Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Shearer was born on 10 October 1854, in Jacobus, York, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, her father, Solomon Shearer, was 33 and her mother, Rebecca Goodling, was 26. She married Jacob Flinchbaugh on 17 September 1871, in York, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Loganville, York, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910 and York, York, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920. She died on 18 February 1925, in Dallastown, York, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Dallastown, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- Ellen Shearer in household of Solomon Shearer, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ellen Shauer in entry for Allen J. Flinchbaugh and Viola G. Mackey, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Ellen Shearer in household of Solomon Shearer, "United States Census, 1860"
Spouse and Children
1850–1923 Male
1854–1925 Female
Children (12)
1873–1947 Male
1876–1877 Male
1878–1951 Male
1880–1967 Female
1882–1952 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1821–1874 Male
1828–1907 Female
Siblings (5)
1848–1919 Female
1852–1926 Male
1854–1925 Female
1857–1931 Male
1866–1913 Male
World Events (8)
1863
Age 9
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
Age 9
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 21
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: occupational name for a reaper of standing crops, a sheep shearer, or someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excessive nap, from Middle English sherer(e) ‘shearer’, an agent derivative of Middle English schere(n) ‘to shear’. Middle English schere denoted shears and scissors of all sizes. Compare Sherman .
Americanized form of German or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Scherer or Scherrer , cognates of 1 above. Compare Sharrer .
Americanized form of German Scheurer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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