Brief Life History of Jonas Montgomery
When Jonas Montgomery Shell was born on 30 September 1834, in Montgomery, Virginia, United States, his father, Jacob Shell III, was 43 and his mother, Catharine Price, was 41. He married Sarah Ann Rogers in 1889, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Montgomery, Montgomery, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Justice Precinct 1, Williamson, Texas, United States for about 20 years. He died on 18 September 1923, in Georgetown, Williamson, Texas, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Georgetown, Williamson, Texas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Jonas Shell S Shell in household of Jonas M J Shell, "United States Census, 1920"
- Jonas M Shell in entry for Jonas Montgomery Shell, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
- Jonas Shell, "United States Census, 1910"
Spouse and Children
1834–1923 Male
1855–1938 Female
Children (3)
1884–1969 Male
1884– Male
1889–1963 Male
Parents and Siblings
1792–1857 Male
1794–1867 Female
Siblings (10)
1812–1893 Male
1813–1909 Female
1816–1897 Male
1821–1900 Male
1825– Female
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World Events (8)
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 2
1848
Age 14
1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States
Age 27
Name Meaning
English and Irish: variant of Shield .
English: from Middle English s(c)hele ‘hut’ (Old English scela), a term confined to northern England and southern Scotland. The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived in or near a hut, or habitational, from a place so named. The element is found in several minor placenames in the forms Shiel and Shield in northern and midland England and southern Scotland. See Shield .
English: habitational name from Shell in Himbleton (Worcestershire), from Old English scelf ‘rock, ledge, shelf’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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