Marianne Documents
Harold Griffard Greenwood - birth certificate - 2 June 1893
William Steele Shaw marriage to Annie Elizabeth Woodyatt - 24 February 1896
Geoffrey Steel Shaw birth - 7 March 1897. Brother of Marianne.
Marianne Emily Rebecca Shaw birth - 26 January 1899
Henry Francis Fisher birth, 22 December 1900
Marriage to Harold Gifford Greenwood 8 June 1914 in Scotland via sheriff's warrant, and 12 November 1914 in Ireland. Signed name as "Marianne" in Belfast.
Birth of Ian Geoffrey William Greenwood (Shaw), son of Marianne - 19 April 1915
Lionel Foyster and Marianne Shaw marriage - 22 August 1922
Lionel's will - 10 October 1922
Introduction to History of St. Ansgars, New Brunswick - date unknown
1928 Birth certificate for Douglas Stuart Pearless, known as Francois
d'Arles Jr.
Adelaide (nee' Barbara Alice Tower) Foyster - baptism - 20 March 1928
1931 Borley Voter registration
John Emery birth and death, 1932
Marriage to Henry Fisher, 23 February 1935
Santiago Monk postcard to Marianne from Chile - 13 January 1938
Maureen Shaw birth certificate - April 5, 1940
Lionel's death, 18 April 1945
Marianne weds Robert O'Neil, 12 August 1945
Vincent O'Neil's (Peter Richard) adoption paper signed by natural mother and Marianne Fisher - 14 November 1945
Robert O'Neil love letter to Marianne - 30 January 1946
Vincent O'Neil baptism certificate - 11 July 1946
Letter to Marianne saying visa not necessary to enter U.S.
due to O'Neil marriage - February 7, 1946
Letter to Marianne discussing disbursement
of funds - October 16, 1946
Letter from Marianne to Mrs. F.M. "Billy" Fenton, late 1946(?)
Letter from Marianne to Mrs. "Billy" Fenton, 28 January 1947
"LETTY" - friendly letter to Marianne - 18 March 1947
"SARTO" - love letter to Marianne - July 10, 1948
"SARTO" - love letter to Marianne - August 5, 1948
"SARTO" - love letter to Marianne - August 16, 1948
Hilda Foyster Hanbury letter to Marianne - 22 January 1953
Vincent O'Neil report card signed by Marianne O'Neil - 1955
Thank you card from Mamie Eisenhower, 195? - White
House
Membership in LDS Church, 1955
Ian Shaw contact of Trevor Hall that spurred Hall's investigation, 6 February 1956
Marianne letter to Trevor Hall, 3 July 1956
Autograph book with Marianne's advice to Vincent, 1958
Vincent O'Neil report card signed by Marianne and Robert O'Neil - 1958
Naturalization petition - 18 November 1959
Harold Greenwood death certificate - 13 August 1961, New Zealand. [Other wife - Emily Thyrsa Ebbett]
Newsletter from Lutheran Welfare Society with picture of Marianne - 1962
Newsletter from Lutheran Welfare Society with picture - 1963
Letter from "Bernice," about 1963
"Only son" letter, 8 May 1963
Night of January 16th - 1965
Named coordinator for LaCrosse Committee on Aging, March, 1966
Hilda Foyster Hanbury letter to Marianne - 25 August 1967
Portion of a letter from Mrs.
Cecil Baines about 1968
US Senate visit, 1968
Vincent O'Neil US citizen - 1 August 1969
Republican Presidential Task Force, 1981
Marianne's handwritten resume for Pope John XXIII Award, 1982
Program for Pope John XXIII Award - May 6, 1982
Pope John XXIII Awards announced May,1982
Purchase and sale of 217 South 16th Street, LaCrosse. 1964-82.
Trevor Hall letter to Richard Lee, 1984
"Seed" project, 29 January 1985. Sent to Vincent O'Neil, who was in the wholesale business at the time.
Letter from Peter Underwood wondering if Marianne had
died - August 15, 1986
Letter from George Owen speculating on Marianne's
death - August 25, 1986
Unfinished letter to Mrs. Vincent O'Neil, 12 March 1990
Robert Arbon letter claiming Marianne as Godmother, 1990
Her last writings - ideas for her book of sayings, 1992
Marianne's death certificate, 18 December 1992
Letter from Susan Jacobs-Claussen to Vincent O'Neil, 1992
Newspaper clipping describing Southside Senior Center - July,
1994
Correspondence with Robert Wood, 1994-95
Letter from Viola Strand to Vincent O'Neil, about 1996
Letter from Opal Nestingen to Vincent O'Neil, 1997
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The author extends sincere thanks to long time curator of the Harry Price Library, Alan Wesencraft, as well as Peter Underwood, Alan Roper, Andrew Clarke, Stewart Evans, and many others for their contributions to this collection.