Looking for family of James Shannon according to his newspaper obit he was born abt 1840 in County Tyrone,Ireland. He died in 1880 in San Francisco, Calif. had 5 sons, Thomas b 1865, Charles b.1867,David b.1871,Frank b.1872,Robert b.1873 and 1 daughter Mary E.b.5-21-1874 all in San Francisco, Calif. Wife:Rosanna (or Rosa) Francis. All listed in the 1880 U.S.Federal Census.All the dates are approx. except for Mary. Mary was my Grandmother. Does anyone in the Shannon line have a Connection? Rosanna Young

Melinda, I have tried to write you but your address doesn't work for me.Could you please write me a note so I will have your return addy? Thank you,Jeany >______________________________X-Message: #4 >Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:10:24 -0500 >From: <mglfreel@bellsouth.net> >To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com >Message-Id: <20040215151022.WDWL18515.imf17aec.mail.bellsouth.net@mail.bellsouth.net

Sorry the link did not come through properly on my previous email: It is: www.oneagleswing.co.uk > > From: <mglfreel@bellsouth.net> > Date: 2004/02/15 Sun AM 10:10:24 EST > To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SHANNON-L] > > Attention all Shannons: > > I have important news to share with anyone interested in the story of the Scots-Irish! The eagerly anticipated production of "On Eagle's Wing" will have its world premiere in Atlanta on May 7-8, before heading to Jacskonville, FL, then Baltimore, MD. Then it goes back to Belfast and starting filming for PBS. In 2005, it will return to the U.S. for a 36 city tour befor going to Canqada and Australia. > > This production will be incredible and should have a bigger impact than Riverdance, so if you have the opportunity to attend the show, do not miss it. > > Melinda Shannon Freels Please visit my website: The Shannon Family of East Tennessee: A Story of the Scots-Irish http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-shannonfamily

God Bless You, I visited your eastern TN. sight. I have some Scarborough in my mother's clan, a Mary, born in 1862, I will have to search more of your sight, for other connections. I am looking for Albert James Shannon, b:~March 1896, I have no Idea who his parents were, he was my Grandfather, never even seen a picture of him. He left my Grandma when my dad was only 3. Family lore had it that he was a foster child, or adopted, he lived in Cape Girardeau, Mo. as a child. I found him in the 1910 census, as a roomer with a family. No list of parents. In the census under parents in 1910 He listed them born in the US. in the 1920 census they were born in KY. I will track more on him, eventually. If anyone has any clues as to how to find info, I would be very appriciative. I am at a dead end on my father's family, as Grandma's parents came from Germany, and the info on Albert is so slim. So all the info you have in the digest is helpful to my search, and I can't thanky! ou enough for listing your personal websight, Melinda. Thanks--Anita(Shannon) Renaud. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online

FROM MELINDA SHANNON FREELS WEB SITE - FAVORITE LINKS; SHANNON REGISTER REPORT SHANNON FAMILY SITE QUESTION: Frontier Shannon Families by Robert McDonald Shannon call no. 929.273 Sh19sr I found it by searching for books referencing the surname BUCHANAN Does anyone have a copy of this book and if so could they look for a listing of Mary SHANNON who married James (W.) BUCHANAN. Thank you & I look forward to hearing from you. William M. Groth groth@ruf.rice.edu Senior Staff Auditor Internal Audit Department ] OTHER COMMENTS FOUND: I have not seen the following book in the Library of Congress which looks relevant: 85-179884: Stimpson, Roberta Shannon, 1920- Frontier Shannon families: Robert & Florannah, ca 1739-1815 and known descendants, 1759-1980 / Berkley, MI] : R.S. Stimpson ; Alexandria, VA] : R.M. Shannon, 1985] 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 28 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: CS71.S528 1985. RESPONSE: I AM A DESCENDANT OF ROBERT SHANNON (1739-1815) and wife, FLORANAH and LIEUT. ARCHIBALD BUCHANAN (1725-1806) and wife, AGNES BOWEN of middle Tennessee. The best source for THE BUCHANAN FAMILY is BUCHANAN BOOK of John A. Blakemore, Library of Congress Card No. 78-103054, 1978, Quality Printers, Inc., Mary Shannon 1760-1780, married James Buchanan 1759-1816, he was the son of Capt. John Buchanan and Martha Buchanan, Mary Shannon Buchanan was the daughter of Robert Shannon, 1739-1814, and Floranah. They continued to lived in Wyths County, Virginia while Robert Shannon and other sons went to middle Tennessee in the 1780s. James and Mary Buchanan had 10 children: Floanna, Susan, Martha, John William, Sarah, Catherine, Robert, Alexander, Margaret and Mary. Capt. John Buchanan and Archibald Buchanan were brothers and lived in Davidson County, Tennessee. The best source for the Shannon Family of Middle Tennessee is the Roberta Shannon Stimpson and Robert McDonald Shannon referenced book about of Frontier Shannon Familles - Robert and Florannah, ac 1739-1815 Robert Shannon and Florannah Shannon (Wilson County, Tennessee) had six children. John Shannon, born 1758 married Ann Marshall (died Smyth County, Virginia) , Mary Shannon b 1762, married James Buchanan (died Wythe County, Virginia) , Henry Shannon Born 1766, married Jane Hayes, Robert Shannon born 1768 married Rebecca Buchanan (Robert and Henry died Wilson County, Tennessee) , James Shannon born 1769 married 2nd Jane Crockett (place of death unknown, Samuel Shannon born 1771 married Isabella Patterson (died Metcalfe County, Kentucky). I am descendant from both Robert Shannon and Henry Shannon, brothers, whose father was Robert Shannon - Will names all of the above six children including Mary Buchanan, Wills and Inventories Book 1814-1819, page 45 probate June Term 1815 in Wilson County Court (Tennessee) BEST WISHES TO ALL, James J. Shannon, Jr., Kentucky and Florida

