Sarah Anna Shipman

Brief Life History of Sarah Anna

When Sarah Anna Shipman was born on 1 March 1869, in Kansas, United States, her father, Isaac Marion Shipman, was 26 and her mother, Sarah Catherine McClure, was 23. She married Lewis Biron McClelland on 29 January 1890, in Crawford, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Crawford Township, Crawford, Kansas, United States for about 40 years and Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States in 1930. She died on 28 September 1937, in Kansas, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Girard Cemetery, Crawford, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis Biron McClelland
1861–1932
Sarah Anna Shipman
1869–1937
Marriage: 29 January 1890
Issac Newton McClelland
1890–1966
Ira Enloce McClelland
1892–1960
Emma Mae McClelland
1893–1979
Arthur Lewis McClelland
1895–1897
Viola Ellen McClelland
1897–1980
Lawrence Ivan McClelland
1899–1957
Minnie Delilah McClelland
1901–1992
Charles William McClelland
1903–1975
Delta Phillip McClelland
1906–1975

Sources (29)

  • S A McClelland in household of L B McClelland, "Kansas State Census, 1915"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sarah A Shipman - Government record: birth-name: Sarah A Shipman
  • Sarah A Shipman, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1877 · Nicodemus is Founded

The town of Nicodemus was founded by African-American migrants from Kansas in 1877.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a boatman or mariner, or perhaps for a boatbuilder, from Middle English schipman ‘ship man’.

English: occupational name for a shepherd, from Middle English schep, ship ‘sheep’ + -man.

Americanized form (translation into English) of Dutch Schepman or of its already extinct variant Schipman, cognates of 1 above.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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