Thomas Kirk Shaw and Margaret Strickland had eight children, six of whom survived into adulthood:
I. James Shaw born about 1855, Newtonards, Co. Down, N. Ireland.
2. Eliza Jane Shaw born 16 August 1858, Dalry, Ayrshire.
3. William Bain Shaw born 18 April 186, Dalry, Ayrshire.
4. Margaret Shaw born 31 March 1864, Cambusnethan, Ayrshire. Died 21 July 1864. Cambusnethan.
5. Sarah Shaw born 24 August 1865 born 14 August 1865, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire.
6. Thomas Kirk Shaw born 6 January 1869, Auchinleck, Ayrshire.
7. Anna Shaw born 13 September 1872, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire. Died, age 8 months, on 10 May 1873 at Auchinleck.