Attention all Shannons: I have important news to share with anyone interested in the story of the Scots-Irish! The eagerly anticipated production of "On Eagle's Wing" will have its world premiere in Atlanta on May 7-8, before heading to Jacskonville, FL, then Baltimore, MD. Then it goes back to Belfast and starting filming for PBS. In 2005, it will return to the U.S. for a 36 city tour befor going to Canqada and Australia. This production will be incredible and should have a bigger impact than Riverdance, so if you have the opportunity to attend the show, do not miss it. The official website is: Melinda Shannon Freels Please visit my website: The Shannon Family of East Tennessee: A Story of the Scots-Irish http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-shannonfamily

Thomas, do you have any dates? ----- Original Message ----- From: thomas shannon To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 9:05 AM Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] Shannons in Scotland & Ireland 1796 - 1907 Hi,As far as i know ,there was a family of reeds or reids in my shannon family,i've never been to sure if my great grandfather was harry or henry.Thats what has stopped all my information over the years.there may be a skight chanch that i've been loking under the wrong first name. my grandfather and great grand father both came form sharon,penn.. i haven't beemn able to find anything about my great grandfather! ----- Original Message ----- From: <HKinnell@aol.com> To: <SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 7:29 AM Subject: [SHANNON-L] Shannons in Scotland & Ireland 1796 - 1907 > Hello Shannon hunters. > > Sometime ago I sent some information to this list about a family of Shannons > in Dumfriesshire, south-west Scotland. I have found a lot of Shannons in this > area on the 1851 census, but have not been able to connect any of them with my > own family tree, except the one family, described at length below. > > My grandmother's grandmother, Isabella Shannon, was born 1841, in Midlothian, > Scotland. > > Her parents were Henry Shannon (born @1821) and Eliza Shepherd or Sheppard > (born @1820). Henry and Eliza married some months AFTER Isabella's birth, at > Stow, Midlothian, in 1842. At that time, Henry was a groom at Thurston, near > Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. > > Henry & Eliza had at least 10 more children over the next 17 years. They were > > Henry Shannon, born Dalkeith, Midlothian, 1843, died Kirkpatrick Fleming, > Dumfriesshire 1861. > > Mary Ann Matilda Shannon, born 1846, Monzievaird, Pethshire. Her father Henry > is described as 'coachman at Ochtertyre' on the baptismal record. > > Elizabeth Dixon Shannon, born 1847 at Glencorse, Midlothian > > Alison/Alice Shannon, born 1849, also at Glencorse, Midlothian > > Samuel Shannon, born 1851, at Kirkpatrick Fleming, Dumfriesshire. He lived to > adulthood, and with his brother John (below), erected at gravestone to > members of his family in the churchyard at Kirkpatrick Fleming. > > Tamer Shannon, born 1853, at Kirkpatrick Fleming, died 1856, aged 2 years > > John Shannon, born 1855, at Kirkpatrick Fleming, married Mary Corrie or > Currie in 1876, when he was working as a coachman. Mary died aged 52 in 1904 at KF. > John subsequently worked as a policeman at Maryport, Cumberland, England, and > died in 1907, aged 52. > > Louisa Shannon, born 1857 at Kirkpatrick Fleming, married John Graham, > ploughman, in 1877, died 1879 at Carlisle, England. > > Mathilda Shannon, born 1859 at Kirkpatrick Fleming, married Thomas Nixon, > coachman and later cab driver, of Carlisle. They had at least two children, > Joseph Nixon, born 1880, and Henry Nixon, born 1882. > > Going back to the father of this family, Henry Shannon, born @1821. The > birthplaces of his first five children show that he was in the area south of > Edinburgh most of the time, except when Mary was born, in 1846, in Perthshire. > > He then appears on the 1851 census, in Kirkpatrick Fleming, Dumfriesshire, as > a groom at Toppinhead Lodge, one of the lodges of Mossknowe House, the > residence of the biggest landowner of the parish, retired Lt. Colonel, William > Graham. > > Evidence from census records and the marriage records of his children show > that Henry was groom then coachman for the Graham family for 40 years, living > first at Toppinhead Lodge, then Mossknowe Lodge, and finally, on the 1891 > census, the aged Henry & Eliza are living in Mossknowe House itself, although the > Graham family are not there at the time of the census. Col Graham had died in > 1882. His eldest son, also William Graham, was described on the 1881 census as > an 'imbecile', but would still have inherited the estate. It may be that Henry & > Eliza were entrusted with the care of the house, while the owner was cared > for elsewhere. > > However, soon after the 1891 census, Henry & Eliza moved to Edinburgh, > perhaps to be near one of their children. Eliza died there in November 1894, and > the record of her death states that she had suffered 'apoplexy (stroke) with > paralysis' for 18 months, a condition for which Henry, well into his 70s himself, > would have need help in caring for her. > > Henry died in Edinburgh in February 1898. The record of his death states that > his parents were Samuel Shannon & Mary Reid. It also states that Samuel > Shannon was a 'turnkey' - prison warder. > > The discovery that Henry Shannon's father was a turnkey was rather a > disappointment, as my grandmother's family myths included the tale that Henry's father > had been the younger son of an Irish earl, who was disinherited for marrying > beneath him! However, the family myth went on to say that, being disinherited, > Henry's father became a soldier at Dublin Castle, and then moved to > Dumfriesshire when Henry was a baby. > > The evidence that Henry was born in Ireland comes from the census records for > 1881 and 1891. On the 1881 census, his birthplace is given as Ireland, and on > the 1891 census, it specifies Dublin. > > Although I have not yet been able to find any evidence that Henry was in > Dumfriesshire before the 1851 census, when he was already 29, I thought it was > possible that, IF his father had been a soldier before being a turnkey (and > prison staff were often former soldiers, then as now), there might be an army > connection with Lt. Col. William Graham, for whose family Henry worked for 40 years. > > I found out that William Graham was Lt. Col. in the 12th Royal Lancers > (formerly Light Dragoons), a cavalry regiment, that was serving in Ireland around > the time of Henry's birth, @ 1821. The Regimental Museum in Derby has > computerised records of all enlisted men (not officers) from 1809, and they found only > one Samuel Shannon, who was the right age to have been Henry's father. > > This Samuel Shannon was born in the parish of Drummully, Fermanagh, Ireland, > @ 1796. He enlisted in the 12th Lancers in 1818, and was formerly a weaver. > The army record even describes his appearance - 5' 8" with fresh complexion, > hazel eyes, and black hair. He was also married to a Mary. > > It does seem likely that this Samuel Shannon was Henry's father - he served > in the same regiment as the Lt. Colonel who employed Henry; it was a cavalry > regiment, giving Henry an excellent training for working with horses; the > regiment was in Ireland when Henry was born, and Samuel's wife was called Mary. He > also had black hair - a small point, but my grandmother described her > grandmother, Isabella Shannon, Henry's daughter, as having "the black curly hair of her > Irish forebears". > > However, the army record lists the births of four of Samuel and Mary's > children, none of whom are Henry! The historian at the museum told me that the army > was very meticulous over recording the marriages of their enlisted men, and > the births of their children, because it affected the rations they were given. > Not only is there no record of Henry's birth to Samuel and Mary, there is no > record of Samuel and Mary's marriage either. Apparently this could mean that > they married before he enlisted, or that they married without army permission - > if so, they would have been refused the extra rations, and life would have been > very tough for them. > > Whether or not this Samuel and Mary Shannon were Henry's parents, the army > record gives a fair bit of information about them. > > They had a daughter, Mary Anne, born 4th May 1824 at Cork, Ireland; a son > John, born 4th April 1829 in London, England; another son, also John (this may > mean the first John had died) born 25th April 1831 in Dublin, and a daughter > Louisa, baptised 17th May 1840 at Preston (now part of Brighton), Sussex, > England. > > Samuel was promoted to corporal in June 1825; he was court martialled twice > (the record doesn't say what for); received good conduct pay of 3 pence a day > from April 1840, and was discharged as unfit for service in Dublin in July > 1842, with a pension of one shilling and six pence a day. > > Being discharged as unfit for service in 1842, when he was only about 46, it > is quite possible that he then got work as a turnkey, and was indeed the > Samuel Shannon that appears on the record of Henry's death, although the mystery > remains of why Henry's birth - 3 or 4 years after Samuel enlisted - was not > recorded by the army. > > A database of Irish land holdings from the middle of the 19th century doesn't > have any Shannons holding land in Drummully, Fermanagh, but the parish of > Drummully crosses county boundaries into Monaghan, and in the neighbouring parish > of Currin, Monaghan, there is a Samuel Shannon listed as holding land at > Aghnaskew Glebe. There is a John Reid (Henry Shannon's mother was a Mary Reid) who > held land in Drummully, Fermanagh, but these names are too common to be > anything more than suggestive. > > If anyone else on this list (who has had the patience to read all of this!) > has Shannon connections in Fermanagh or Monaghan, I would be delighted to hear > from them. > > Hilary Kinnell > Shropshire > England > > >

