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    Louis (Lewis) SHORKEY

    Male 1847 - 1926  (78 years)


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    • Name Louis (Lewis) SHORKEY 


      • When the 1870 census was taken, this family was living in Whiting (Addison), Vermont. Lewis Shortker was a farm laborer. When the 1880 census was taken, the “Lewis Shorten” family was living in Cornwall (Addison), Vermont. Lewis was a laborer. When the 1900 census was taken, Louis and Jennie were living in Whiting (Addison), Vermont. Louis was a house painter, and he said he immigrated in 1857. In this census Jennie said she was the mother of 8 children with 6 of them living. When the 1900 census was taken, Sarah Champagne was heading up her family in Williston (Chittenden), Vermont. She says she is married, but there is no husband in the household. She says she has been married for 11 years; and that she has had 5 children with 4 of them living. In the household were the following children: Wallace, born March 1889; Mabel, born July 1890; Eddie, born February 1894; and Ray, born September 1895. Sarah was a day laborer. When the 1910 census was taken, “Alice Sharkey” and Ila and Stanley Sharkey were living in the home of Bertram G. and Mabel Deputron at 18 Baxter St. in Rutland (Rutland), Vermont. Alice was a shirt maker in a factory. In this census Alice says this is her 2nd marriage; she had been married 10 years; and she had 6 children with all 6 of them living. When the 1920 census was taken, Lewis, Sarah, Ila and Stanley Sharkey were living in Billeria (Middlesex), Massachusetts. Lewis was a laborer, working out. Also in the household is Margarita Myers, age 4/12 who is listed as a granddaughter. When the 1930 census was taken, Sarah A. and Stanley Sharkey were living in Salem (Washington), New York. Sarah was a shirt maker in a shirt factory and Stanley was a laborer in a Dairy Barn. Also, in the household was Margarite Sharkey who is 8 years old and is listed as a daughter, but she is probably Sarah’s granddaughter; Margarita Myers. When Sarah died, her Vermont death record said she died in the Rutland, Vermont hospital even though her usual residence was Poughkeepsie, New York

      Born 13 Dec 1847  St.Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Died 08 Sep 1926  Rupert, Bennington Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Buried Orwell, VT @ Mountain View Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I4735  Chartier Family
      Last Modified 7 Jul 2016 

      Father Nicholas Charles CHARTIER,   b. 23 Dec 1817, Longue-Pointe, QC, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 09 Jun 1889, Whiting, Addison Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
      Relationship Birth 
      Mother Angelique DAGNEAU,   b. 01 Oct 1821, QC, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Mar 1904, Whiting, Addison Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
      Relationship Birth 
      Married 05 Jul 1842  St.Henri De Mascouche, QC, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Photos
      Angelique SHORKEY
      Angelique SHORKEY
      Angelique [Dagneau] SHORKEY, wife of Nicholas Charles SHORKEY
      Nicholas & Angelique SHORKEY
      Nicholas & Angelique SHORKEY
      Nicholas and Angelique [Dagneau] SHORKEY. Copy from original tin-type. Taken c.1865.
      Nicholas Charles CHARTIER, c.1865
      Nicholas Charles CHARTIER, c.1865
      Nicholas CHARTIER was born in Canada but migrated his family to Cornwall, VT shortly after before 1850. He was a blacksmith and farmer. Buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Cornwall/Whiting, VT.
      Family ID F2115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 1 Jennie DUCHAINE,   b. 12 Nov 1846, St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1900, Whiting, Addison Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
      Married c.1866 
      Children 
       1. John SHORKEY,   b. 13 May 1867, Pittsford, Rutland Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1931, Brandon, Addison Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)  [Birth]
       2. Jennie M. SHORKEY,   b. 22 Jun 1869, Whiting, Addison Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Jul 1946, Orwell, Addison Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [Birth]
       3. William M. SHORKEY,   b. 24 Mar 1871, Whiting, Addison Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Dec 1928, Orwell, Addison Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)  [Birth]
       4. Alice SHORKEY,   b. 07 Feb 1873, Whiting, Addison Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1939, Orwell, Addison Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)  [Birth]
       5. Rose SHORKEY,   b. 24 Jan 1875, Orwell, Addison Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1908, Orwell, Addison Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)  [Birth]
       6. Carroll Alfred SHORKEY,   b. 04 Mar 1877, Cornwall, Addison Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1879, Cornwall, Addison Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)  [Birth]
       7. Flora B. SHORKEY,   b. 17 Nov 1882, Cornwall, Addison Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1915, Rutland, Rutland Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)  [Birth]
      Last Modified 21 Jun 2016 00:00:00 
      Family ID F2157  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 2 Sarah Alice [Harper] CHAMPAIGN,   b. c.1869 
      Married 10 Aug 1901  Whiting, VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
       1. Stanley SHORKEY,   b. 28 Nov 1903, Pittsford, Rutland Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. c.Jun 1972, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)  [Birth]
       2. Ila SHORKEY,   b. 25 Jun 1902, Pittsford, Rutland Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
      Last Modified 21 Jun 2016 00:00:00 
      Family ID F2158  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Event Map
      Link to Google MapsBorn - 13 Dec 1847 - St.Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsMarried - 10 Aug 1901 - Whiting, VT Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsDied - 08 Sep 1926 - Rupert, Bennington Co., VT Link to Google Earth
      Link to Google MapsBuried - - Orwell, VT @ Mountain View Cemetery Link to Google Earth
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      Louis Shorkey
      Louis Shorkey
      aka: Lewis Shorkey