High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

William Morse Shaw

1 Dec 1917 – 19 Jul 1971 · about 54 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

William Morse Shaw lived from 1 Dec 1917 to 19 Jul 1971, a span of about 54 years.

Theirs is one of 2 markers bearing the name Shaw in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

William Morse Shawm.Shirley Virginia Leonard Shaw1919–2001 (m. 1943)also here

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. Distances are to relatives whose graves are also recorded here.

Born in Whitinsville, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA.

A photograph of the marker survives; see it on Find a Grave ↗.

The exact grave location is recorded. Use it on-site:

This works because this grave’s location is recorded. Most graves’ exact spots still await a field day with a GPS unit.

That is most of what the public record yet tells us. William Morse Shaw was a person who walked this town, not a name on a list, with a life still largely unrecovered. We will not invent the rest. If you are descended from William's family, you can add a source, a correction, or a memory. Until then, their name is kept here, with respect.

The stone is still there.