Hi,As far as i know ,there was a family of reeds or reids in my shannon family,i've never been to sure if my great grandfather was harry or henry.Thats what has stopped all my information over the years.there may be a skight chanch that i've been loking under the wrong first name. my grandfather and great grand father both came form sharon,penn.. i haven't beemn able to find anything about my great grandfather! ----- Original Message ----- From: <HKinnell@aol.com> To: <SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 7:29 AM Subject: [SHANNON-L] Shannons in Scotland & Ireland 1796 - 1907 > Hello Shannon hunters. > > Sometime ago I sent some information to this list about a family of Shannons > in Dumfriesshire, south-west Scotland. I have found a lot of Shannons in this > area on the 1851 census, but have not been able to connect any of them with my > own family tree, except the one family, described at length below. > > My grandmother's grandmother, Isabella Shannon, was born 1841, in Midlothian, > Scotland. > > Her parents were Henry Shannon (born @1821) and Eliza Shepherd or Sheppard > (born @1820). Henry and Eliza married some months AFTER Isabella's birth, at > Stow, Midlothian, in 1842. At that time, Henry was a groom at Thurston, near > Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. > > Henry & Eliza had at least 10 more children over the next 17 years. They were > > Henry Shannon, born Dalkeith, Midlothian, 1843, died Kirkpatrick Fleming, > Dumfriesshire 1861. > > Mary Ann Matilda Shannon, born 1846, Monzievaird, Pethshire. Her father Henry > is described as 'coachman at Ochtertyre' on the baptismal record. > > Elizabeth Dixon Shannon, born 1847 at Glencorse, Midlothian > > Alison/Alice Shannon, born 1849, also at Glencorse, Midlothian > > Samuel Shannon, born 1851, at Kirkpatrick Fleming, Dumfriesshire. He lived to > adulthood, and with his brother John (below), erected at gravestone to > members of his family in the churchyard at Kirkpatrick Fleming. > > Tamer Shannon, born 1853, at Kirkpatrick Fleming, died 1856, aged 2 years > > John Shannon, born 1855, at Kirkpatrick Fleming, married Mary Corrie or > Currie in 1876, when he was working as a coachman. Mary died aged 52 in 1904 at KF. > John subsequently worked as a policeman at Maryport, Cumberland, England, and > died in 1907, aged 52. > > Louisa Shannon, born 1857 at Kirkpatrick Fleming, married John Graham, > ploughman, in 1877, died 1879 at Carlisle, England. > > Mathilda Shannon, born 1859 at Kirkpatrick Fleming, married Thomas Nixon, > coachman and later cab driver, of Carlisle. They had at least two children, > Joseph Nixon, born 1880, and Henry Nixon, born 1882. > > Going back to the father of this family, Henry Shannon, born @1821. The > birthplaces of his first five children show that he was in the area south of > Edinburgh most of the time, except when Mary was born, in 1846, in Perthshire. > > He then appears on the 1851 census, in Kirkpatrick Fleming, Dumfriesshire, as > a groom at Toppinhead Lodge, one of the lodges of Mossknowe House, the > residence of the biggest landowner of the parish, retired Lt. Colonel, William > Graham. > > Evidence from census records and the marriage records of his children show > that Henry was groom then coachman for the Graham family for 40 years, living > first at Toppinhead Lodge, then Mossknowe Lodge, and finally, on the 1891 > census, the aged Henry & Eliza are living in Mossknowe House itself, although the > Graham family are not there at the time of the census. Col Graham had died in > 1882. His eldest son, also William Graham, was described on the 1881 census as > an 'imbecile', but would still have inherited the estate. It may be that Henry & > Eliza were entrusted with the care of the house, while the owner was cared > for elsewhere. > > However, soon after the 1891 census, Henry & Eliza moved to Edinburgh, > perhaps to be near one of their children. Eliza died there in November 1894, and > the record of her death states that she had suffered 'apoplexy (stroke) with > paralysis' for 18 months, a condition for which Henry, well into his 70s himself, > would have need help in caring for her. > > Henry died in Edinburgh in February 1898. The record of his death states that > his parents were Samuel Shannon & Mary Reid. It also states that Samuel > Shannon was a 'turnkey' - prison warder. > > The discovery that Henry Shannon's father was a turnkey was rather a > disappointment, as my grandmother's family myths included the tale that Henry's father > had been the younger son of an Irish earl, who was disinherited for marrying > beneath him! However, the family myth went on to say that, being disinherited, > Henry's father became a soldier at Dublin Castle, and then moved to > Dumfriesshire when Henry was a baby. > > The evidence that Henry was born in Ireland comes from the census records for > 1881 and 1891. On the 1881 census, his birthplace is given as Ireland, and on > the 1891 census, it specifies Dublin. > > Although I have not yet been able to find any evidence that Henry was in > Dumfriesshire before the 1851 census, when he was already 29, I thought it was > possible that, IF his father had been a soldier before being a turnkey (and > prison staff were often former soldiers, then as now), there might be an army > connection with Lt. Col. William Graham, for whose family Henry worked for 40 years. > > I found out that William Graham was Lt. Col. in the 12th Royal Lancers > (formerly Light Dragoons), a cavalry regiment, that was serving in Ireland around > the time of Henry's birth, @ 1821. The Regimental Museum in Derby has > computerised records of all enlisted men (not officers) from 1809, and they found only > one Samuel Shannon, who was the right age to have been Henry's father. > > This Samuel Shannon was born in the parish of Drummully, Fermanagh, Ireland, > @ 1796. He enlisted in the 12th Lancers in 1818, and was formerly a weaver. > The army record even describes his appearance - 5' 8" with fresh complexion, > hazel eyes, and black hair. He was also married to a Mary. > > It does seem likely that this Samuel Shannon was Henry's father - he served > in the same regiment as the Lt. Colonel who employed Henry; it was a cavalry > regiment, giving Henry an excellent training for working with horses; the > regiment was in Ireland when Henry was born, and Samuel's wife was called Mary. He > also had black hair - a small point, but my grandmother described her > grandmother, Isabella Shannon, Henry's daughter, as having "the black curly hair of her > Irish forebears". > > However, the army record lists the births of four of Samuel and Mary's > children, none of whom are Henry! The historian at the museum told me that the army > was very meticulous over recording the marriages of their enlisted men, and > the births of their children, because it affected the rations they were given. > Not only is there no record of Henry's birth to Samuel and Mary, there is no > record of Samuel and Mary's marriage either. Apparently this could mean that > they married before he enlisted, or that they married without army permission - > if so, they would have been refused the extra rations, and life would have been > very tough for them. > > Whether or not this Samuel and Mary Shannon were Henry's parents, the army > record gives a fair bit of information about them. > > They had a daughter, Mary Anne, born 4th May 1824 at Cork, Ireland; a son > John, born 4th April 1829 in London, England; another son, also John (this may > mean the first John had died) born 25th April 1831 in Dublin, and a daughter > Louisa, baptised 17th May 1840 at Preston (now part of Brighton), Sussex, > England. > > Samuel was promoted to corporal in June 1825; he was court martialled twice > (the record doesn't say what for); received good conduct pay of 3 pence a day > from April 1840, and was discharged as unfit for service in Dublin in July > 1842, with a pension of one shilling and six pence a day. > > Being discharged as unfit for service in 1842, when he was only about 46, it > is quite possible that he then got work as a turnkey, and was indeed the > Samuel Shannon that appears on the record of Henry's death, although the mystery > remains of why Henry's birth - 3 or 4 years after Samuel enlisted - was not > recorded by the army. > > A database of Irish land holdings from the middle of the 19th century doesn't > have any Shannons holding land in Drummully, Fermanagh, but the parish of > Drummully crosses county boundaries into Monaghan, and in the neighbouring parish > of Currin, Monaghan, there is a Samuel Shannon listed as holding land at > Aghnaskew Glebe. There is a John Reid (Henry Shannon's mother was a Mary Reid) who > held land in Drummully, Fermanagh, but these names are too common to be > anything more than suggestive. > > If anyone else on this list (who has had the patience to read all of this!) > has Shannon connections in Fermanagh or Monaghan, I would be delighted to hear > from them. > > Hilary Kinnell > Shropshire > England > > >

