseph Shaw, Emily and Elizabeth Williamson, Tory.

April 30, 1849 - Appeared at the Lower Court, Bothwell before George King, Esq, APM.
Joseph Shaw, Emily, 10 years, Ticket of Leave holder, employ of Daniel Hunt. Charged on complaint of Constable John McGinness with misconduct in being absent from his authorised place of residence at night at thirty minutes past eleven o'clock on the night of 28th April last. Pleaded guilty. Found guilty. Imprisonment with hard labour for 2 months, Picton - approved 4 May 1849.

October 15, 1849 - Joseph Shaw married Elizabeth Williamson at St Luke's Church, Bothwell according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England and Ireland; witnessed by Thomas Smith and Mary Smith. Joseph Shaw was aged 29 and a shoemaker; Elizabeth Williamson was aged 25 and a spinster.

March 12, 1850 - Conditional Pardon approved.

July 30, 1850 - Birth of his daughter Sarah Ann Shaw at Bothwell.

October 4, 1850 - Baptism of his daughter Sarah Ann Shaw at Bothwell.

June 27, 1852 - Birth of his son John Shaw at Bothwell.

July 23, 1852 - Certificate of Freedom approved.

September 26, 1852 - Baptism of his son John Shaw at Bothwell.

May 30, 1853 - Juror at the inquest of Thomas Elson at [1-8] Crown Inn, Alexander St, Bothwell who came to his death by ashtma.

August 20, 1853 - Birth of his daughter Mary Ann Shaw at Bothwell.

December 10, 1854 - Birth of his son Joseph Shaw at Bothwell.

December 30, 1854 - Juror at the inquest of William Jones at [1-8] Crown Inn, Alexander St, Bothwell who came to his death by accidentally casually and by misfortune fell into the Jordan River and drowned.

March 25, 1855 - Baptism of his son Joseph Shaw at Bothwell.

September 11, 1855 - Witness at the marriage of John Earnshaw and Mary McDonald at the Minister's house, Bothwell.

April 12, 1856 - [1-19.4] Alexander St - Entitled to be placed on the Electoral Roll for the District of Cumberland. Joseph Shaw (occupier), Henry Mylam Cockerill (owner), dwelling, shoemaker's shop.

June 18, 1857 - Birth of his daughter Elizabeth Shaw at Bothwell.

August 16, 1857 - Baptism of his daughters Elizabeth an Mary Ann Shaw at Bothwell.

January 27, 1858 - Juror at the inquest of James Brown at [1-8] Crown Inn, Alexander St, Bothwell who came to his death by during a fit of temporary insanity inflicting a mortal wound on his throat with a razor while being a prisoner in the Bothwell Gaol.

April 8, 1858 - Death of his daughter Elizabeth Shaw from dysentery at the age of 9 months at Bothwell.

May 18, 1858 - [1-19.4] Alexander St - Joseph Shaw (occupier), Henry Mylam Cockerill (owner), house, annual value £20.

March 15, 1859 - Juror at the inquest of Isabella Robinson at [1-D1] Bothwell Castle, Patrick St, Bothwell who came to her death by her clothes accidentally catching fire causing severe burns from which she died.

July 6, 1859 - Named as having donated £1 to the Wesleyan Chapel building fund.

October 15, 1859 - Birth of his daughter Martha Shaw at Bothwell.

November 9, 1860 - Death of his daughter Martha Shaw from inflammation of the chest at the age of 1 year at Bothwell.

November 20, 1860 - [1-19.4] Alexander St - Joseph Shaw (occupier), Robert Blake (owner), house, annual value £20.

April 27, 1861 - Inquest of Eli Parker at [1-F1] White Hart Inn, Patrick St, Bothwell who came to his death by natural causes accelerated by catching cold by going into the River Clyde for the purpose of removing some stones.

July 12, 1861 - Birth of his daughter Jane Shaw at Bothwell.

January 26, 1863 - Juror at the inquest of Ann White at [1-D1] Bothwell Castle, Patrick St, Bothwell who came to her death by the effects of severe burns caused by her clothes having accidentally caught fire.

August 7, 1863 - Birth of his son George Shaw at Bothwell.

November 17, 1863 - [1-19.4] Alexander St - Joseph Shaw (occupier), Robert Blake (owner), house, ground, annual value £20.

November 8, 1864 - Juror at the inquest of James Hastie at [1-8] Crown Inn, Alexander St, Bothwell who came to his death by from inflammation of the bowels.

February 11, 1865 - Birth of his son Robert Shaw at Bothwell.

May 2, 1865 - Juror at the inquest of Margaret Burrows at [1-C3,C4] Young Queen Inn, Dalrymple St, Bothwell who came to her death whilst playing with other children at a Bark Mill which had been set in motion by some of the children, when accidentally casually and by misfortune fell with her head under the wheel which by compression of the brain caused death.

July 7, 1866 - Juror at the inquest of Charles Warner at the Council Chambers, Alexander St, Bothwell who came to his death by heart disease.

February 26, 1867 - [1-19.4] Alexander St - Joseph Shaw (occupier), Robert Blake (owner), house, ground, annual value £15.

May 16, 1867 - Juror at the inquest of Julia Craig at [1-F1] White Hart Inn, Patrick St, Bothwell who came to her death at or near the residence of her parents by falling off a dray loaded with wood when one log accidentally fell upon her body thereby causing immediate death.

June 2, 1867 - Birth of daughter Ellen Shaw at Bothwell.

March 1, 1870 - [1-19.4] Alexander St, Bothwell. Joseph Shaw (occupier), Robert Blake (owner), house, annual value £15.

April 17, 1871 - Witness at the marriage of Isaac Alfred Harris and Sarah Ann Shaw at the Wesleyan Chapel, Bothwell.

June 10, 1871 - Birth of his son Arthur William Shaw at Bothwell.

April 9, 1872 - Death of his wife Elizabeth (Williamson) Shaw from an umbilical hernia at the age of 48 years at Bothwell.

January 29, 1875 - Newspaper article.

CUMBERLAND ELECTION. To Maurice Weston, Esq. Sir, A vacancy having occurred in the representation of Cumberland by the resignation of John Swan, Esq, we, the undersigned, request that you will allow yourself to be put in nomination to till the vacancy... Joseph Shaw.

January 30, 1877 - [1-19.4] Alexander St, Bothwell. Joseph Shaw (occupier), executors of Robert Blake (owners), house, annual value £12.

March 22, 1881 - [1-19.4] Alexander St, Bothwell. Joseph Shaw (occupier), Robert Bonney (owner), house, annual value £12.

June 23, 1883 - Newspaper article.

BOTHWELL. June 20, 1883. To T E J Steele, Esq, JP, Southernfield. Sir, A vacancy having occurred in the Municipal Council, in the Rural Municipality of Bothwell, we, the undersigned electors, request that you will allow yourself to be nominated to fill the same, and in the event of your doing so we pledge ourselves to do our utmost to secure your return... Joseph Shaw.

February 16, 1886 - [1-19.4] Alexander St - Joseph Shaw (occupier), Robert Bonney (owner), house, annual value £12.

December 11, 1889 - Marriage of his daughter Ellen Shaw and George Edwin Webb at The Square, near Bothwell.

January 23, 1890 - Joseph died from cancer in the mouth at the age of 74 years at Bothwell.

SHAW - On January 23, 1890, at his daughter's residence, Square, Joseph Shaw, late bootmaker, of Bothwell, after a long and painful illness, in his 74th, year. Melbourne and Sydney papers please copy.

January 24, 1890 - Buried at Bothwell Cemetery.