Sophia SHAW^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1792 - 1870  (78 years)

• Name	Sophia SHAW  [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	1792  [2]
  Birth	31 May 1792	Nashwaak River, N.B.   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Birth	31 May 1792  [3]
  Birth	31 May 1792	Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, CANADA   [2]
  Birth	31 May 1792	New Brunswick, Canada   [2]
  Birth	31 May 1792	New Brunswick, Canada   [4]
  Burial	Necropolis Cemetery, Toronto ON   [2]
  Death	01 Dec 1870	Toronto, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Death	01 Dec 1870	Townsend, Norfolk County, Ontario, CANADA   [2]
  Death	01 Dec 1870	Toronto, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Death	01 Dec 1870	Toronto, , Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Death	01 Dec 1870	Yorkville, ON   [3, 4, 5]
  Death	01 Dec 1872
  Name	Sophia LODER  [2]
  Burial	Necropolis Cemetery, Toronto   [3, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I18848628593	Gibson Lovell Lomas Collins
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2026

  
  

  Father	Major General Æneas SHAW, Sr,   b. Abt. 1740, Tordarroch House, Strathnairn, near Inverness, Scotland d. 6 Feb 1814, York, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Ann GOSLINE,   b. 21 Jun 1766, Newtown, Queens County, Long Island, New York, USA d. 01 Jan 1806, York, Ontario, Canada (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	1781	New York, United States   [4]
  Married	1783	Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States   [2]
  Married	1783
  Married	27 May 1783	Newtown Queens Co, New York   [2]
  Married	27 May 1783	Newtown, Queens, New York, United States   [3, 4, 5]
  Married	27 May 1783	Queens, New York, USA   [6]
  Family ID	F1809	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Engaged to be married to Major General Sir Isaac Brock It has often been stated that Brock was engaged to Sophia Shaw, the daughter of the influential York resident Aeneas Shaw, and that he stopped to pay his respects to her on 13 October 1812 during his early morning ride to view the fighting at Queenston. No primary source has been found to substantiate either claim. http://www.generalbrock.com/level2/articles/articles/malcomson.htm _______________________________________________________________________________ The Story of Isaac Brock Walter R. Nursey, Second Edition – 1909 “Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada 1812” The following are excerpts taken from the book written by Walter R. Nursey: Isaac Brock, born October 6th 1769, was the eighth son of John Brock & Elizabeth de Lisle. (His father was born in Brittany) He had 9 brothers & 4 sisters. He moved with his family to Guernsey when he was 8 years old. He was referred to as “Master Isaac” by friends and family. He studied at Queen Elizabeth School on the Island, then later at Southampton. He excelled at field sports, was admired by his school-fellows, was adventurous, and very athletic. Shortly after his 16th birthday in 1785, he enlisted with the 8th King’s Regiment, and later exchanged into the 49th, the Royal Berkshires, then stationed in Barbadoes. ~ The de Beauvoirs, Saumarez, de Lisles, Le Marchants, Careys, Tuppers and many others distinguished in arms or diplomacy, were his kith and kin. According to “The Story of Isaac Brock, by Walter R. Nursey”, Isaac was betrothed to Sophia Shaw, daughter of the Adjutant-General of Militia, General AEneas Shaw. She lived with her father at his log mansion named “Tordarroch”: <could this be George Bernard Shaw’s relatives ?) page 79 - “..of General Shaw, between whose daughter, Sophia Shaw, and Isaac Brock there had developed a deep attachment.” page 136 & 137 - “He stayed, without dismounting, long enough to take a cup of coffee brought to him by General Shaw’s daughter – a stirrup cup – his last. Then, giving his charger the spur, he rode away to death and distinction, tenderly waving a broken good-bye to the sad-eyed woman at the porch. This was his betrothed, who faintly fluttered her kerchief in weeping farewell to the gallant lover she would never see again.” Major General Isaac Brock died October 13th 1812 at the Battle of Queenston Heights, near Niagara. page 160 - “The corpse was “hurriedly borne by a few grief-stricken men of the 49th to a house in the village, occupied by Laura Secord – the future heroine of Lundy’s Lane – where, concealed by blankets – owing to the presence of the enemy – it was allowed to remain for some hours, unvisited.”

  
  

• Sources

  [S_1425887729] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Trees. [S1006329140] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Database online. Record for Ann Gosline [S1006329140] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Database online. Record for Aeneas Shaw [S1006329140] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Database online. Record for Anne Gosline [S1006329140] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Database online. Record for ÆNEAS Shaw [S_1426040572] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Cited in the family tree "Shaw Family ~ Desendants of Major General Aeneas Shaw" created by "dalisnat".