Ancestry of
Kurt Cobain

Singer and Songwriter

Gideon Shaw

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Kurt Cobain — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 154 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1774 
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  • Death Date:
  • 9 Sep 1823 
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  • Burial Location:
  • King's Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Washington, New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Stoddard
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1800 
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  • Children:
  
  

  Sally Shaw

  (probable) Nancy Shaw (Ahnentafel No:77 )

  Gideon Shaw

  Daniel Shaw

  • Notes: 

  • Gideon Shaw mentions his brother Anthony Shaw in his will. Gideon is said to be the son of Cornelius and Content (Anthony) Shaw. Evidence is needed to confirm this.

• Sources for Gideon Shaw

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/05/2023).
  • ² History of La Porte County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships . . ., Chicago: Chas. C. Chapman and Co. (1880), 878.
  • ³ New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, Will of father-in-law Isaac Stoddard, dated 16 FEB 1833, proved 30 SEP 1833.
  • ⁴ New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, Will of Gideon Shaw, dated 22 AUG 1823, proved 02 OCT 1823.

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