Joseph Henry Shives

Male3 May 1921–8 October 1986

Brief Life History of Joseph Henry

When Joseph Henry Shives was born on 3 May 1921, in Maryland, United States, his father, Theodore Ulton Shives, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Catherine Martin, was 21. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 8 October 1986, in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States, at the age of 65.

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Family Time Line

Theodore Ulton Shives
1895–1969
Elizabeth Catherine Martin
1900–
Joseph Henry Shives
1921–1986
Betty Jane Shive
1925–2011
Theodore Ulton Shives
1927–2001
Iris Clarissa Shives
1929–
Mabel Shives
1939–

Sources (6)

  • Joseph Shives, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Joseph H Shives, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
  • Joseph H Shives, "Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (5)

World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Age 2

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1925 · The First Municipally Owned Airport in the Country.

Age 4

The Cleveland Hopkins Airport was named after its founder, William R. Hopkins, and it was the first municipality-owned airport in the United States. It also is the home of the first air traffic control tower, the first ground-to-air radio control system, the first airfield lighting system, and the first U.S. airport to be directly connected to a local rail transit system. It is still in operation today and is the 43rd busiest airport in the United States.

1947 · Ohio's First Television station

Age 26

WEWS-TV first signed on the air on December 17 and was the first commercially licensed television station in Ohio. It has been the only station in Cleveland that has held the same frequency, ownership, and call letters since its initial sign-on. The first broadcast on the station was a Christmas pageant run by the Cleveland Press. 

Name Meaning

Scottish (Aberdeen): variant of Shivas, a habitational name from the barony of Shivas in the parish of Tarves, Aberdeenshire.

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

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