Click here: The Shannon Family of East TN: A Story of the Scots-Irish Homepage This is not regarding the recent Shannon postings but there is a lot of new information on Melinda Freels Shannon web page. Especially interesting, is the new photo of Artenecia (listed as xxty on one census) Shannon Lewis who is the first child of John Wesley Shannon of the East Tn Shannon's in Hamilton County Tn. It is exciting to say that more and more info for this group of Shannon's is comong out now. Check it out if you haven't done so lately. Melinda has done a great job of putting this all together for us. Happy hunting! Linda Smith

Excellent research. I am trying to look for a fit with my line. Please visit my website, "The Shannon Family of East TN" (the link should appear at the bottom of this email) and see if you can find anything. There was a "Samuel" Shannon located in or near Londonderry around 1690 who participated in the Siege. Because of the Scots-Irish naming patterns, I wonder if your Sam is descended from him? It does seem odd to me that your family went from Ireland to Scotland rather than the reverse. From your other clues associating them with England, my guess is your line is Scots-Irish Shannon, rather than the "Green Irish" Shannon descended from "Shannahan." Have you been to the Ulster American Folkpark in Omagh, N. Ireland? There is a wonderful research facility there. Best Regards, Melinda Shannon Freels > > From: HKinnell@aol.com > Date: 2004/02/14 Sat AM 09:29:41 EST > To: SHANNON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SHANNON-L] Shannons in Scotland & Ireland 1796 - 1907 > > Hello Shannon hunters. > > Sometime ago I sent some information to this list about a family of Shannons > in Dumfriesshire, south-west Scotland. I have found a lot of Shannons in this > area on the 1851 census, but have not been able to connect any of them with my > own family tree, except the one family, described at length below. > > My grandmother's grandmother, Isabella Shannon, was born 1841, in Midlothian, > Scotland. > > Her parents were Henry Shannon (born @1821) and Eliza Shepherd or Sheppard > (born @1820). Henry and Eliza married some months AFTER Isabella's birth, at > Stow, Midlothian, in 1842. At that time, Henry was a groom at Thurston, near > Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. > > Henry & Eliza had at least 10 more children over the next 17 years. They were > > Henry Shannon, born Dalkeith, Midlothian, 1843, died Kirkpatrick Fleming, > Dumfriesshire 1861. > > Mary Ann Matilda Shannon, born 1846, Monzievaird, Pethshire. Her father Henry > is described as 'coachman at Ochtertyre' on the baptismal record. > > Elizabeth Dixon Shannon, born 1847 at Glencorse, Midlothian > > Alison/Alice Shannon, born 1849, also at Glencorse, Midlothian > > Samuel Shannon, born 1851, at Kirkpatrick Fleming, Dumfriesshire. He lived to > adulthood, and with his brother John (below), erected at gravestone to > members of his family in the churchyard at Kirkpatrick Fleming. > > Tamer Shannon, born 1853, at Kirkpatrick Fleming, died 1856, aged 2 years > > John Shannon, born 1855, at Kirkpatrick Fleming, married Mary Corrie or > Currie in 1876, when he was working as a coachman. Mary died aged 52 in 1904 at KF. > John subsequently worked as a policeman at Maryport, Cumberland, England, and > died in 1907, aged 52. > > Louisa Shannon, born 1857 at Kirkpatrick Fleming, married John Graham, > ploughman, in 1877, died 1879 at Carlisle, England. > > Mathilda Shannon, born 1859 at Kirkpatrick Fleming, married Thomas Nixon, > coachman and later cab driver, of Carlisle. They had at least two children, > Joseph Nixon, born 1880, and Henry Nixon, born 1882. > > Going back to the father of this family, Henry Shannon, born @1821. The > birthplaces of his first five children show that he was in the area south of > Edinburgh most of the time, except when Mary was born, in 1846, in Perthshire. > > He then appears on the 1851 census, in Kirkpatrick Fleming, Dumfriesshire, as > a groom at Toppinhead Lodge, one of the lodges of Mossknowe House, the > residence of the biggest landowner of the parish, retired Lt. Colonel, William > Graham. > > Evidence from census records and the marriage records of his children show > that Henry was groom then coachman for the Graham family for 40 years, living > first at Toppinhead Lodge, then Mossknowe Lodge, and finally, on the 1891 > census, the aged Henry & Eliza are living in Mossknowe House itself, although the > Graham family are not there at the time of the census. Col Graham had died in > 1882. His eldest son, also William Graham, was described on the 1881 census as > an 'imbecile', but would still have inherited the estate. It may be that Henry & > Eliza were entrusted with the care of the house, while the owner was cared > for elsewhere. > > However, soon after the 1891 census, Henry & Eliza moved to Edinburgh, > perhaps to be near one of their children. Eliza died there in November 1894, and > the record of her death states that she had suffered 'apoplexy (stroke) with > paralysis' for 18 months, a condition for which Henry, well into