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Israel Shanabrook
(1813-1900)
Susan Rife
(1818-1903)
Michael John O'Keeffe
(1819-1869)
Margaret O'Shea
(1827-1912)
David Scott Shanabrook
(1841-1918)
Mary O'Keeffe
(1847-1919)
Mary Winona Shanabrook
(1885-1966)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Earl James Adams

Mary Winona Shanabrook 3

  • Born: 20 March 1885, Winona, Winona, Minnesota, United States 1 2 3 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Earl James Adams on 26 March 1913 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States 1 2
  • Died: 15 January 1966, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States at age 80 5
  • Buried: 18 January 1966, Evergreen Cemetery, Centerville, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States 5

bullet   Another name for Mary was "Minnie" Shanabrook.1 2 4 5 6

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bullet  Birth Notes:


Name: Shamsebrook
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 20 Mar 1885
Birthplace: WINONA, WINONA, MINNESOTA
Father's Name: D.C.
Mother's Name: Mary
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C75160-1
System Origin: Minnesota-EASy
Source Film Number: 1377831
Reference Number: v 1 p 243

Source Citation
"Minnesota, Births and Christenings, 1840-1980," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FDQJ-85S : accessed 13 July 2012), Shanabrook, 1885.
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1885 Minnesota State Census, May 1885, Winona, Winona, Minnesota, United States. 6 1885 Minnesota State Census
Page 285, Family 829
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota
Minnie Schanbrook..3..MN

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - Obvious there must be an error by the enumerator in the age of Minnie who was born during the year of 1885. Perhaps the "3" entered by the enumerator should have been "3 months".

2. 1895 Wisconsin State Census, 20 June 1895, Mauston, Juneau, Wisconsin, United States. 7 1895 Wisconsin State Census
Page 5
Mauston, Juneau County, Wisconsin
Mary Shanabrook..Head
3 white females: (Iva, Margaret, and Mary; Anna was married in 1888)

(Mary was living with her mother.)

3. 1900 US Census, 9 June 1900, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. 3 1900 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 137, Family 149, Roll 1819
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home rented
Mary W. Shannabrook..Daughter..Mar 1885..15..MN..At School

(Living with mother.)

4. 1910 US Census, 15 April 1910, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. 4 1910 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 173, Family 22, Roll 1739
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned, no mortgage
Minnie Shanabrook..Daughter..25..MN..Telephone Operator

(Living with mother.)

5. 1920 US Census, 15 January 1920, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. 1 1920 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 219, Family 32, Roll 2018
Trempealeau Township, Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Farm rented
Minnie Adams..Wife..34..MN

(Living with husband, 2 sons, and widowed mother-in-law.)

6. 1930 US Census, 24 April 1930, Trempealeau Township, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. 2 1930 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 23, Family 186, Roll 2614
Trempealeau Township, Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Home owned
Minnie Adams..Wife..45..MN..married at 28

(Living with husband and 4 children.)

7. Obituary: Winona Daily News, 17 January 1966, Winona, Winona, Minnesota, United States. Mrs. Minne Adams, 83, died Saturday afternoon at her home.

The former Minnie Shanabrook, she was born March 20, 1885 to Mr. and Mrs. David Shanabrook, Winona. She was married to Earl Adams in 1913 and he died in September 1938. The couple farmed near Trempealeau where she had lived for 60 years prior to her death.

She was a member of the Trempealeau Federated Church and its women's groups, a charter member of the South Centerville Homemakers Club and the Royal Neighbors of America.

Survivors are: Three sons, Robert, Oak Ridge, Tenn., Gerald, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Warren, Trempealeau; one daughter, Mrs. Patrick (Mildred) Kelley, La Crosse, and 14 grandchildren. Three brothers and three sisters have died.

Funeral services will be Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at the Federated Church, the Rev. George Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Centerville. Friends may call at Smith Mortuary, Galesville, today from 7 to 9 p.m., and at the church Tuesday after 2:30 p.m.

(Source: Winona Daily News, Winona, Minnesota, 17 Jan 1966, page 9)
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8. Cemetery: Evergreen Cemetery, 18 January 1966, Centerville, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. 5 Find A Grave Memorial #130156761


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Mary married Earl James Adams, son of Leonard Wood Adams and Mary Electa Blake, on 26 March 1913 in Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States.1 2 (Earl James Adams was born on 28 March 1885 in Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States,1 2 8 died on 7 September 1939 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States 8 and was buried on 14 September 1939 in Evergreen Cemetery, Centerville, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States 8.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Residence, January 1919, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. In Jan 1919, her mother's obituary listed her as one of the surviving children:
- Mrs. Earl J. (Mary) Adams

2. 1920 US Census, 15 January 1920, Trempealeau, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. 1 1920 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 219, Family 32, Roll 2018
Trempealeau Township, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Farm rented
Earl Adams..Head..34..WI..Farmer, General farming
Minnie Adams..Wife..34..MN
Robert Adams..Son..5..WI
Gerald Adams..Son..4y 2m..WI
Mary Adams..Mother..75..NY..Widowed

3. 1930 US Census, 24 April 1930, Trempealeau Township, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States. 2 1930 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 23, Dwelling 185, Family 186, Roll 2614
Trempealeau Township, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned
Earl Adams..Head..45..WI..married at 27..Farmer, General Farm
Minnie Adams..Wife..45..MN..married at 28
Robert Adams..Son..15..WI
Gerald Adams..Son..14..WI
Warren Adams..Son..9..WI
Mildred Adams..Dau..6..WI


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Sources


1 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau Township, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 219, sheet 8A, family 32, Earl James Adams and Mary Winona Shanabrook; database with images, Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1488411 : accessed 15 Feb 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 2018.

2 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau Township, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 23, sheet 9A, dwelling 185, family 186, Earl James Adams and Mary Winona Shanabrook; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1810731 : accessed 29 Sep 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 2614.

3 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 137, sheet 6A, family 149, Mary Keeffe Shanabrook; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1325221 : accessed 6 May 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 1819.

4 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 173, sheet 1B, family 22, Mary Keeffe; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1727033 : accessed 23 Dec 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 1739.

5 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 19 Jun 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=130156761.

6 1885 Minnesota State Census, Minnesota, population schedule, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, p. 285, family 829, David Scott Shanabrook and Mary Keeffe; index and images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1503044).

7 1895 State Census, Wisconsin, population schedule, Mauston, Juneau County, Wisconsin, p. 5, Mary Keeffe Shanabrook; digital images, FamilySearch.org(https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1443712 : accessed 10 Apr 2016).

8 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 19 Jun 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=130156762.


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