When Elseworth Elmer Shatto was born on 21 September 1864, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, his father, James F Shatto, was 25 and his mother, Hannah Melinda Hunt, was 23. He married Martha Elizabeth Booth in 1887, in Bronson, Bourbon, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Henderson, Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 26 April 1909, in Kansas, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States.
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Americanized form of French Château ‘castle, fortified building’ (see Chateau ). Compare Shadow .
History: It was Jean Nichol(as) Château from Champagne, France, whose surname was changed to Shatto and Shadow after he settled in PA in the middle of the 18th century. His name is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
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