his 70s himself, > would have need help in caring for her. > > Henry died in Edinburgh in February 1898. The record of his death states that > his parents were Samuel Shannon & Mary Reid. It also states that Samuel > Shannon was a 'turnkey' - prison warder. > > The discovery that Henry Shannon's father was a turnkey was rather a > disappointment, as my grandmother's family myths included the tale that Henry's father > had been the younger son of an Irish earl, who was disinherited for marrying > beneath him! However, the family myth went on to say that, being disinherited, > Henry's father became a soldier at Dublin Castle, and then moved to > Dumfriesshire when Henry was a baby. > > The evidence that Henry was born in Ireland comes from the census records for > 1881 and 1891. On the 1881 census, his birthplace is given as Ireland, and on > the 1891 census, it specifies Dublin. > > Although I have not yet been able to find any evidence that Henry was in > Dumfriesshire before the 1851 census, when he was already 29, I thought it was > possible that, IF his father had been a soldier before being a turnkey (and > prison staff were often former soldiers, then as now), there might be an army > connection with Lt. Col. William Graham, for whose family Henry worked for 40 years. > > I found out that William Graham was Lt. Col. in the 12th Royal Lancers > (formerly Light Dragoons), a cavalry regiment, that was serving in Ireland around > the time of Henry's birth, @ 1821. The Regimental Museum in Derby has > computerised records of all enlisted men (not officers) from 1809, and they found only > one Samuel Shannon, who was the right age to have been Henry's father. > > This Samuel Shannon was born in the parish of Drummully, Fermanagh, Ireland, > @ 1796. He enlisted in the 12th Lancers in 1818, and was formerly a weaver. > The army record even describes his appearance - 5' 8" with fresh complexion, > hazel eyes, and black hair. He was also married to a Mary. > > It does seem likely that this Samuel Shannon was Henry's father - he served > in the same regiment as the Lt. Colonel who employed Henry; it was a cavalry > regiment, giving Henry an excellent training for working with horses; the > regiment was in Ireland when Henry was born, and Samuel's wife was called Mary. He > also had black hair - a small point, but my grandmother described her > grandmother, Isabella Shannon, Henry's daughter, as having "the black curly hair of her > Irish forebears". > > However, the army record lists the births of four of Samuel and Mary's > children, none of whom are Henry! The historian at the museum told me that the army > was very meticulous over recording the marriages of their enlisted men, and > the births of their children, because it affected the rations they were given. > Not only is there no record of Henry's birth to Samuel and Mary, there is no > record of Samuel and Mary's marriage either. Apparently this could mean that > they married before he enlisted, or that they married without army permission - > if so, they would have been refused the extra rations, and life would have been > very tough for them. > > Whether or not this Samuel and Mary Shannon were Henry's parents, the army > record gives a fair bit of information about them. > > They had a daughter, Mary Anne, born 4th May 1824 at Cork, Ireland; a son > John, born 4th April 1829 in London, England; another son, also John (this may > mean the first John had died) born 25th April 1831 in Dublin, and a daughter > Louisa, baptised 17th May 1840 at Preston (now part of Brighton), Sussex, > England. > > Samuel was promoted to corporal in June 1825; he was court martialled twice > (the record doesn't say what for); received good conduct pay of 3 pence a day > from April 1840, and was discharged as unfit for service in Dublin in July > 1842, with a pension of one shilling and six pence a day. > > Being discharged as unfit for service in 1842, when he was only about 46, it > is quite possible that he then got work as a turnkey, and was indeed the > Samuel Shannon that appears on the record of Henry's death, although the mystery > remains of why Henry's birth - 3 or 4 years after Samuel enlisted - was not > recorded by the army. > > A database of Irish land holdings from the middle of the 19th century doesn't > have any Shannons holding land in Drummully, Fermanagh, but the parish of > Drummully crosses county boundaries into Monaghan, and in the neighbouring parish > of Currin, Monaghan, there is a Samuel Shannon listed as holding land at > Aghnaskew Glebe. There is a John Reid (Henry Shannon's mother was a Mary Reid) who > held land in Drummully, Fermanagh, but these names are too common to be > anything more than suggestive. > > If anyone else on this list (who has had the patience to read all of this!) > has Shannon connections in Fermanagh or Monaghan, I would be delighted to hear > from them. > > Hilary Kinnell > Shropshire > England > > Melinda Shannon Freels Please visit my website: The Shannon Family of East Tennessee: A Story of the Scots-Irish http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-shannonfamily

