Lots of Blogs….

Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to let you know a little more about our various and sundry blogs:
Echo Hill Ancestors is our blog on the Shane, Walker, Boss, Daly, Hogan and Arbuckle Families.  URL is: http://susaned1.wordpress.com
The Graveyard Rabbit of North Snohomish County is devoted to graveyard studies and pictures, not limited to our family lines.  URL [...]

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Baby Picture – Francis Leo Shane

Hi Everyone,
After posting the birth information for my dad, I discovered this picture of him as a baby… maybe about 5 or 6 months old?

Francis Leo (Frank) Shane, son of Robert Shane and Susan Samels

Picture is the sole property of Susan J. Edminster, Granite Falls, Washington
March 23, 2009. Susan J. Edminster, Granite Falls, Washington

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The Marriage of Robert Nolan Shane and Susan Clara Samels

My paternal grandparents, Susan Clara Samels and Robert Nolan Shane were married February 17, 1892 in Sand Springs, Iowa. Robert was 29 and Susie 24 when they married. I was able to get some basic information from the Delaware County Marriage Records and was fortunate to have their original marriage license and wedding picture.
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According to [...]

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Monday Madness – Peter Arbuckle

Peter Arbuckle was born November 16,  1869 in  Wellington County, Ontario, Canada and died December 25, 1949 in the Minnesota State Hospital in Fergus Falls.  He was the 10th of 11 children born to Robert Arbuckle and Jane (Jean) McNiven.  Our family always thought of Peter as the Uncle you never talked about…wealthy, eccentric and [...]

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Births and Deaths of Susanna and Willie Shane

Susan and Robert Shane were parents to three children, my dad and his siblings Susanna and Willie.  Sadly, neither Susanna nor Willie lived beyond childhood and are buried at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Monticello, Iowa.  Susan (Samels) Shane made a handwritten list of her children’s birth dates and in the cases of Susanna and Willie [...]

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The Birth of Frank Shane

My dad, Frank Shane was born in Monticello Iowa on September 17, 1897 the son of Robert Nolan Shane and Susan Clara Samels.  Dad’s full name was Francis Leo Shane but he always went by “Frank” or sometimes F.L. Shane.  According to this certificate the family lived on Sycamore Street which is interesting since Robert [...]

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Descendants of Robert Shane

Robert Shane, born in Ireland c. 1824.  Married Bridget Hogan, born in Ireland c. 1839, daughter of Dennis Hogan and Elizabeth Gavin
Children of Robert Shane and Bridget Hogan:
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Shane, born c. 1861 in Iowa
Robert Nolan Shane, born January 10, 1863 in Iowa
James Shane, born c. 1866 in Iowa
Mary Shane, born c. 1868 in Iowa*
Michael [...]

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Descendants of William George Walker

William George Walker, b. abt. 1820 in Ireland.
Married Margaret Amelia Daly December 11, 1841 at Woodstock, Ontario
Died abt. 1877, Fordwich, Huron County, Ontario
Child of William George Walker and Margaret Amelia Daly:
William Alexander Walker, b. March 19, 1843 in Ontario, Canada
Married Jane (Jeannie) Arbuckle in 1863 in Ontario, Canada
Children of William Alexander Walker and Jeannie Arbuckle:
George [...]

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Descendants of Alexander Daly

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Alexander Daly, born abt. 1789, in Ireland, died 6 October, 1868 in Ontario married Jane (unknown) born abt: 1791 in Ireland

Children of Alexander Daly and Jane (unknown):
Generation I
Ann Sophia Daly,* born abt. 1821
married (1) Frizelle, (2) James Bagent, (3) William Goble
Margaret Amelia Daly, born February, 1824 in Calcutta, India
married William George Walker, 25 [...]

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Descendants of Andrew Jackson Boss

Generation I
Andrew Jackson Boss, born c. 1839 in Lewis County, N.Y., died March 25, 1891 in Detroit (Lakes) Minnesota.
Married Zilpha M. Shipman, daughter of Thomas H. Shipman and Elsie M. Wait, July 18, 1856 in Michigan
Generation II
Alice Boss, born about 1866 in Michigan
Georgiana Boss, born June 7, 1867 in Augusta Michigan, died January 29, 1926 [...]

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