Sarah Elizabeth McGinnis

Brief Life History of Sarah Elizabeth

When Sarah Elizabeth McGinnis was born on 7 November 1837, in Adams Township, Morgan, Indiana, United States, her father, John McGinnis III, was 19 and her mother, Mary Polly Donaldson, was 19. She married Alexander Shake on 28 May 1857, in Morgan, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Indiana, United States in 1870 and Adams, Green Township, Morgan, Indiana, United States in 1880. She died in 1915, at the age of 78, and was buried in Shumaker Cemetery, Eminence, Adams Township, Morgan, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alexander Shake
1835–1927
Sarah Elizabeth McGinnis
1837–1915
Marriage: 28 May 1857
Samuel Shake
1857–1947
John R. Shake
1858–1919
William Harrison Shake
1860–1923
Robert Lincoln Shake
1864–1947
Henry Jacob Shake
1867–1941
Charles Alexander Shake
1870–1947
George David Shake
1872–1950
Ora Whitson
1873–
James Samuel Shake
1875–1964
Mary Ellen Shake
1877–1976

Sources (14)

  • Sarah Shake, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Sarah E Mc Ginnis, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
  • Sarah Elizabeth McGinnis Shake, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1855

Historical Boundaries: 1855: Morgan, Indiana, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Aonghuis or Mag Aonghusa ‘son of Aonghus’ (see Angus ). This is the surname of a chieftain family in western County Down. Compare the Scottish form McInnis , and the variant McNeese . Compare also McGuinness .

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

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