Hello Shannon hunters. Sometime ago I sent some information to this list about a family of Shannons in Dumfriesshire, south-west Scotland. I have found a lot of Shannons in this area on the 1851 census, but have not been able to connect any of them with my own family tree, except the one family, described at length below. My grandmother's grandmother, Isabella Shannon, was born 1841, in Midlothian, Scotland. Her parents were Henry Shannon (born @1821) and Eliza Shepherd or Sheppard (born @1820). Henry and Eliza married some months AFTER Isabella's birth, at Stow, Midlothian, in 1842. At that time, Henry was a groom at Thurston, near Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. Henry & Eliza had at least 10 more children over the next 17 years. They were Henry Shannon, born Dalkeith, Midlothian, 1843, died Kirkpatrick Fleming, Dumfriesshire 1861. Mary Ann Matilda Shannon, born 1846, Monzievaird, Pethshire. Her father Henry is described as 'coachman at Ochtertyre' on the baptismal record. Elizabeth Dixon Shannon, born 1847 at Glencorse, Midlothian Alison/Alice Shannon, born 1849, also at Glencorse, Midlothian Samuel Shannon, born 1851, at Kirkpatrick Fleming, Dumfriesshire. He lived to adulthood, and with his brother John (below), erected at gravestone to members of his family in the churchyard at Kirkpatrick Fleming. Tamer Shannon, born 1853, at Kirkpatrick Fleming, died 1856, aged 2 years John Shannon, born 1855, at Kirkpatrick Fleming, married Mary Corrie or Currie in 1876, when he was working as a coachman. Mary died aged 52 in 1904 at KF. John subsequently worked as a policeman at Maryport, Cumberland, England, and died in 1907, aged 52. Louisa Shannon, born 1857 at Kirkpatrick Fleming, married John Graham, ploughman, in 1877, died 1879 at Carlisle, England. Mathilda Shannon, born 1859 at Kirkpatrick Fleming, married Thomas Nixon, coachman and later cab driver, of Carlisle. They had at least two children, Joseph Nixon, born 1880, and Henry Nixon, born 1882. Going back to the father of this family, Henry Shannon, born @1821. The birthplaces of his first five children show that he was in the area south of Edinburgh most of the time, except when Mary was born, in 1846, in Perthshire. He then appears on the 1851 census, in Kirkpatrick Fleming, Dumfriesshire, as a groom at Toppinhead Lodge, one of the lodges of Mossknowe House, the residence of the biggest landowner of the parish, retired Lt. Colonel, William Graham. Evidence from census records and the marriage records of his children show that Henry was groom then coachman for the Graham family for 40 years, living first at Toppinhead Lodge, then Mossknowe Lodge, and finally, on the 1891 census, the aged Henry & Eliza are living in Mossknowe House itself, although the Graham family are not there at the time of the census. Col Graham had died in 1882. His eldest son, also William Graham, was described on the 1881 census as an 'imbecile', but would still have inherited the estate. It may be that Henry & Eliza were entrusted with the care of the house, while the owner was cared for elsewhere. However, soon after the 1891 census, Henry & Eliza moved to Edinburgh, perhaps to be near one of their children. Eliza died there in November 1894, and the record of her death states that she had suffered 'apoplexy (stroke) with paralysis' for 18 months, a condition for which Henry, well into his 70s himself, would have need help in caring for her. Henry died in Edinburgh in February 1898. The record of his death states that his parents were Samuel Shannon & Mary Reid. It also states that Samuel Shannon was a 'turnkey' - prison warder. The discovery that Henry Shannon's father was a turnkey was rather a disappointment, as my grandmother's family myths included the tale that Henry's father had been the younger son of an Irish earl, who was disinherited for marrying beneath him! However, the family myth went on to say that, being disinherited, Henry's father became a soldier at Dublin Castle, and then moved to Dumfriesshire when Henry was a baby. The evidence that Henry was born in Ireland comes from the census records for 1881 and 1891. On the 1881 census, his birthplace is given as Ireland, and on the 1891 census, it specifies Dublin. Although I have not yet been able to find any evidence that Henry was in Dumfriesshire before the 1851 census, when he was already 29, I thought it was possible that, IF his father had been a soldier before being a turnkey (and prison staff were often former soldiers, then as now), there might be an army connection with Lt. Col. William Graham, for whose family Henry worked for 40 years. I found out that William Graham was Lt. Col. in the 12th Royal Lancers (formerly Light Dragoons), a cavalry regiment, that was serving in Ireland around the time of Henry's birth, @ 1821. The Regimental Museum in Derby has computerised records of all enlisted men (not officers) from 1809, and they found only one Samuel Shannon, who was the right age to have been Henry's father. This Samuel Shannon was born in the parish of Drummully, Fermanagh, Ireland, @ 1796. He enlisted in the 12th Lancers in 1818, and was formerly a weaver. The army record even describes his appearance - 5' 8" with fresh complexion, hazel eyes, and black hair. He was also married to a Mary. It does seem likely that this Samuel Shannon was Henry's father - he served in the same regiment as the Lt. Colonel who employed Henry; it was a cavalry regiment, giving Henry an excellent training for working with horses; the regiment was in Ireland when Henry was born, and Samuel's wife was called Mary. He also had black hair - a small point, but my grandmother described her grandmother, Isabella Shannon, Henry's daughter, as having "the black curly hair of her Irish forebears". However, the army record lists the births of four of Samuel and Mary's children, none of whom are Henry! The historian at the museum told me that the army was very meticulous over recording the marriages of their enlisted men, and the births of their children, because it affected the rations they were given. Not only is there no record of Henry's birth to Samuel and Mary, there is no record of Samuel and Mary's marriage either. Apparently this could mean that they married before he enlisted, or that they married without army permission - if so, they would have been refused the extra rations, and life would have been very tough for them. Whether or not this Samuel and Mary Shannon were Henry's parents, the army record gives a fair bit of information about them. They had a daughter, Mary Anne, born 4th May 1824 at Cork, Ireland; a son John, born 4th April 1829 in London, England; another son, also John (this may mean the first John had died) born 25th April 1831 in Dublin, and a daughter Louisa, baptised 17th May 1840 at Preston (now part of Brighton), Sussex, England. Samuel was promoted to corporal in June 1825; he was court martialled twice (the record doesn't say what for); received good conduct pay of 3 pence a day from April 1840, and was discharged as unfit for service in Dublin in July 1842, with a pension of one shilling and six pence a day. Being discharged as unfit for service in 1842, when he was only about 46, it is quite possible that he then got work as a turnkey, and was indeed the Samuel Shannon that appears on the record of Henry's death, although the mystery remains of why Henry's birth - 3 or 4 years after Samuel enlisted - was not recorded by the army. A database of Irish land holdings from the middle of the 19th century doesn't have any Shannons holding land in Drummully, Fermanagh, but the parish of Drummully crosses county boundaries into Monaghan, and in the neighbouring parish of Currin, Monaghan, there is a Samuel Shannon listed as holding land at Aghnaskew Glebe. There is a John Reid (Henry Shannon's mother was a Mary Reid) who held land in Drummully, Fermanagh, but these names are too common to be anything more than suggestive. If anyone else on this list (who has had the patience to read all of this!) has Shannon connections in Fermanagh or Monaghan, I would be delighted to hear from them. Hilary Kinnell Shropshire England

