Hi, Charlotte. I don't know the answer to that, about a William Shannon, but we had a Shannon descendent named RAYMOND Peter Neusel, whose mother was Maggie Shannon and whose dad was Alexander Neusel. Now Raymond's GRANDPARENTS were Peter Shannon and Mary( whose LAST name we don't know.) I wonder how they got that Raymond name for him. Somehow they were related to the Doran family of St. Louis. In fact, there is a Julia Shannon in a Doran grave. I can't find that connection. Peter Shannon, who had a son named Peter Shannon, died in 1894 and Peter jr, his only son died in 1905, unmarried and without issue, as they say, so my Shannon line came to a screeching halt. The Peter Shannons attended St. Lawrence O'Toole parish in St. Louis, which has awful and incomplete records on film at the library. They lived on Biddle street. Peter Shannon was a baker, and his son was a bartender. Before the Shannons came to St. Louis, they lived in Cincinatti. There was also some kind of a link to New Castle Delaware and to Kansas City, which were named in obituaries. Does any of this sound familiar??? Sincerely, Alex in Missouri ---------- >From: Charlotte Wilson <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [SHANNON-L] Shannons on the ship Columbus arr. 1849 >Date: 8, Dec 1999, 2:45 PM > >Alex > >Any possibility of a male descendant named William who married an Annie >BURNS? William and Annie were married before 1897 when my >great-grandfather James William Raymond Eugene SHANNON was born in St. >Louis, MO. William supposedly died circa 1897-98. > >>Hello all, >>Is anyone researching the Shannon family (from County Cork) who arrived on >>the ship COLUMBUS which arrived at N.Y. on 21 Nov 1849 from Liverpool? >>John, 36, Peggy, 34, Patrick-12, Peter-8- Bridget, -11, Mary, age 9, >>John age 4 >>and Julie age 12? >>I am descended from Peter Shannon who by 1861 was in Ohio and was married to >>Mary last name unknown. >>By 1865 this family was in St. Louis Mo. where they lived out their years. >> >>Please respond to >>Alex at [email protected] > > >