Complex sentence: Shaw married Rev John Miller, the minister of Kilmaurs on 8 September 1718, and after his death in 1721 she returned to the family thread business, travelling with her mother to Holland, where both women observed Dutch spinning techniques.
Split into simpler sentences: Shaw married Rev John Miller, the minister of Kilmaurs on 8 September 1718. After his death in 1721 she returned to the family thread business, travelling with her mother to Holland, where both women observed Dutch spinning techniques.