This is not a reply to the Shannon message we received yesterday but since this is the first one I have received from this list since signing up,I wanted to post my Shannon family.Maybe we can get something going here and find some of these illusive Shannons. I have only rescently learned that my ggrandmother remarried after her husband disappeared.Her name was Susannah Smith Garrison.She first married Robert Garrison in Warren Co.,Ohio in 1847.They moved west to Peoria,Ill.where my grandad Reed Garrison was born in 1852.For some unknown reason they came back East as far as Blackford Co.,Indiana where Robert disappeared from their log cabin along the Salamonie River on the Godfrey Reserve.This is where the Miami Indians met and there is still a burial grounds there.It has always been told that Robert went to feed the chickens and all they found was the bucket.It was never known if the Indians got him or he just left.I have found a marriage for Susanna Garretson and G W Shannon in Jay Co.,Indiana Oct.11,1858.The census of Jay Co,Penn Twsp.1860 has Gideon Shannon,age 31,born Ohio.Reid Garretson age 8,Susannah age 28,first child age 1.In the census of Blackford Co.1870 there is;Gideon Shannon age 47,Reid Garrison age 18,Susan age 38,Simon B age 11,Lucinda age 9,Charles L age 7,Arron age 6.Gideon remarried Angelline E.Allen in Blackford Co.,Dec.11,1875 so I presume my ggrandmother Susannah died within those five years. I am looking for the children of Susannah Garrison and Gideon W Shannon or their descendants. Please post your Shannon family in hopes that someone might find a link and get something started here.I know there were more Shannons in Blackford Co.,Indiana and still are some there. Thanks for listening, Jeany Garrison Roark in Indiana >

