Michael Samuel Shallow

1875 - 1948  (~ 72 years)

• Name	Michael Samuel Shallow
  Born	Sep 1875	Fermeuse, Newfoundland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	30 Sep 1875	Holy Apostles Parish, (Fermeuse/Renews), Newfoundland   [2]
  In his baptism recorded Michael Samuel, but referred to as Michael J. in some other records.
  Census	1921	Grand Falls, Newfoundland   [3]
  In the Newfoundland 1921 Census, Michael is listed as a steam fitter living and working in Grand Falls, Newfoundland.
  Research Overview	1948	Grand Falls, Newfoundland   [4]
  Michael Shallow (1874-1948). Athlete. Born Fermeuse. Shallow went to Boston in about 1890, and became interested in boxing. At the turn of the century he returned to St. John's, where he began a boxing and physical training club and occasionally fought visiting boxers. In 1905 he knocked out a well-known heavyweight visitor, Charles Farrell. Seeking the British Empire title in England later that year he knocked out Ben Taylor, a former heavyweight champion, and fought Jack Scales, the reigning Empire Champion, to a draw. The next year Shallow defeated contender Bill Johnson, earning a rematch with Scales later in the year. He became British Empire heavyweight champion when he knocked Scales out in the eighth round. He spent the next several years as a prize fighter in Britain. In 1910 Shallow returned to Newfoundland, taking a job as a pipefitter with the A.N.D. Co. at Grand Falls, where he made a great contribution as a sportsman. In addition to encouraging boxing and wrestling, he helped to organize sporting competitions, umpired baseball games and, even at an advanced age, occasionally demonstrated his pugilistic style with amateur performers.
  Died	1948	Grand Falls, Newfoundland   [5]
  Buried	1948	Grand Falls, Newfoundland   [5]
  Address: Immaculate Conception Cemetery
  Person ID	I1355	Families of Calvert (Caplin Bay), Newfoundland
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Samuel Shallow,   b. Fermeuse, Newfoundland
  Mother	Ellen Keough,   b. Abt 1851, Stone Island, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 27 May 1902, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Married	Abt 1859	Holy Trinity RC Parish, Ferryland, Newfoundland   [1]
  Immigration	1889	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States   [6]
  Family ID	F527	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann F. "Annie" Foley,   b. Abt 1883, Brigus, Conception Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 16 Nov 1911, Grand Falls, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 28 years)
  Married	9 Jan 1906	Brigus, Conception Bay, Newfoundland   [7]
  Children	1. Thomas Alonzo Shallow,   b. 12 Dec 1906, Brigus, Conception Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 21 Nov 1992, Saint Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri, United States  (Age 85 years)   2. William Sarto "Bill" Shallow,   b. 11 May 1908, Pilley's Island, Newfoundland ,   d. 1984, Grand Falls, Newfoundland  (Age 75 years)   3. Eleanor Loretto Shallow,   b. Abt Aug 1910, Grand Falls, Newfoundland ,   d. 12 May 1911, Grand Falls, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 0 years)   4. Harold M. "Harry" Shallow,   b. Abt Aug 1911, Grand Falls, Newfoundland ,   d. 23 Oct 1911, Grand Falls, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2019
  Family ID	F528	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Jane "Bessie" Oldford,   b. 27 Nov 1886, Salvage, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 28 Dec 1938, Grand Falls, Newfoundland  (Age 52 years)
  Married	24 Apr 1914	Grand Falls, Newfoundland   [8]
  When Bessie remarried at Grands Falls in 1914, her religion was given as Roman Catholic. However, on the Vital Statistics death records of her parents, Robert (d. 1934) and Mary Jane (d. 1918) Oldford, their religion was noted as being Church of England/Anglican. Since it appears that Bessie's previous husband was Roman Catholic, it is likely that she converted to Roman Catholicism on her first marriage.
  Children	1. Harold M. "Harry" Shallow,   b. Nov 1914, Grand Falls, Newfoundland ,   d. 1985, Grand Falls, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 70 years)   2. John Joseph "Jack" Shallow,   b. 18 Jan 1916, Grand Falls, Newfoundland ,   d. Jul 1982, Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States  (Age 66 years)   3. Douglas Ferdinand "Doug" Shallow,   b. 16 Jun 1918, Grand Falls, Newfoundland ,   d. Abt Nov 1996, Shepway, Kent, England  (Age 78 years)   4. Edward Shallow,   b. Jun 1919, Grand Falls, Newfoundland ,   d. 8 Dec 1939, Grand Falls, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 20 years)   5. Charles Vincent "Charlie" Shallow,   b. 2 Aug 1921, Grand Falls, Newfoundland ,   d. 26 Feb 1972, Grand Falls, Newfoundland  (Age 50 years)   6. Francis Samuel "Frank" Shallow,   b. 1 Oct 1923, Grand Falls, Newfoundland ,   d. 31 Aug 1993, Grand Falls, Newfoundland  (Age 69 years)   7. Augustus Arthur "Gus" Shallow,   b. Abt 1926, Grand Falls, Newfoundland ,   d. 13 Jul 1945, Asia  (Age ~ 19 years)   8. Ellen Shallow,   b. Abt 1927, Grand Falls, Newfoundland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Anne Amelia Shallow,   b. 29 Aug 1931, Grand Falls, Newfoundland ,   d. 25 Feb 2000, Alexandria, Alexandria City, Virginia, United States  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2019
  Family ID	F529	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Sep 1875 - Fermeuse, Newfoundland Baptism - 30 Sep 1875 - Holy Apostles Parish, (Fermeuse/Renews), Newfoundland Married - 9 Jan 1906 - Brigus, Conception Bay, Newfoundland Married - 24 Apr 1914 - Grand Falls, Newfoundland Census - 1921 - Grand Falls, Newfoundland Research Overview - 1948 - Grand Falls, Newfoundland Died - 1948 - Grand Falls, Newfoundland Buried - Address: Immaculate Conception Cemetery - 1948 - Grand Falls, Newfoundland  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S90] Approximate date based on another recorded event, Reddigan, Kevin, (A date calculated by using a recorded date and a person's age, or by estimating the most likely date, based on other recorded life events). [S74] Holy Apostles RC Parish (Fermeuse/Renews) Baptisms 1857 - 1919, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, (Online: Transcribed records of photocopied parish records held at The Rooms Archives for Fermeuse to Cape Race area, Ferryland District). [S30] 1921 Newfoundland Census, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, (Online: Transcribed entries of nominal 1921 Newfoundland Census posted under "Census, Fishing Rooms and Planter Listings). [S48] Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. [S100] Cemetery Transcriptions - Newfoundland, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, (Online databases: Transcribed headstone information, with some digital images, gathered and recorded by individuals and volunteers for Newfoundland's Grand Banks). [S64] 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Ancestry.com, ([database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.), Year: 1900; Census Place: Boston Ward 14, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T623_31077_4114451; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 1353; FHL microfilm: 1240682. . [S29] FamilySearch™ - LDS, ([online database] copyright (c) 2008, Intellectual Reserve, Inc.), "Newfoundland Vital Records, 1840-1949," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-65KZ-MQ?cc=1790939&wc=M61P-SWL%3A144889701 : 4 June 2015), Marriages 1905-1908, Volume 05 > image 135 of 275; Provincial Archives, St. John's. [S61] Vital Statistics Division - Newfoundland Death Records, (Online: (http://ngb.chebucto.org/Vstats/1dist-vstats-idx.shtml ) Transcribed records, posted by district, from the Registry Books of the Vital Statistic Division of the Government of Newfoundland).