Charlotte Ann (Aunt Shan) Pigott was the first of nine children born to Ralph Pigott and Emeline Stewart.
Being the eldest child and a female to boot, Aunt Shan was probably required to help with the rearing of the younger children as they came along.
In the early part of the 1900s, Aunt Shan had a millinery shop on the "main" road through the community now known as Gloucester. She made and sold hats and did other sewing. The shop was located between Uncle Jimmy Chadwick's place and what came to be the home of Lillian Pigott (Uncle John's widow). Source: Aunt Shan's nephew John Elwood Pigott, who lived in Gloucester between 1910 and 1915 and remembers her and her shop.
On 8 December 1904, at the age of 46, Aunt Shan became the first postmistress of the newly established Gloucester, NC, post office. She held the post until April 1914. Source: Post Office Microfilm #M-841 Roll #92, Carteret County, NC. The "post office" was a corner of the millinery shop.
In 1905, Grandma Emeline deeded property between Uncle Jimmy Chadwick's and John Nelson's to daughters Charlotte A. and Maggie A. Source: Original deed written by Emeline, witnessed by John A. Whitehurst, J.P., and recorded with the Register of Deeds for Carteret County. This appears to be the property upon which the millinery shop/post office was located.
In 1918, Aunt Shan has moved to Charleston, SC. She and sister Maggie are living with brother John at #20 (Seventh Street) Chicora Place in the area known as Navy Yard, SC, just north of the city. She is employed at the Navy Yard. Source: Charleston City Directory of 1918.
By 1919, Aunt Shan and Aunt Maggie have moved to their own place at #22 Fourth Street, Chicora Place. Source: Charleston City Directory of 1919.
She is not listed in the Charleston City Directory for 1922 and 1923. It is not known whether this was an oversight by the lister (Aunt Maggie is still in the Charleston area) or whether she had returned to Gloucester.
In 1924, Aunt Shan reappears in the Charleston City Directory.
Aunt Shan was living in Charleston when she died. Source: Charleston City Directory of 1928.
She died without a will. Source: Charleston County Probate Office records. Maggie was appointed by the Court to administer her estate. She had $47.56 in the bank. Her household goods were valued at $50.00. She had a 1/4 interest in the house on 4th Street as well as 1/2 interest in the property deeded to her and Aunt Maggie in 1905 by Grandma Emeline.
She never married. It is not known if she ever had a "particular" beaux.
Aunt Shan and Aunt Maggie had a parrot. It's name was Loreeta. It would bite anyone except those two. It did not talk although it is reported that at one time it had been able to say "Pretty Loreeta."
She is buried in the old Pigott Family Cemetery in Gloucester, NC.