Hi, I am fairly new to this list, but have already noticed that there is not much activity on it. I am just advertising my interests in the SHANNON surname as follows, if anyone has any possible links with the following, please do not hesitate to contact me. John SHANNON b. Roscommon, Ireland, abt.1820, married Bridget ?? b. Ireland, abt.1811. 1861 Walsall Census RG09/2015. Folio 12b. Schedule 112. -------------------------------------------------------- No 2.Court, Green Lane -------------------------------------------------------- SHANNON John. Head. Mar 4(8).Labourer, b.Ireland. SHANNON Bridget. Wife. Mar 50. b.Ireland. SHANNON John. Son. 7. b.Walsall. SHANNON Thomas. Son. 4. b.Walsall. SHANNON James. Son. 2. b.Walsall. ? Henry. Lodger. 50. Labourer. b.Ireland. -------------------------------------------------------- 1881 British Census for Son Thomas's Household. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Household: Name Relation Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability Thomas SHANNON Head M Male 25 Walsall, Stafford, Miner Coal Ann SHANNON Wife M Female 24 Walsall, Stafford, Mary A. SHANNON Daur Female 7 Walsall, Stafford, Scholar John SHANNON Son Male 7m Walsall, Stafford, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Source Information: Dwelling: 159 Stafford St Census Place: Walsall Foreign, Stafford, England Family History Library Film: 1341677 Public Records Office Reference: RG11 Piece / Folio: 2826 / 6 Page Number: 6 ================================== Household: **** Possible Wife & Son of Thomas Shannon's Father **** Name Relation Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability Bridget SHANNON Head W Female 70 Galway, Ireland Frmly Housekeeper John SHANNON Son U Male 20 Walsall,Stafford Caster ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Source Information: Dwelling: 17 Ryecroft St Census Place: Walsall Foreign, Stafford, England Family History Library Film: 1341677 Public Records Office Reference: RG11 Piece / Folio: 2826 / 11 Page Number: 16 ---------------------------------- Individual Record, 1881 British Census -------------------------------------- John SHANNON Other Information: Birth Year: <1821> Birthplace: Ireland Age 60 Occupation: General Labourer Marital Status: W <Widowed> Head of Household: James HARDING Relation: Boarder --------------------------------------- Source Information: Dwelling: 11 H 12 Court, Lr Rushall St Census Place: Walsall Borough, Stafford Family History Library Film 1341675 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 2822 / 88 Page Number 41 --------------------------------------- Thomas Shannon (my gg.grandfather) and family moved from Walsall to Hilcote, Blackwell, Derbyshire in the 1880's, were most of his family settled, around Blackwell, Bolsover, Mansfield, etc. Please contact me if you think you may have any links or information regarding the above. regards -- Brian Edge. P.O.Box 13503, NORTHMEAD, Gauteng, 1511. South Africa. email: brian.edge@ledsa.co.za -- Proud to be working on the FREECEN Project - http://freecen.rootsweb.com Support Archive CD Books: http://www.archivecdbooks.org Researching: EDGE - LEE - ROLLETT - PATTISON - Derbys', Notts', Yorks'WR. SPENCER, REVILL - Derbys'. THACKER - Derbys', Lincs'. OUTRAM - Notts', Derbys'. SHANNON - Derbys', Staffs', Roscommon,Irl. JOHNSON - Derbys', Staffs'. KEIGHTLEY - Staffs', Leic's. ELLIOT - Sunderland.

My information is a bit thin but our family thinks we are from County Cavan.

Reposting in desperation - apologies for cross posting I am trying to contact the descendents of Eliza Mary COOPER and Henry SHANNON - Eliza died Sydney 1945. Their children were all born in Queensland, but the family moved to Sydney Australia John Joseph SHANNON born 13/2/1899 Catherine SHANNON born 7 Jan 1896 married George TATE, Catherine died 1934,Sydney, no children George Henry SHANNON Born 20 Feb. 1903 married Agnes BLAIR aka Marceline MANNING 1929 Joseph Thomas SHANNON born 19 Sept 1907 married Lorna Esther JOHNSON 1941, divorced 1953. Pam in wet and hot Brisbane Australia All outgoing emails certified virus free

Do you know where in Ireland your Shannon's were from? I know I have some from Co. Antrim near Belfast, Shannon and Boyd, who went to your area. On Thursday, January 15, 2004, at 05:34 AM, Pam Dale wrote: > Reposting in desperation - apologies for cross posting > > I am trying to contact the descendents of Eliza Mary COOPER and Henry > SHANNON - Eliza died Sydney 1945. > > Their children were all born in Queensland, but the family moved to > Sydney Australia > > John Joseph SHANNON born 13/2/1899 > Catherine SHANNON born 7 Jan 1896 married George TATE, Catherine died > 1934,Sydney, no children > George Henry SHANNON Born 20 Feb. 1903 married Agnes BLAIR aka > Marceline MANNING 1929 > Joseph Thomas SHANNON born 19 Sept 1907 married Lorna Esther JOHNSON > 1941, divorced 1953. > > Pam in wet and hot Brisbane Australia > > All outgoing emails certified virus free > > > >

Hi. This is mostly for Christina, whose e-mail address I seem to have lost. She is looking for the parents of Samuel Shannon who married Margaret Hamilton in Kentucky. I have found some Shannon death records from the Shaker Colony at South Union, Kentucky which included the death of a John Shannon who was born March 15, 1756- not at the colony but who died there MAY 1, 1914 who seems like a good possibility for the John she is looking for. South Union, Kentucky is in Logan County where the John in question is known to have lived. So, hopefully Christina and whoever else might be interested in this will contact me. The Shannons listed as dieing at that colony are: John Shannon born March 15, 1756- died May 1, 1814 at age 48 Newel Shannon (male) born December 19, 1807 - died April 25, 1832 at age 25 Samuel Shannon born August 29, 1781 - died October 29, 1859 at age 68 Betsey Shannon born April 11, 1796 - died August 25, 1814 at age 18 Lavina Shannon born October 3, 1783 - died February 11, 1820 at age 37 Lucy Shannon born 1804 -died January 24, 1881 at age 77 Olive Shannon born 1802 - died June 26, 1881 at age 79 Sarah Shannon born 1831 - died December 9, 1887 at age 56 Welthy

Do you know where Elizabeth was born?

Hi all-- I am seeking others to share info on this family. This is my most distant ancestor & wife: 54b. Robert Shover B C 1878PA 55b. Elizabeth (Bessie) SHANNAN PA resided LAncaster/Dauphin/Pa Thanks, Marc

I am trying to contact the descendents of Eliza Mary COOPER and Henry SHANNON - Eliza died Sydney 1945. Their children were all born in Queensland, but the family moved to Sydney Australia John Joseph SHANNON born 13/2/1899 Catherine SHANNON born 7 Jan 1896 married George TATE, Catherine died 1934,Sydney, no children George Henry SHANNON Born 20 Feb. 1903 married Agnes BLAIR aka Marceline MANNING 1929 Joseph Thomas SHANNON born 19 Sept 1907 married Lorna Esther JOHNSON 1941, divorced 1953. Pam in sunny Brisbane Australia All outgoing emails certified virus free