Willard Worth Shoemaker

7 March 1858–7 January 1941 (Age 82)
Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life Summary of Willard Worth

When Willard Worth Shoemaker was born on 7 March 1858, in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Andrew W Shoemaker, was 25 and his mother, Catherine Shipman, was 21. He married Mary Augusta Plantz on 13 April 1880, in Neligh, Antelope, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Sun River, Cascade, Montana, United States in 1930 and School District 2 Sun River, Cascade, Montana, United States in 1940. He died on 7 January 1941, in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Plainview, Pierce, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Willard Worth Shoemaker
1858–1941
Mary Augusta Plantz
1861–1949
Marriage: 13 April 1880
Shoemaker
1881–1881
Glennie Athel Shoemaker
1881–1972
Clinton Cello Shoemaker
1883–1966
Fannie Edna Shoemaker
1885–1977
Pauline Lulu Shoemaker
1888–1919
Exha Shoemaker
1893–1894
Jessie Bessie Shoemaker
1896–1988
Bessie Jessie Shoemaker
1896–1994
Dewey Willard Shoemaker AKA Synder
1898–1970

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    13 April 1880Neligh, Antelope, Nebraska, United States
    • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1863
    Age 5
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1867
    Age 9
    Historical Boundaries 1867: Edgerton, Montana Territory, United States 1868: Lewis and Clark, Montana Territory, United States 1887: Cascade, Montana Territory, United States 1889: Cascade, Montana, United States
    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
    Age 23
    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 11832;2007: 23139; 2010: 30934)Americanized form (translation into English) of Dutch Schoemaker , German and Jewish Schumacher , Slovenian Šuštar (see Sustar ) or Greek Papoutsis .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Papoutsis
    Schoemaker

    Sources (41)

    • Willard Shoemaker in entry for Jessie B Young, "Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1840-2004"
    • Willard Shoemaker, "United States Census, 1940"
    • W.W. Shoemaker in entry for Russell L. Sherman and Bessie J. Koegler, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"

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